Recollections of a HousekeeperHarper & Brothers, 1838 - 155 páginas |
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... died . " The sun rose then quite glorious . The light didn't look right to me ; it shot to my heart like ice , and I would rather have had it dark again . 66 ' Curry was very kind and serviceable to me , but just as he was going to call ...
... died . " The sun rose then quite glorious . The light didn't look right to me ; it shot to my heart like ice , and I would rather have had it dark again . 66 ' Curry was very kind and serviceable to me , but just as he was going to call ...
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... died over again when he went out , but the neighbours soon came in , and she was decently laid out . Curry left twenty dollars to pay expenses . I was the only mourner at her funeral , and I cried enough for a hundred ; and it seemed to ...
... died over again when he went out , but the neighbours soon came in , and she was decently laid out . Curry left twenty dollars to pay expenses . I was the only mourner at her funeral , and I cried enough for a hundred ; and it seemed to ...
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... Curry was not content with the simple bowing affirmative . Something seemed struggling in his mind . He grasped Sally's hand , and with such an utterance as she told me he had used on the night her mother died , said , “ A HOUSEKEEPER . 31.
... Curry was not content with the simple bowing affirmative . Something seemed struggling in his mind . He grasped Sally's hand , and with such an utterance as she told me he had used on the night her mother died , said , “ A HOUSEKEEPER . 31.
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Caroline Howard Gilman. on the night her mother died , said , “ I will , so help me God . " On Monday morning my husband presented Sally with a large brass kettle , a common New- England present on such occasions , and the happy couple ...
Caroline Howard Gilman. on the night her mother died , said , “ I will , so help me God . " On Monday morning my husband presented Sally with a large brass kettle , a common New- England present on such occasions , and the happy couple ...
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... died two weeks ago , and ain't left her no pro- vision . " On the following morning I had a conversa- tion with Mr. Tucker about Lucy Cooledge . The narration interested me , though I drew the inference that she would not be as ...
... died two weeks ago , and ain't left her no pro- vision . " On the following morning I had a conversa- tion with Mr. Tucker about Lucy Cooledge . The narration interested me , though I drew the inference that she would not be as ...
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