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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... the ocean that poor Curry sailed on . " Time passed on , and the ring was a kind of comfort to me . Sometimes I was so foolish as to talk to it , as if it could understand C 2 A HOUSEKEEPER . 29 bours, one of the crew came, and said...
... the ocean that poor Curry sailed on . " Time passed on , and the ring was a kind of comfort to me . Sometimes I was so foolish as to talk to it , as if it could understand C 2 A HOUSEKEEPER . 29 bours, one of the crew came, and said...
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... passed from one to another , I felt a little anxiety at the look of scrutiny she cast , from the head downward , on every individual . Her appearance began to at- tract the attention of my friends , but she pre- served silence , until ...
... passed from one to another , I felt a little anxiety at the look of scrutiny she cast , from the head downward , on every individual . Her appearance began to at- tract the attention of my friends , but she pre- served silence , until ...
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... was on one window - seat , Coke upon Lit- tleton on another , and Chitty's Pleadings lum- bered the well - dusted mantelpiece , An in- stinctive regard and respect for my feelings prevented his passing A HOUSEKEEPER . 53.
... was on one window - seat , Coke upon Lit- tleton on another , and Chitty's Pleadings lum- bered the well - dusted mantelpiece , An in- stinctive regard and respect for my feelings prevented his passing A HOUSEKEEPER . 53.
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Caroline Howard Gilman. stinctive regard and respect for my feelings prevented his passing his evenings abroad ; but he read and read , while I silently pursued my sewing , until at last the heavy whitish looking volumes were laid on the ...
Caroline Howard Gilman. stinctive regard and respect for my feelings prevented his passing his evenings abroad ; but he read and read , while I silently pursued my sewing , until at last the heavy whitish looking volumes were laid on the ...
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... passed , like the wing of a good angel , over the furniture , and a waggish friend had written in plain characters on one of the tables , with his finger , " Mr. B's compliments . " CHAPTER IX . INTELLIGENCE OFFICE . Voyons donc , je A ...
... passed , like the wing of a good angel , over the furniture , and a waggish friend had written in plain characters on one of the tables , with his finger , " Mr. B's compliments . " CHAPTER IX . INTELLIGENCE OFFICE . Voyons donc , je A ...
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