Recollections of a HousekeeperHarper & Brothers, 1838 - 155 páginas |
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... care ; but on the Monday following , she returned to her own residence , Edward went to his office , and I was left alone . I soon felt weary of idleness . How willingly would I have darned a stocking , or clear - starched a muslin ...
... care ; but on the Monday following , she returned to her own residence , Edward went to his office , and I was left alone . I soon felt weary of idleness . How willingly would I have darned a stocking , or clear - starched a muslin ...
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... care , and I felt on strong ground while I defended my quantity of milk . Nancy an- swered me again with some heat , and when she found me following my own recipe in si- lence , dashed the sieve full of flour on the 20 RECOLLECTIONS OF.
... care , and I felt on strong ground while I defended my quantity of milk . Nancy an- swered me again with some heat , and when she found me following my own recipe in si- lence , dashed the sieve full of flour on the 20 RECOLLECTIONS OF.
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... care of you ? ' says she , and she looked with her sunk eye full on Curry . " 6 Curry got right up , and came by the bed- side , and knelt down , and took her thin hand , and said , in a voice quite loud and solemn , ' I will take care ...
... care of you ? ' says she , and she looked with her sunk eye full on Curry . " 6 Curry got right up , and came by the bed- side , and knelt down , and took her thin hand , and said , in a voice quite loud and solemn , ' I will take care ...
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... cares . And let no one underrate the value of those cares to an unoccupied or even a harassed mind , whose mental re- sources are limited . Who has not seen the tear of sorrow dry away amid their gentle but imperious demands ? Who has ...
... cares . And let no one underrate the value of those cares to an unoccupied or even a harassed mind , whose mental re- sources are limited . Who has not seen the tear of sorrow dry away amid their gentle but imperious demands ? Who has ...
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Caroline Howard Gilman. an admirable outlet are household cares for a scold ! View that face screwed up to modera ... care , supplied me with new " help . " She was from Vermont , and as green as her native hills . Cinda Tyler was her ...
Caroline Howard Gilman. an admirable outlet are household cares for a scold ! View that face screwed up to modera ... care , supplied me with new " help . " She was from Vermont , and as green as her native hills . Cinda Tyler was her ...
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asked beautiful Becky bours called cambric chair CHAPTER character cheek cherub child Cholera Cinda Clarissa comfort cook cousin cream Curry dear dinner domestic door dress Edition Edward Engravings eyes feel felt Frae Frederick frill gave gentle glance glass grave Growler guests hair half hand happiness harpsichord HARVARD COLLEGE heard heart honour housekeeper husband Ingols intel John Frost kitchen lady lamp little Polly LL.D look Lucy luxuries Lyddy ma'am Mam'selle marriage mind minuet Miss Packard morning mortification mother Nancy neighbour ness never New-England night obliged parlour passed perceived Polly's poor Portrait recollect roasting Sally seemed sewing sideboard Sidney Doane silent Sliter smile sometimes soon spinet stairs Stockton stood Sukey sweet taste tears thing thrown tion took turned uncon veal visiters voice vols walked week wife William William Robertson window woman young
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Página 122 - Oh, young and lovely bride, watch well the first moments when your will conflicts with his to whom God and society have given the control. Reverence his wishes even when you do not his opinions.
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