The English house, how to judge its periods and styles (1909)
Sparrow, Walter Shaw, 1862- · New York, J. Lane Co. · leaf 71
the middle of the fifthcentury or thereabouts, and they changed little.Some Grendel or other had always to be faced,and they were too careless to act on their ownaccount. Beowulf would come, an Egbert, anAlfred, or some other hero, so they might taketheir ease in their old accustomed manner.But the… … Pholo, Harris & Son, Northampton Angio-Saxon Tower at Earls Barton, Northants. See pages 49 and 50. CHAPTER III SAXON CHARACTERISTICS OF STYLE IT will be understood, of course, that theearliest Anglo-Saxon timberwork perishedlong ago. Here and there some ancientwooden barns remain, looking from…
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