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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... window to window to catch the sunbeams , and could sit to watch the twilight in its dying glory . But soon she failed again , and one night Edward and I were awaked to go to her . She could but whisper to us as we bent over her , " Do ...
... window to window to catch the sunbeams , and could sit to watch the twilight in its dying glory . But soon she failed again , and one night Edward and I were awaked to go to her . She could but whisper to us as we bent over her , " Do ...
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... intercourse of society , where the piquant is softened by the modest , and the feeble animated by the strong . My windows were clear as a good conscience , my brasses bright as ready wit , and like Narcissus in. 52 RECOLLECTIONS OF.
... intercourse of society , where the piquant is softened by the modest , and the feeble animated by the strong . My windows were clear as a good conscience , my brasses bright as ready wit , and like Narcissus in. 52 RECOLLECTIONS OF.
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... - stone 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.
... - stone 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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... window , " how can the human natur's heart help for to see how miraculous beans is ! " I did not ridicule Becky's sentimentalities , but found pleasure in moralizing over the prog- ress of her bean vine , and even kept my coun- tenance ...
... window , " how can the human natur's heart help for to see how miraculous beans is ! " I did not ridicule Becky's sentimentalities , but found pleasure in moralizing over the prog- ress of her bean vine , and even kept my coun- tenance ...
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... window stealthily , a second look revealed to me Polly , with a bunch of faded flowers surmounting the simple green riband on her hat , and an old silk dress , which , hanging like a bag about her trim figure , betrayed at once the ...
... window stealthily , a second look revealed to me Polly , with a bunch of faded flowers surmounting the simple green riband on her hat , and an old silk dress , which , hanging like a bag about her trim figure , betrayed at once the ...
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