Recollections of a HousekeeperHarper & Brothers, 1834 - 155 páginas |
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... affection . Little Polly superintended the toasting iron , that luxury so little known in some places , where forks are destroyed daily in burning one piece of bread , while the iron toasts three in. 24 RECOLLECTIONS OF.
... affection . Little Polly superintended the toasting iron , that luxury so little known in some places , where forks are destroyed daily in burning one piece of bread , while the iron toasts three in. 24 RECOLLECTIONS OF.
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... affection , and left Lucy , at the age of seventeen , without a shelter , except from the charity of neighbours . " It was a crying sight , " said Mr. Tucker , " to see the poor thing the day Mrs. Amory died , looking around so piteous ...
... affection , and left Lucy , at the age of seventeen , without a shelter , except from the charity of neighbours . " It was a crying sight , " said Mr. Tucker , " to see the poor thing the day Mrs. Amory died , looking around so piteous ...
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... affections . She marked passages in the Bible of the most attractive character for me to read to her , and , when her cough would allow , breathed out a hymn in sweet and happy strains , in which I soon loved to join . Time wore away ...
... affections . She marked passages in the Bible of the most attractive character for me to read to her , and , when her cough would allow , breathed out a hymn in sweet and happy strains , in which I soon loved to join . Time wore away ...
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... affections came to me and new cares to her . I could no longer confine her to the parlour , in her half- sized chair , with her calico frock and apron , and her hair simply parted . One morning I discerned a row of ambitious paper ...
... affections came to me and new cares to her . I could no longer confine her to the parlour , in her half- sized chair , with her calico frock and apron , and her hair simply parted . One morning I discerned a row of ambitious paper ...
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... affections , as the circle of agitation is more violent when a stone is thrown on a a smooth lake , than on the wilder ocean ! I had loved Polly like a younger sister . She came to me when my cup of happiness was full , and I was glad ...
... affections , as the circle of agitation is more violent when a stone is thrown on a a smooth lake , than on the wilder ocean ! I had loved Polly like a younger sister . She came to me when my cup of happiness was full , and I was glad ...
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