Whiting, Lilian, 1847-1942 · Boston, Little, Brown, and Company · leaf 34
n shallow refine-ments concealed coarseness, stilted politenesscovered mutual contempt, and the finest senti-ments of a Joseph Surface in the salon wentalong with unrestricted looseness outside. Toseem clean was the epidemic of the time, andits chronic malady was cant, pretence, andpollution. Here,… … PARIS, THE BEAUTIFUL floor to ceiling. Behind them, the spaciousblue and yellow salo?is were hung with Italianvelvets, or with Flemish and French tapestries,interspaced with Venetian mirrors. Lebrun andhis like decorated the ceilings later, and thecornices were heavily carved, and the furniturewas…
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