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Excerpt from The Old Fairbanks House
We passed into the kitchen at the left of the entry. Figuratively speak ing, we passed from the end of thenineteenth century to the middle of the seventeenth century at the same time. No room in the house appears as old this kitchen. It is about sixteen feet square, and is only lighted by two long narrow windows on the front. Overhead all the beams and rafters show, this room never having been plastered. The walls are made of over-lapped boards with rounded edges. The outside walls were finished the same way before the clap-boards were put on. All the woodwork in the kitchen has turned to a deep brown, chocolate brown, the result of age and the smoke from the wood fires of two centuries. Years ago the overhead rafters were painted, but the paint now has almost entirely disappeared.
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We passed into the kitchen at the left of the entry. Figuratively speak ing, we passed from the end of thenineteenth century to the middle of the seventeenth century at the same time. No room in the house appears as old this kitchen. It is about sixteen feet square, and is only lighted by two long narrow windows on the front. Overhead all the beams and rafters show, this room never having been plastered. The walls are made of over-lapped boards with rounded edges. The outside walls were finished the same way before the clap-boards were put on. All the woodwork in the kitchen has turned to a deep brown, chocolate brown, the result of age and the smoke from the wood fires of two centuries. Years ago the overhead rafters were painted, but the paint now has almost entirely disappeared.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
John Wilder Fairbank
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780267778546
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.2 cm
Page Count - 39
Paperback
Contributors
Author
John Wilder Fairbank
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781333881863
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.2 cm
Page Count - 41
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