The English house, how to judge its periods and styles (1909)
Sparrow, Walter Shaw, 1862- · New York, J. Lane Co. · leaf 276
nto a centralnave and two flanking isles with stalls for thecattle. The long yoke of oxen stood fourabreast in a great stall sixteen feet wide ; cowswere in separate compartments. On both sidesthe animals faced the nave ; and many a labourerslept near them, and found their breath muchbetter than… … S 1= HALLS OF THE POOR 177 together under one roof, and the standard of healthis not lower than with us. Professor Meitzen, in Das Deutsche Haus,has much to say about Frisian and Saxon farnis ;and as we are descended from the same stock asthe Saxons and Frisians, we get from ProfessorMeitzen…
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