Alberti, Leone Battista, Architecture, 1755

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              nor diſhonoured by any Filth that may offend
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              the Stomachs of the Gueſts. </s>
              <s>From the Par­
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              lour the next Step is to the Bed-chamber; and
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              for a Man of Figure and Elegance, there ſhould
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              be different ones of theſe latter, as well as of
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              the former, for Summer and for Winter. </s>
              <s>This
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              puts me in Mind of
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              Lucullus
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              's Saying, that it
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              is not fit a great Man ſhould be worſe lodged
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              than a Swallow or a Crane. </s>
              <s>However I ſhall
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              only ſet down ſuch Rules, with Relation to
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              theſe Apartments, as are compatible with the
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              greateſt Modeſty and Moderation. </s>
              <s>I remem­
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              ber to have read in
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              Æmilius Probus
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              the Hiſto­
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              rian, that among the
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              Greeks
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              it was never uſual
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              for the Wife to appear at Table, if any body
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              was there beſides Relations; and that the A­
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              partments for the Women, were Parts of the
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              Houſe where no Men ever ſet his Foot except
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              the neareſt Kindred. </s>
              <s>And indeed I muſt own
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              I think the Apartments for the Ladies, ought
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              to be ſacred like Places dedicated to Religion
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              and Chaſtity. </s>
              <s>I am beſides for having the
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              Rooms particularly deſigned for Virgins and
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              young Ladies, fitted up in the neateſt and moſt
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              delicate Manner, that their tender Minds may
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              paſs their Time in them with leſs Regret and
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              be as little weary of themſelves as poſſible. </s>
              <s>The
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              Miſtreſs of the Family ſhould have an Apart­
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              ment, in which ſhe may eaſily hear every
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              Thing that is done in the Houſe. </s>
              <s>However,
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              in theſe Particulars, the Cuſtoms of every
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              Country are always to be principally obſerved.
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              <s>The Husband and the Wife ſhould each have
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              a ſeparate Chamber, not only that the Wife,
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              either when ſhe lies in, or in Caſe of any other
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              Indiſpoſition, may not be troubleſome to her
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              Husband; but alſo that in Summer Time,
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              either of them may lie alone whenever they
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              think fit. </s>
              <s>Each of theſe Chambers ſhould have
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              its ſeparate Door, beſides which there ſhould
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              be a common Paſſage between them both, that
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              one may go to the other without being obſerv­
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              ed by any body. </s>
              <s>The Wife's Chamber ſhould
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              go into the Wardrobe; the Husband's into the
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              Library. </s>
              <s>Their ancient Mother, who requires
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              Tranquility and Repoſe, ſhould have a warm
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              Chamber, well ſecured againſt the Cold, and
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              out of the Way of all Noiſes either from with­
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              in or without. </s>
              <s>Be ſure particularly to let it
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              have a good Fire-place, and all other Conve­
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              niencies neceſſary for an infirm Perſon, to com­
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              fort and cheer both the Body and Mind. </s>
              <s>Out
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              of this Chamber let there be a Paſſage to the
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              Place where you keep your Treaſure. </s>
              <s>Here
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              place the Boys; and by the Wardrobe the
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              Girls, and near them the Lodgings for the
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              Nurſes. </s>
              <s>Strangers and Gueſts ſhould be lodged
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              in Chambers near the Veſtibule or Fore-gate;
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              that they may have full Freedom both in their
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              own Actions, and in receiving Viſits from their
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              Friends, without diſturbing the Reſt of the Fa­
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              mily. </s>
              <s>The Sons of fixteen or ſeventeen Years
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              old, ſhould have Apartments oppoſite to the
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              Gueſts, or at leaſt not far from them, that
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              they may have an Opportunity to converſe and
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              grow familiar with them. </s>
              <s>The Strangers too
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              ſhould have ſome Place to themſelves, where
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              they may lock up any Thing private or valu­
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              able, and take it out again whenever they
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              think fit. </s>
              <s>Next to the Lodgings of the young
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              Gentlemen, ſhould be the Place where the
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              Arms are kept. </s>
              <s>Stewards, Officers and Ser­
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              vants ſhould be ſo lodged aſunder from the
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              Gentlemen, that each may have a convenient
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              Place, ſuitable to his reſpective Buſineſs. </s>
              <s>The
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              Maid-ſervants and Valets ſhould always be
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              within eaſy Call, to be ready upon any Occa­
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              ſion that they are wanted for. </s>
              <s>The Butler's
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              Lodging ſhould be near both to the Vault and
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              Pantry. </s>
              <s>The Grooms ſhould lie near the Stable.
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              <s>The Saddle-horſes ought not to be kept in the
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              ſame Place with thoſe of Draught or Burthen;
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              and they ſhould be placed where they cannot
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              offend the Houſe with any Smells, nor pre­
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              judice it by their Kicking, and out of all Danger
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              of Fire. </s>
              <s>Corn and all Manner of Grain is ſpoilt
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              by Moiſture, tarniſhed and turned pale by
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              Heat, ſhrunk by Wind, and rotted by the
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              Touch of Lime. </s>
              <s>Where-ever therefore you in­
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              tend to lay it, whether in a Cave, Pit, Vault,
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              or on an open Area, be ſure that the Place be
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              thoroughly dry and perfectly clean and new
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              made.
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              Joſephus
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              affirms, that there was Corn
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              dug up near
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              Siboli
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              perfectly good and ſound,
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              though it had lain hid above an hundred
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              Years. </s>
              <s>Some ſay, that Barley laid in a warm
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              Place, will not ſpoil; but it will keep very
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              little above a Year. </s>
              <s>The Philoſophers tell us,
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              that Bodies are prepared ſor Corruption by
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              Moiſture, but are aſterwards actually corrupt­
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              ed by Heat. </s>
              <s>If you make a Floor in your
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              Granary of Lees of Oil mixed with Potter's
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              Clay and Spart or Straw chopt ſmall, and beat
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              well together, your Grain will keep ſound up­
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              on it a great While, and be neither ſpoilt by
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              Weevil nor ſtolen by the Ant. </s>
              <s>Granaries de­
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              ſigned only for Seeds are beſt built of unbaked
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              Bricks. </s>
              <s>The North-wind is leſs prejudicial
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              than the South to all Stores of Seeds and Fruits;
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              but any Wind whatſoever blowing from damp </s>
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