The Living Age Volume 208 downloadPDF, EPUB, MOBI
The Living Age Volume 208 downloadPDF, EPUB, MOBI
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Author: Books Group
Page Count: 544 pages
Published Date: 01 May 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: Englishhttps://d20eq91zdmkqd.cloudfront.net/assets/images/book/large/9781/2300/9781230043913.jpg
ISBN: 9781236190635
File size: 45 Mb
File Name: The.Living.Age.Volume.208.pdf
Download Link: The Living Age Volume 208
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ...and airy portieres are a chilly protection against the howling bise. Another day we explored the country round about Chinon, with its memories of Joan of Arc. We had the engraving of a chateau within a drive of the birthplace of Rabelais, and as we approached it on a perfect May afternoon, with the nightingales singing their hearts out, it seemed as if we had at last found an ideal habitation, so much better than the picture was the graceful mass of turrets, pinnacles, and tracery that met our view as we crossed the rich meadows past the pigeonnler below the house. We had quitted the carriage to take a short cut, and after we had done admiring the fifteenthcentury architecture, we noticed that there was no entrance visible. Before we had time to think of any learned reason why a house of this period should be built without a front door, we had wandered round the entire building without perceiving any meaus of ingress except a dingy-looking portal, evidently the "entree de service." A careworn woman came forth from it and offered to show us the chateau. After passing by a diminutive kitchen, we entered a rude apartment, the furniture of which reminded me of the inventory of the goods of the Yonghey Bonghey Bo as sung by the favorite English poet of my sons, the late Mr. Edward Lear. We thought it was what in an English house would be the servants' hall, and its bareness showed the aversion French servants all have to take their meals outside the kitchen. "La salle-a-manger des domestiques?" my companion therefore blandly inquired. "La salle-a-manger principale: la seule salle-a-mauger," was the severe answer. It must in justice be said that the whole mansion was furnished in strict harmony with the dining-room; but the most comf...
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The Living Age Volume 208 by Books Group
Author: Books Group
Page Count: 544 pages
Published Date: 01 May 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: Englishhttps://d20eq91zdmkqd.cloudfront.net/assets/images/book/large/9781/2300/9781230043913.jpg
ISBN: 9781236190635
File size: 45 Mb
File Name: The.Living.Age.Volume.208.pdf
Download Link: The Living Age Volume 208
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ...and airy portieres are a chilly protection against the howling bise. Another day we explored the country round about Chinon, with its memories of Joan of Arc. We had the engraving of a chateau within a drive of the birthplace of Rabelais, and as we approached it on a perfect May afternoon, with the nightingales singing their hearts out, it seemed as if we had at last found an ideal habitation, so much better than the picture was the graceful mass of turrets, pinnacles, and tracery that met our view as we crossed the rich meadows past the pigeonnler below the house. We had quitted the carriage to take a short cut, and after we had done admiring the fifteenthcentury architecture, we noticed that there was no entrance visible. Before we had time to think of any learned reason why a house of this period should be built without a front door, we had wandered round the entire building without perceiving any meaus of ingress except a dingy-looking portal, evidently the "entree de service." A careworn woman came forth from it and offered to show us the chateau. After passing by a diminutive kitchen, we entered a rude apartment, the furniture of which reminded me of the inventory of the goods of the Yonghey Bonghey Bo as sung by the favorite English poet of my sons, the late Mr. Edward Lear. We thought it was what in an English house would be the servants' hall, and its bareness showed the aversion French servants all have to take their meals outside the kitchen. "La salle-a-manger des domestiques?" my companion therefore blandly inquired. "La salle-a-manger principale: la seule salle-a-mauger," was the severe answer. It must in justice be said that the whole mansion was furnished in strict harmony with the dining-room; but the most comf...
Read online The Living Age Volume 208 Buy and read online The Living Age Volume 208 Download The Living Age Volume 208 for pc, mac, kindle, readers Download to iPad/iPhone/iOS, B&N nook The Living Age Volume 208