Trials and Confessions of an American HousekeeperLippincott, Grambo & Company, 1854 - 312 ページ |
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... washing - board , or Nancy's sad - iron , has been at work upon the buttons . For a year or two after our marriage , I used to express impatience , whenever , in putting on a clean shirt , I found a button gone . ( 92 ) X SHIRT BUTTONS.
... washing - board , or Nancy's sad - iron , has been at work upon the buttons . For a year or two after our marriage , I used to express impatience , whenever , in putting on a clean shirt , I found a button gone . ( 92 ) X SHIRT BUTTONS.
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... that girl has never touched the fire . " So I gave the bell a pretty vigorous jerk . In a few minutes up came Nancy , the cook , in answer to my summons . RATHER SLIPPERY . ( 99 ) 66 ' Why hasn't ( 98 ) XI PAVEMENT WASHING IN WINTER.
... that girl has never touched the fire . " So I gave the bell a pretty vigorous jerk . In a few minutes up came Nancy , the cook , in answer to my summons . RATHER SLIPPERY . ( 99 ) 66 ' Why hasn't ( 98 ) XI PAVEMENT WASHING IN WINTER.
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... Nancy withdrew , and I kept on speaking to myself- " I never saw such creatures . No considera- tion in them ! Washing the pavement on a morn- ing like this ! Little do they care who falls on the ice ; or who has a broken arm , or a ...
... Nancy withdrew , and I kept on speaking to myself- " I never saw such creatures . No considera- tion in them ! Washing the pavement on a morn- ing like this ! Little do they care who falls on the ice ; or who has a broken arm , or a ...
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... Nancy , then , " my wife said , sharply , to John , as if he were to blame for Jane's being at work . John turned away slowly and went on his L errand , evidently in not the most amiable mood in HOUSE - CLEANING . 139.
... Nancy , then , " my wife said , sharply , to John , as if he were to blame for Jane's being at work . John turned away slowly and went on his L errand , evidently in not the most amiable mood in HOUSE - CLEANING . 139.
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... Nancy couldn't come . " Why can't she come ? " enquired my wife . " She says she's doing some sewing for her- self , and can't go out this week , " replied John . " Go and tell her that she must come . That my house is upside down , and ...
... Nancy couldn't come . " Why can't she come ? " enquired my wife . " She says she's doing some sewing for her- self , and can't go out this week , " replied John . " Go and tell her that she must come . That my house is upside down , and ...
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