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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... half - cooked potatoes betrayed a cold and hard heart beneath a soft surface - no half - picked poultry came to the table as if reluctant to resign the feathery insignia . The amalgamation of sauces and gravies was like the intercourse ...
... half - cooked potatoes betrayed a cold and hard heart beneath a soft surface - no half - picked poultry came to the table as if reluctant to resign the feathery insignia . The amalgamation of sauces and gravies was like the intercourse ...
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... half fell in love with myself in the polished mahogany . From whence then came the cloud to shade this happy picture ? I was jealous . Not of women , for my husband not only professed to love me , but treated me with remarked atten ...
... half fell in love with myself in the polished mahogany . From whence then came the cloud to shade this happy picture ? I was jealous . Not of women , for my husband not only professed to love me , but treated me with remarked atten ...
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... half hour he closed his book , and said briefly , " What are you waiting ? Let us go , " the walk seemed heavy , and the twilight sad . Perhaps , had I rallied him , he might have perceived that he was trying a dan- gerous , though ...
... half hour he closed his book , and said briefly , " What are you waiting ? Let us go , " the walk seemed heavy , and the twilight sad . Perhaps , had I rallied him , he might have perceived that he was trying a dan- gerous , though ...
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... half hour before he went out . Just at this period a little boy who lived opposite , and who was in the habit of visiting us frequently , came in , and began his customary prattle . " Oh , Mr. Packard , " said little John , running to ...
... half hour before he went out . Just at this period a little boy who lived opposite , and who was in the habit of visiting us frequently , came in , and began his customary prattle . " Oh , Mr. Packard , " said little John , running to ...
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... , on looking at him , " for you have half of one of Mrs. Winthrop's candles streaming down from your collar to your elbow . " Poor Edward was thrown all aback . " Hang it , " said he , quite off his guard 64 RECOLLECTIONS OF.
... , on looking at him , " for you have half of one of Mrs. Winthrop's candles streaming down from your collar to your elbow . " Poor Edward was thrown all aback . " Hang it , " said he , quite off his guard 64 RECOLLECTIONS OF.
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