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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... tion of Miss Kitty Greedy leaning both elbows on a table , with her mouth crammed to reple- tion , trying in vain to address her mamma . The morale has clung to me to this day , and I never see a young or old gourmand , or detect myself ...
... tion of Miss Kitty Greedy leaning both elbows on a table , with her mouth crammed to reple- tion , trying in vain to address her mamma . The morale has clung to me to this day , and I never see a young or old gourmand , or detect myself ...
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... tion and even courtesy at the breakfast table . How gracefully is that cup forwarded ! What gentle accents accompany it ! But the lord and master of the household departs ! Hear his last footstep , and then notice how the clouds gather ...
... tion and even courtesy at the breakfast table . How gracefully is that cup forwarded ! What gentle accents accompany it ! But the lord and master of the household departs ! Hear his last footstep , and then notice how the clouds gather ...
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... tion with Mr. Tucker about Lucy Cooledge . The narration interested me , though I drew the inference that she would not be as dexterous in " thrashing about among the pots and kettles " as her predecessor . She had been adopted in ...
... tion with Mr. Tucker about Lucy Cooledge . The narration interested me , though I drew the inference that she would not be as dexterous in " thrashing about among the pots and kettles " as her predecessor . She had been adopted in ...
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... tion in the society of others ; and often when I saw married men display their gallantry to any but their wives , I felt proud of those prefer- ring attentions , which Edward directly , but without display , tendered me . My jealousy ...
... tion in the society of others ; and often when I saw married men display their gallantry to any but their wives , I felt proud of those prefer- ring attentions , which Edward directly , but without display , tendered me . My jealousy ...
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... tion of the species which authorizes it . It was not the fault of my lungs if our neigh- bours did not know the items of our daily food . I often forgot that others were not deaf , and caught Edward smiling at my trumpet - tongued style ...
... tion of the species which authorizes it . It was not the fault of my lungs if our neigh- bours did not know the items of our daily food . I often forgot that others were not deaf , and caught Edward smiling at my trumpet - tongued style ...
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