The English house, how to judge its periods and styles (1909)
Sparrow, Walter Shaw, 1862- · New York, J. Lane Co. · leaf 432
n has denoted one oftwo things : some change in household customs,or some new discovery, which architects havenot (as a rule) originated, as in improvedmethods of sanitation and of lighting. Thesethings, no doubt, are problems to be solved,and many a builder shakes his head overthem and pulls a wry… … ARCHITECTS 297 bothering than those which a good chess-playermeets with in every game. In old times,he says dolefully, a builder was not worriedas I am ; sanitation was very primitive; therewas no network of pipes and drains, no systemof hot and cold water, no gas and electricity,and no fellows…
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