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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... felt the floor while moving with a step closely resembling the waltz , our hands raised , the top of each fore - finger making a circle with the thumb , then slowly descending , while with sidelong glances , and sidelong steps , with ...
... felt the floor while moving with a step closely resembling the waltz , our hands raised , the top of each fore - finger making a circle with the thumb , then slowly descending , while with sidelong glances , and sidelong steps , with ...
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... felt so rapt and raised as when I sang to a silent circle , " Henry's Cottage Maid , " or " Her mouth which a smile , " to my own harpsichord . My sampler was one of unrivalled beauty . It possessed every shade and glory of tent- stitch ...
... felt so rapt and raised as when I sang to a silent circle , " Henry's Cottage Maid , " or " Her mouth which a smile , " to my own harpsichord . My sampler was one of unrivalled beauty . It possessed every shade and glory of tent- stitch ...
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... felt half ashamed to praise the parlour fur- niture , though I secretly said , " It is mine . " On recovering from my shyness , I visited the vari- ous apartments , and I think I was most attract- ed by the nicely sanded kitchen , not ...
... felt half ashamed to praise the parlour fur- niture , though I secretly said , " It is mine . " On recovering from my shyness , I visited the vari- ous apartments , and I think I was most attract- ed by the nicely sanded kitchen , not ...
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... felt weary of idleness . How willingly would I have darned a stocking , or clear - starched a muslin ; but , alas , every thing was whole , and in order . I tried to find a withered leaf on my geraniums , but they all looked as fresh as ...
... felt weary of idleness . How willingly would I have darned a stocking , or clear - starched a muslin ; but , alas , every thing was whole , and in order . I tried to find a withered leaf on my geraniums , but they all looked as fresh as ...
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... felt on strong ground while I defended my quantity of milk . Nancy an- swered me again with some heat , and when she found me following my own recipe in si- lence , dashed the sieve full of flour on the 20 RECOLLECTIONS OF.
... felt on strong ground while I defended my quantity of milk . Nancy an- swered me again with some heat , and when she found me following my own recipe in si- lence , dashed the sieve full of flour on the 20 RECOLLECTIONS OF.
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