The young lady's friend, by a lady [E.W. Farrar].American Stationers' Company, 1837 - 432 էջ |
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... walk out in the morning , when the shops and streets are full of people , and having now no lessons to learn , I can go out visiting every evening , if I choose . I mean to keep up my music , and read a little French ; but as to history ...
... walk out in the morning , when the shops and streets are full of people , and having now no lessons to learn , I can go out visiting every evening , if I choose . I mean to keep up my music , and read a little French ; but as to history ...
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... walking in the streets for health , and tells them they would find it much more effectual exercise to sweep a chamber or rub furniture , and this being done with the windows open would give them the fresh air also . It is therefore ...
... walking in the streets for health , and tells them they would find it much more effectual exercise to sweep a chamber or rub furniture , and this being done with the windows open would give them the fresh air also . It is therefore ...
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... walk and could not afford to hire a conveyance ; this no one then knew but the person obliged . If her notes were ... walking down stairs on company- days , and walking up again the day after ; every knife and fork , every glass and ...
... walk and could not afford to hire a conveyance ; this no one then knew but the person obliged . If her notes were ... walking down stairs on company- days , and walking up again the day after ; every knife and fork , every glass and ...
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... walk , lose no time in changing them ; for nothing is more unpleasant to the ear , parti- cularly that of the sick . Folding or unfolding a news- paper that has become very dry , will make noise enough to wake a person from a light ...
... walk , lose no time in changing them ; for nothing is more unpleasant to the ear , parti- cularly that of the sick . Folding or unfolding a news- paper that has become very dry , will make noise enough to wake a person from a light ...
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... walk or sit . Some false standard of beauty , invented perhaps to conceal deformity , is set up , and then the very bones and muscles of the perfect body must be made to conform to it . When this is carried so far as it is in the case ...
... walk or sit . Some false standard of beauty , invented perhaps to conceal deformity , is set up , and then the very bones and muscles of the perfect body must be made to conform to it . When this is carried so far as it is in the case ...
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Էջ 11 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Էջ 198 - Whom have I in heaven but Thee, and there is none on earth, that I desire, in comparison of Thee.
Էջ 97 - Let it not be said, that knowledge of this description is superfluous to the unprofessional reader ; for society groans under the load of suffering inflicted by causes susceptible of removal, but left in operation in consequence of our unacquaintance with our own structure, and with the relations of the different parts of the system to each other and to external objects.
Էջ 147 - ... engagement, of which their sisters were the charm ; they have refrained from mixing with the impure, because they would not bring home thoughts and feelings which they could not share' with those trusting and loving friends ; they have put aside the wine-cup and abstained from stronger potations, because they would not profane with their fumes the holy kiss, with which they were accustomed to bid their sisters good night.
Էջ 12 - A friend of mine, going to consult her dentist, found in his parlour an elderly lady waiting to be operated upon, and turning the odd minutes to account by stitching away upon a wristband she had brought with her for the purpose. This was not only good economy of time, but an excellent sedative for the nerves, and must have rendered less tedious and irksome the time she was obliged to wait. To sleep a greater number of hours than is necessary for rest and refreshment is a voluntary and wanton abridgment...
Էջ 207 - Think, too, of a rule prescribing the expression of the countenance and topics of conversation ! The following instructions are given in regard to the deportment at table : " When fairly seated in the right place, spread your napkin in your lap to protect your dress from accident ; take off your gloves, and put them in your lap under the napkin [!] If soup is helped first, take some, whether you like it or not ; because, if you do not, you alone may be unemployed, or else the regular progress of...