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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... throwing them into rinsing tub behind . A sudden thunder - gust had arisen , and a brilliant flash of lightning blazed ... thrown back , and her broad frill with it , developing a mingled a expression of consternation at the danger , and ...
... throwing them into rinsing tub behind . A sudden thunder - gust had arisen , and a brilliant flash of lightning blazed ... thrown back , and her broad frill with it , developing a mingled a expression of consternation at the danger , and ...
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... thrown on the table . Five minutes after , we 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 ...
... thrown on the table . Five minutes after , we 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 ...
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... thrown a slight scarf over her shoulders ; and there she stood , with an air of the most complacent satis- faction , gazing at her own charms . The joke was too good to be lost . Mam'selle tripped down , and asking Edward and myself to ...
... thrown a slight scarf over her shoulders ; and there she stood , with an air of the most complacent satis- faction , gazing at her own charms . The joke was too good to be lost . Mam'selle tripped down , and asking Edward and myself to ...
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... thrown from side to side as the horses , for city display , whisked up to the door . She was dressed in simple mourning . There was no affectation of better days about her ; she entered the kitchen as the scene of her duties with quiet ...
... thrown from side to side as the horses , for city display , whisked up to the door . She was dressed in simple mourning . There was no affectation of better days about her ; she entered the kitchen as the scene of her duties with quiet ...
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... thrown over our minds , there was a quiet but distinct course of action between us . My part was to strengthen and animate her sink- ing frame . I brought her fresh flowers , new books , kind friends , and little luxuries that cool the ...
... thrown over our minds , there was a quiet but distinct course of action between us . My part was to strengthen and animate her sink- ing frame . I brought her fresh flowers , new books , kind friends , and little luxuries that cool the ...
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