The Household Manager: Being a Practical Treatise Upon the Various Duties in Large Or Small Establishments, from the Drawing-room to the Kitchen

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G. Routledge & Company, 1857 - 376 ページ

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343 ページ - Barons' eldest sons. Knights of the Garter. Privy Councillors. Chancellor of the Exchequer. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench.
135 ページ - MAN is said to be a sociable animal, and, as an instance of it, we may observe, that we take all occasions and pretences of forming ourselves into those little nocturnal assemblies, which are commonly known by the name of clubs. When a set of men find themselves agree in any particular, though never so trivial, they establish themselves into a kind of fraternity, and meet once or twice a week, upon the account of such a fantastic resemblance.
311 ページ - A bequest of a year's wages to each of the testator's servants, over and above what may be due to them at the time of the testator's decease, applies to such servants only as are usually hired by the year.
35 ページ - Time has laid his hand Upon my heart, gently, not smiting it, But as a harper lays his open palm Upon his harp, to deaden its vibrations.
343 ページ - Bench. Master of the Rolls. Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer. Judges and Barons of the degree of the Coif of the said Courts, according to Seniority.
309 ページ - ... be liable, although it should appear that the defendant's servant was not driving at the time of the accident, but had...
134 ページ - One of the greatest and most important modern changes in society is the present system of clubs. The facilities of living have been wonderfully increased by them in many ways, whilst the expense has been greatly diminished. For a few pounds a year advantages are to be enjoyed which no fortunes except the most ample can procure.
134 ページ - English and foreign, the principal periodicals, and every material for writing, with attendance for whatever is wanted. The building is a sort of palace, and is kept with the same exactness and comfort as a private dwelling. Every member is a master withont any of the trouble of a master.
300 ページ - Whose heart would fail to sympathise with those who minister to us in all the wants of daily life, attend us in sickness, receive us upon our first appearance in this world, and even extend their cares to our mortal remains, who live under our roof, form our household, and are a part of our family...
259 ページ - Society. FRS, Fellow of the Royal Society. FSA, Fellow of the 'Society of Antiquaries.

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