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As for such as do start or warp any way, they be thought naught. Moreover, it were better to lay a course of flint or chaff" between it and the lime, to the end that the lime GRANDEUR OF STYLE. 7OI may not have so much force to hurt the board underneath it. It were also well to put at the bottom a bed of round pebbles.
APOLLO CHARMING NATURE.
And here we must not forget another kind of these pave- ments which are called Graecanica, the manner of which is this: 702 FINE ARTS.
Upon a floor well b...eaten with rammers, is laid a bed of rubbish, or else broken tile-shards, and then upon it a couch of charcoal, well beaten, and driven close together, with sand, and lime, and small cinders, well mixed together, to the thickness of half a foot, well leveled; and this has the appearance of an earthen floor; but, if it be polished with a hard smooth stone, the whole pavement will seem all black. As for those pavements called lithostrota, which are made of divers colored squares or dice, they came into use in Sylla's time, who made one at Praeneste, in the temple of Fortune, which pavement remains to be seen at this day.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
As for such as do start or warp any way, they be thought naught. Moreover, it were better to lay a course of flint or chaff" between it and the lime, to the end that the lime GRANDEUR OF STYLE. 7OI may not have so much force to hurt the board underneath it. It were also well to put at the bottom a bed of round pebbles.
APOLLO CHARMING NATURE.
And here we must not forget another kind of these pave- ments which are called Graecanica, the manner of which is this: 702 FINE ARTS.
Upon a floor well b...eaten with rammers, is laid a bed of rubbish, or else broken tile-shards, and then upon it a couch of charcoal, well beaten, and driven close together, with sand, and lime, and small cinders, well mixed together, to the thickness of half a foot, well leveled; and this has the appearance of an earthen floor; but, if it be polished with a hard smooth stone, the whole pavement will seem all black. As for those pavements called lithostrota, which are made of divers colored squares or dice, they came into use in Sylla's time, who made one at Praeneste, in the temple of Fortune, which pavement remains to be seen at this day.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Levi W Yaggy to read onlineMoreLess
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