Gardner, E. C. (Eugene Clarence), 1836-1915 · Boston, J.R. Osgood and company · leaf 242
ts without attempting unusual anddelicate combinations. These should not be in-troduced except by a master. A composition ofWagners may be more exquisite and wonderfulthan an old English choral, but the latter skil-fully rendered will be far more agreeable thanan incompetent, blundering execution… … THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR, LE^fOX AND TiLDtN FOUNDATtOKS. DECORATIONS AND FURNISHINGS. 235 Do not attempt to force upon your quaint, oldhouse an appearance of newness, or to hide itsvenerable peculiarities by bright, new-fashioned,self-conscious finishing and furnishing. The onething…
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