Recollections of a HousekeeperApplewood Books, 2008 - 160 páginas Catherine Gilman's 1834 work provides a picture of domestic life and manners in New England. Claiming to take as her source the mingled results of observation and experience, Gilman's work provides insight into the life of a homemaker in nineteenth-century New England and is the precursor to her later Recollections of a Southern Matron. Taken as a pair, the two works provide insight into the regional differences in domestic economy between the North and the South in antebellum America. |
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... decanter every Saturday morning . My " swords are turned into ploughshares , and my spears into pru- ning hooks ; " for there they stand , the pictures of innocence , converted into water - crafts and molasses bottles . Let every ...
... decanter every Saturday morning . My " swords are turned into ploughshares , and my spears into pru- ning hooks ; " for there they stand , the pictures of innocence , converted into water - crafts and molasses bottles . Let every ...
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... decanter was to be seen on my sideboard or table , and I carried the keys up stairs . Ingols was very amiable , and our week passed happily away . Edward returned , and took no notice of the withdrawal of the decanters . I had retired ...
... decanter was to be seen on my sideboard or table , and I carried the keys up stairs . Ingols was very amiable , and our week passed happily away . Edward returned , and took no notice of the withdrawal of the decanters . I had retired ...
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... decanter . I heard the rattling of the keys as the door closed , and a faintness came over me at my own daring . A half hour passed away , and Polly came back with a slip of paper , on which was written , " You have conquered , cousin ...
... decanter . I heard the rattling of the keys as the door closed , and a faintness came over me at my own daring . A half hour passed away , and Polly came back with a slip of paper , on which was written , " You have conquered , cousin ...
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