Domestic Duties: Or, Instructions to Young Married Ladies, on the Management of Their Households, and the Regulation of Their Conduct in the Various Relations and Duties of Married LifeJ. & J. Harper, 1829 - 408 páginas |
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... Importance of Example in fixing their moral and religious Habits ; Suitableness of Dress in Servants ; Wages ; Gifts from Visiters ; Qualifications required in a House - keeper ; A Cook ; A Housemaid ; A Nursery Maid ; A Laundress ; A ...
... Importance of Example in fixing their moral and religious Habits ; Suitableness of Dress in Servants ; Wages ; Gifts from Visiters ; Qualifications required in a House - keeper ; A Cook ; A Housemaid ; A Nursery Maid ; A Laundress ; A ...
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... importance of the character which she has to sustain . Her example alone may afford better in- struction than either precepts or admonitions , both to her children and servants . By a " daily beauty " in her life , she may present a ...
... importance of the character which she has to sustain . Her example alone may afford better in- struction than either precepts or admonitions , both to her children and servants . By a " daily beauty " in her life , she may present a ...
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... importance in society . This circumstance , alone , imposes on her an obligation to frame her conduct so as to render it at least irreproachable in the eyes of others , if not a model for imitation . In a greater or less number.
... importance in society . This circumstance , alone , imposes on her an obligation to frame her conduct so as to render it at least irreproachable in the eyes of others , if not a model for imitation . In a greater or less number.
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... important point of attention ; for the happiness of many a married couple has been materially affected by injudi- cious conduct towards both new and old connections . Jealousies and petty family - feuds spring from this source , and ...
... important point of attention ; for the happiness of many a married couple has been materially affected by injudi- cious conduct towards both new and old connections . Jealousies and petty family - feuds spring from this source , and ...
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... importance to you , in many points of view , to main- tain in it an extended circle of acquaintance . This need not preclude a proper discrimination in the choice of your friends . The forms of society favour our independence in this ...
... importance to you , in many points of view , to main- tain in it an extended circle of acquaintance . This need not preclude a proper discrimination in the choice of your friends . The forms of society favour our independence in this ...
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Página 173 - These vessels being perfect cylinders, about a foot each in height, stand very conveniently upon each other, and thus present the means of preserving a large quantity of fruit in a very small room ; and if the spaces between the top of one vessel and the base of another, be filled with a cement composed of two parts of the curd of skimmed milk and one of lime, by which the air will be excluded, the later kinds of Apples and Pears will be preserved with little change in their appearance, and without...
Página 164 - ... be old. The feet of a goose are pliable when the bird is fresh killed, and dry and stiff when it has been killed some time. Geese are called green till they are two or three months old. DUCKS should be chosen by the feet, which should be supple; and they should also have a plump and hard breast. The feet of a tame duck are yellowish, those of a wild one reddish. PIGEONS should always be eaten while they are fresh; when they look flabby and discolored about the under part, they have been kept...
Página 157 - ... the meat is seldom very good. The grain of cow-beef is closer, the fat whiter, and the lean scarcely so red as that of ox-beef. When you see beef, of which the fat is hard and skinny, and the lean of a deep red, you may be...
Página 193 - BALM, MINT, AND OTHER TEAS. These are simple infusions, the strength of which can only be regulated by the taste. They are made by putting either the fresh or the dried plants into boiling water in a covered vessel, which should be placed near the fire for an hour. The young shoots both of balm and of mint are to be preferred, on account of their strong aromatic qualities. These infusions may be drunk freely in feverish and in various other complaints, in which diluents are recommended. Mint tea,...
Página 19 - It is, therefore, not among the least of the duties incumbent on the heads of families, to place in their view such examples as are worthy their imitation. But these examples, otherwise praiseworthy, should neither be rendered disagreeable, nor have their force diminished by any accompaniment of ill-humour. Rather, by the happiness and comfort resulting from our conduct towards our domestics, should they be made sensible of the beauty of virtue and piety. What we admire, we often strive to imitate...
Página 159 - SALMON should have a fine red flesh and gills ; the scales should be bright, and the whole fish firm. Many persons think that salmon is improved by keeping a day or two ; but, in London, this precaution is unnecessary. That which is caught in the Thames is considered the finest, though there can scarcely be better fish than the Severn salmon.
Página 48 - ... essential in the presence of the female sex. But in the present age, when temperance is a striking feature in the character of a gentleman ; and when delicacy of conduct towards the female sex has increased with the esteem in which they are 'now held, on account of their superior education and attainments, the early withdrawing of the ladies from the dining-room is to be deprecated; as it prevents much conversation which might afford gratification and amusement, both to the ladies and the gentlemen....