Illustrated homes: a series of papers describing real houses and real people (1875)
Gardner, Eugene Clarence, 1836-1915 · Boston, J. R. Osgood and company · leaf 78
the slightest interest inyou. I d sooner chop wood than make plansfor you, — or turn grindstone ! Smith rose to the occasion. He restrainedhis wrath and replied as became a philosopherand a Christian : — ** Wal, I spose you d ruther chop wood thanstarve. Which was a soft answer and a true one.So I… … JOHN smiths first FLOOR. ILLUSTRATED HOMES. 81 hall and petted front stairs (I tried to turn themaround, but he refused to go up stairs back-wards ) ; the orthodox parlor with delectablesliding-doors into the sitting and dining-room;the respectable family-room with a closet forpaterfamilias, ditto…
Architecture, Domestic
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