Trials and Confessions of an American HousekeeperLippincott, Grambo & Company, 1854 - 312 ページ |
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... took up a pair of vases and held them before my eyes . They were just the thing for my mantle pieces , and I covetted them on the instant . " What's the price ? " I enquired . " Got an old coat ? " was my only answer . " Don't want ...
... took up a pair of vases and held them before my eyes . They were just the thing for my mantle pieces , and I covetted them on the instant . " What's the price ? " I enquired . " Got an old coat ? " was my only answer . " Don't want ...
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... took them in my hands . " What will you give for the coat ? " said I. The old man gave his head a significant shake , as he replied- " No very good . " " It's worth something , " I returned . " Many a poor person would be glad to buy it ...
... took them in my hands . " What will you give for the coat ? " said I. The old man gave his head a significant shake , as he replied- " No very good . " " It's worth something , " I returned . " Many a poor person would be glad to buy it ...
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... took a china cup and saucer , on which I read , in gilt letters , " For my Hus- band . " " Give you this , ” said he . It was now my time to show surprise ; I an- swered- " Indeed you won't , then . But I'll tell you what I will do ; I ...
... took a china cup and saucer , on which I read , in gilt letters , " For my Hus- band . " " Give you this , ” said he . It was now my time to show surprise ; I an- swered- " Indeed you won't , then . But I'll tell you what I will do ; I ...
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... took the vases down into the parlors and placed them on the mantles — one in each room . But they looked small , and seemed quite solitary . So I put one on each end of a single mantle . This did better ; still , I was disap- pointed in ...
... took the vases down into the parlors and placed them on the mantles — one in each room . But they looked small , and seemed quite solitary . So I put one on each end of a single mantle . This did better ; still , I was disap- pointed in ...
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... took charge of my " kitchen cabi- net , " a year or so afterwards , proved herself a culinary artist of no ordinary merit . But , alas ! Biddy " kept a room ; " and so many strange dis- appearances of bars of soap , bowls of sugar ...
... took charge of my " kitchen cabi- net , " a year or so afterwards , proved herself a culinary artist of no ordinary merit . But , alas ! Biddy " kept a room ; " and so many strange dis- appearances of bars of soap , bowls of sugar ...
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50 cents 75 cents American asked AUNT PHILLIS'S CABIN aunt Rachel Ballman better Bible bishop Ussher boarders bonnet borrowed Bridget chairs chamber cheap child Claudine cloth COMPLETE cook dear dinner domestic door duty edition eyes FARRIER feelings felt gilt girl give Godey's Lady's Book Grambo half hand Hannah heard heart Holy Bible hour house-cleaning housekeepers husband ILLUSTRATED Jones Jordon kitchen Kitty lady looked LORD BYRON ma'am Mary milliner mind morning mother Nancy neat plain binding never octavo ornaments parlor pleasant POETICAL Poets poor Price printed publishers quarto remarked replied returned SAMUEL GEORGE MORTON SARAH JOSEPHA HALE servants SEVEN BEAUTIFUL SIX BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVINGS smile Smith sofa soon stairs style Sunderland sure taste thing thought Turkey Turner volume week wife WILLIAM WHISTON woman words young
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131 ページ - All causes shall give way ; I am in blood Stepp'd in so far, that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er : Strange things I have in head, that will to hand ; Which must be acted, ere they may be scann'd.