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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... heard a great splash , and turning round saw Ma'am Bridge seated in the wash - tub , with the water gushing out on all sides ; her head was thrown back , and her broad frill with it , developing a mingled a expression of consternation ...
... heard a great splash , and turning round saw Ma'am Bridge seated in the wash - tub , with the water gushing out on all sides ; her head was thrown back , and her broad frill with it , developing a mingled a expression of consternation ...
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... heard her departing tramp on the stairs . It was no time for crying now . Little Polly and I had to go to cooking in good earnest . My husband turned off the affair , when his tem- per was cooled , with a very pleasant grace , and as I ...
... heard her departing tramp on the stairs . It was no time for crying now . Little Polly and I had to go to cooking in good earnest . My husband turned off the affair , when his tem- per was cooled , with a very pleasant grace , and as I ...
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... heard a very good character of Curry from the folks he lodged with , and the image of him that night seemed to take the place of my mother's , and filled up a very heavy want in my heart . " " Oh no , Sally , " said I , quite charmed ...
... heard a very good character of Curry from the folks he lodged with , and the image of him that night seemed to take the place of my mother's , and filled up a very heavy want in my heart . " " Oh no , Sally , " said I , quite charmed ...
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... heard her sweet voice in an evening hymn . Gradually , however , from five or six verses she diminished to one , until at last no music was heard ; but a hoarse , deep cough broke in even on my mid- night slumbers . Still she moved on ...
... heard her sweet voice in an evening hymn . Gradually , however , from five or six verses she diminished to one , until at last no music was heard ; but a hoarse , deep cough broke in even on my mid- night slumbers . Still she moved on ...
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... heard every lip echoing applause ; and those sights and sounds were doubly dear to me , for I knew every spring that moved his noble heart , and that his thoughts were mine before they were the world's . CHAPTER VII . GREASE . Chattels ...
... heard every lip echoing applause ; and those sights and sounds were doubly dear to me , for I knew every spring that moved his noble heart , and that his thoughts were mine before they were the world's . CHAPTER VII . GREASE . Chattels ...
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