Recollections of a HousekeeperHarper & Brothers, 1834 - 155 páginas |
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... half skeptical with regard to the value of juvenile literature , when I remember how my mind opened under the mysteries of those writings . In justice , however , to the good tendency of engravings , I must mention , that the effect pro ...
... half skeptical with regard to the value of juvenile literature , when I remember how my mind opened under the mysteries of those writings . In justice , however , to the good tendency of engravings , I must mention , that the effect pro ...
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... half like to see given to lazy mod- ern girls , lolling over new - fangled cookery- books . But this was not all . 66 Clarissa , " said my judicious mother , " by not knowing how to make puddings and pies , you may be occasionally ...
... half like to see given to lazy mod- ern girls , lolling over new - fangled cookery- books . But this was not all . 66 Clarissa , " said my judicious mother , " by not knowing how to make puddings and pies , you may be occasionally ...
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... half ashamed to praise the parlour fur- niture , though I secretly said , " It is mine . " On recovering from my shyness , I visited the vari- ous apartments , and I think I was most attract- ed by the nicely sanded kitchen , not even ...
... half ashamed to praise the parlour fur- niture , though I secretly said , " It is mine . " On recovering from my shyness , I visited the vari- ous apartments , and I think I was most attract- ed by the nicely sanded kitchen , not even ...
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... half modest , half patronising tone , " I am a young house- keeper , but I dare say we shall get along very well . " " Oh , ma'am , " replied Nancy , " I am not at all petikelar . I never has no differences with nobody . " How amiable ...
... half modest , half patronising tone , " I am a young house- keeper , but I dare say we shall get along very well . " " Oh , ma'am , " replied Nancy , " I am not at all petikelar . I never has no differences with nobody . " How amiable ...
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... half an hour or thereabouts , she fetched a sigh , and large tears rolled down her cheeks ; and them as stood by wiped them off , for she seemed not to know that she was a crying . She has come to now pretty much , but has an ugly cough ...
... half an hour or thereabouts , she fetched a sigh , and large tears rolled down her cheeks ; and them as stood by wiped them off , for she seemed not to know that she was a crying . She has come to now pretty much , but has an ugly cough ...
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