Recollections of a HousekeeperApplewood Books, 2008 - 160 páginas Catherine Gilman's 1834 work provides a picture of domestic life and manners in New England. Claiming to take as her source the mingled results of observation and experience, Gilman's work provides insight into the life of a homemaker in nineteenth-century New England and is the precursor to her later Recollections of a Southern Matron. Taken as a pair, the two works provide insight into the regional differences in domestic economy between the North and the South in antebellum America. |
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... called manners in her reception . Another peculiarity of Cinda's was to ex- amine every new purchase of mine , and ask the price , and sometimes the ornaments of my visiters did not escape this ordeal . I was get- ting somewhat wearied ...
... called manners in her reception . Another peculiarity of Cinda's was to ex- amine every new purchase of mine , and ask the price , and sometimes the ornaments of my visiters did not escape this ordeal . I was get- ting somewhat wearied ...
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... called out to walk with Deacon Hodges as chief mourner , she just went straight forward , without putting her handkerchief to her eyes , and didn't seem to care to lean on his arm , even . She walked right on to the grave , and gave a ...
... called out to walk with Deacon Hodges as chief mourner , she just went straight forward , without putting her handkerchief to her eyes , and didn't seem to care to lean on his arm , even . She walked right on to the grave , and gave a ...
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... called upon to sympathize with me in a similar experience . Being invited to a ceremo- nious party , he mounted a new coat . I could perceive considerable complacency in his man- ner of pulling down the waist and turning out the collar ...
... called upon to sympathize with me in a similar experience . Being invited to a ceremo- nious party , he mounted a new coat . I could perceive considerable complacency in his man- ner of pulling down the waist and turning out the collar ...
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... called to her to come back . She blushed , and said " the last bell was tolling . " " Come in , immediately , " said I. She walked slowly and sulkily back , and I asked her why she wore borrowed clothes ? For the first time in her life ...
... called to her to come back . She blushed , and said " the last bell was tolling . " " Come in , immediately , " said I. She walked slowly and sulkily back , and I asked her why she wore borrowed clothes ? For the first time in her life ...
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... timid looking figure by her side . Her bonnet , a mix- ture of sorry finery , scarcely hid her face , but it was closely covered with both her hands . She looked like one who would gladly have called on 88 RECOLLECTIONS OF.
... timid looking figure by her side . Her bonnet , a mix- ture of sorry finery , scarcely hid her face , but it was closely covered with both her hands . She looked like one who would gladly have called on 88 RECOLLECTIONS OF.
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