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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... obliged to take her work from her forcibly , so conscientious was she . I sent for a physician . She met him with a gentle smile . After parting with her , he said to me , " There has been some heart - sickness in this case , I suspect ...
... obliged to take her work from her forcibly , so conscientious was she . I sent for a physician . She met him with a gentle smile . After parting with her , he said to me , " There has been some heart - sickness in this case , I suspect ...
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... obliged him to study at home , he detailed it in sim- ple terms to me , told me the course he should pursue , and its probable results ; while , satisfied and happy , I would sit by his side like Klop- stock's Meta , " looking so still ...
... obliged him to study at home , he detailed it in sim- ple terms to me , told me the course he should pursue , and its probable results ; while , satisfied and happy , I would sit by his side like Klop- stock's Meta , " looking so still ...
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... obliged either not to notice or make a jest of it . I had the resolution not to look at the servant ( how often have I seen looks speak more than words ! ) and turning quietly to my left - hand neighbour , I said , " Pray , sir , excuse ...
... obliged either not to notice or make a jest of it . I had the resolution not to look at the servant ( how often have I seen looks speak more than words ! ) and turning quietly to my left - hand neighbour , I said , " Pray , sir , excuse ...
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... obliged to speak at " the top of our voices " ) on the kindness of Providence in permitting infants to scream , since it was necessary to the healthy action of the lungs ; he added , moreover , that all sensible children were cross ...
... obliged to speak at " the top of our voices " ) on the kindness of Providence in permitting infants to scream , since it was necessary to the healthy action of the lungs ; he added , moreover , that all sensible children were cross ...
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... obliged myself not to speak loud , and therefore I never lose my temper . " I have seen so many well - regulated families brought up under Solomon's discipline , and sometimes controlled by the mere sight of a switch hung over the ...
... obliged myself not to speak loud , and therefore I never lose my temper . " I have seen so many well - regulated families brought up under Solomon's discipline , and sometimes controlled by the mere sight of a switch hung over the ...
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