Recollections of a HousekeeperHarper & Brothers, 1838 - 155 páginas |
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... soon apprized of the loss of my cook , and the very next evening " help " came in the form of a gentle , but ignorant - look- ing girl of eighteen . She was one to whom I would willingly have extended my hand , and given my heart . I ...
... soon apprized of the loss of my cook , and the very next evening " help " came in the form of a gentle , but ignorant - look- ing girl of eighteen . She was one to whom I would willingly have extended my hand , and given my heart . I ...
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... soon came in , and she was decently laid out . Curry left twenty dollars to pay expenses . I was the only mourner at her funeral , and I cried enough for a hundred ; and it seemed to me , the night after the funeral , that I should just ...
... soon came in , and she was decently laid out . Curry left twenty dollars to pay expenses . I was the only mourner at her funeral , and I cried enough for a hundred ; and it seemed to me , the night after the funeral , that I should just ...
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... soon engrossed with household cares . And let no one underrate the value of those cares to an unoccupied or even a harassed mind , whose mental re- sources are limited . Who has not seen the tear of sorrow dry away amid their gentle but ...
... soon engrossed with household cares . And let no one underrate the value of those cares to an unoccupied or even a harassed mind , whose mental re- sources are limited . Who has not seen the tear of sorrow dry away amid their gentle but ...
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... soon loved to join . Time wore away , and she revived a little with reviving spring . She still had strength to carry her plants from window to window to catch the sunbeams , and could sit to watch the twilight in its dying glory . But soon ...
... soon loved to join . Time wore away , and she revived a little with reviving spring . She still had strength to carry her plants from window to window to catch the sunbeams , and could sit to watch the twilight in its dying glory . But soon ...
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... soon lulled him to sleep , and I was enabled to enjoy the repose of nature . Every object was as fresh as though it had just sprung into being before my eyes . The beautiful sloping hills of Brooklyn , the spark- ling fulness of Charles ...
... soon lulled him to sleep , and I was enabled to enjoy the repose of nature . Every object was as fresh as though it had just sprung into being before my eyes . The beautiful sloping hills of Brooklyn , the spark- ling fulness of Charles ...
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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.