Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852, Curtis, George William, 1824-1892, Bremer, Fredrika, 1801-1865 · New York : George P. Putman and Company, 10 Park Place · leaf 33
h did not, however, satisfy his maturer eye,was externally very simple, but extremely elegant ; indeed,its chief impression was that of elegance. Internally itwas spacious and convenient, very gracefully proportionedand finished, and marked every where by the same spirit.Wherever the eye fell, it… … MEMOIR. XX1U mony as easily achieved by taste as discord by vulgarity.There was no painful conformity, no rigid monotony;there was nothing finical nor foppish in this elegance—itwas the necessary result of knowledge and skill. Whilethe house was building, he lived with his wife at herlathers. He…
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