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The house dignified; its design, its arrangement and its decoration (1908)

French, Lillie Hamilton, 1854-1939 · New York, Putnam · leaf 164

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nce in libraries would be folly. Theseevidences make part of their charm, but they mustbe evidences which do not imply the inroads of con-flicting tastes, the usurpation of a territory consecratedto special purposes. Some sign, it would seem, shouldexist of books being at least occasionally read.… … LAKLiE MAHOGANY WRITING-TABLE ORNAMENTED IN BRONZESUPPOSED TO HAVE BELONGED TO TALLEYRAND

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