Recollections of a HousekeeperHarper & Brothers, 1838 - 155 páginas |
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Página 46
... Polly had by this time become familiar with my arrangements , and with occasional assistance was strong enough to engage in carrying them out . But Lucy drooped daily , struggling on ; I was often obliged to take her work from her ...
... Polly had by this time become familiar with my arrangements , and with occasional assistance was strong enough to engage in carrying them out . But Lucy drooped daily , struggling on ; I was often obliged to take her work from her ...
Página 68
... Polly . " A tutor from Cambridge , " answered Becky . " What is a tutor ? " asked Polly " Mercy ! child , don't you know ? " said Becky , " why , a person that tutes ! " Becky's sentimentalism was not confined to her bean vine . She ...
... Polly . " A tutor from Cambridge , " answered Becky . " What is a tutor ? " asked Polly " Mercy ! child , don't you know ? " said Becky , " why , a person that tutes ! " Becky's sentimentalism was not confined to her bean vine . She ...
Página 69
... Polly , child , always regulate your concerns in the day , and then when you come to set by your taper ( looking at the small tallow candle ) , you can have time to meditate on the human natur's heart . " Alas , for romance ! Becky ...
... Polly , child , always regulate your concerns in the day , and then when you come to set by your taper ( looking at the small tallow candle ) , you can have time to meditate on the human natur's heart . " Alas , for romance ! Becky ...
Página 71
... Polly , now thirteen years of age , succeeded the regular nurse in assisting me to attend my little boy , and if ... Polly , Polly , why don't you shue the child ? " but alas ! A HOUSEKEEPER . 71.
... Polly , now thirteen years of age , succeeded the regular nurse in assisting me to attend my little boy , and if ... Polly , Polly , why don't you shue the child ? " but alas ! A HOUSEKEEPER . 71.
Página 72
... Polly's sole ability lay in trotting and walking , walking and trotting , with all the energy of human mus- cles ; her last resource , and it was often effect- ual , was to sit on a particularly hard chair , and rock backward and ...
... Polly's sole ability lay in trotting and walking , walking and trotting , with all the energy of human mus- cles ; her last resource , and it was often effect- ual , was to sit on a particularly hard chair , and rock backward and ...
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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 124 - ... after which, to the last moment of his life, he never heard the least allusion to the story, in whatever voice or tone it was mentioned, without getting up and retiring into the darkest corner of the room with great appearance. of distress. Then if you said, ' The baker was well paid,' or ' The baker was not hurt after all,' Camp came forth from his hiding-place, capered, and barked, and rejoiced.
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.
Página 69 - As mine own shadow was this child to me, A second self, far dearer and more fair ; Which clothed in undissolving radiancy All those steep paths which languor and despair Of human things had made so dark and bare.