The book of American interiors, prepared by Charles Wyllys Elliott from existing houses; with preliminary essays and letterpress descriptions; illustrated in heliotype (1876)
Elliott, Charles Wyllys, 1817-1883 · Boston, J.R. Osgood and Co. · leaf 77
he living. But the Avise man never foregoes human sym-pathy and conversation; if he does, there is danger. Books will domuch, but not all; they will not make great men; it is in actionthat men become greatest; but books may tell us how to act. In this room, then, we can and should combine the souls… … THE LIBRARY OF HENRY W. LONGFELLOW, AT CAMBRIDGE, MASS. OMEWHERE about the year 1739 or 1740 thefine house where the poet Longfellow now liveswas built. In those good old days, as we loveto call the days of a hundred years ago (andNoah said the same of his forefathers days),they builded fewer…
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