The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880, tr · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 30
to the formation of their warlike republic, the Romans had alsolived in contempt of display, and even in ignorance of the conveniences oflife. But when they had subjugated Gaul, and had carried their victoriousarms to the confines of the world, they by degrees appropriated whatever themanners and… … 2 FURNITURE. Again, when, in their turn, the semi-barbarous hordes of Germany and ofthe Northern steppes invaded the Roman empire, these new conquerorsdid not fail to accommodate themselves instinctively to the social conditionof the vanquished. This, briefly stated, is an explanation—we admit,…
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