 | B. L. Rayner - 1832 - 982 էջ
...runs up to Alexandria is in full view of my window, and I see the vessels as they pass and repass. The house is upon a grand and superb scale, requiring...! The lighting the apartments from the kitchen to parlors and chambers is a tax indeed, and the fires we are obliged to keep to secure us from daily... | |
 | Samuel Hazard - 1841 - 598 էջ
...gown was a luxury that few arrived at, and its advent in the family an evrnt of sufficient in. Hi - in proper order, and perform the ordinary business of the house and stables — nn establishment very well proportioned to the President's salary. The lighting the apartments,... | |
 | Samuel Hazard - 1841 - 440 էջ
...Holland." " You have guessed right," he replied ; " I did bring it when I came to this country, and ments in proper order, and perform the ordinary business...the house and stables — an establishment very well proper* tioned to the President's salary. The lighting the apartments, from the kitchen to parlors... | |
 | William Quereau Force - 1850 - 292 էջ
...runs up to Alexandria, is in full view of my window and I see the vessels as they pass and repass. The house is upon a grand and superb scale, requiring...salary. The lighting the apartments, from the kitchen to the parlors and chambers, is a tax indeed ; and the fires we are obliged to keep, to secure us from... | |
 | Richard Hildreth - 1851 - 708 էջ
...those attached to It; but as they are, and scattered as they are, I see no great comfort for them. " The house is upon a grand and superb scale, requiring...business of the house and stables : an establishment," she ironically adds, " very well proportioned to the president's salary. The lighting the apartments... | |
 | Richard Hildreth - 1851 - 792 էջ
...attached to it ; but at they are, and scattered as they are, I see no great comfort for them. " The bouse is upon a grand and superb scale, requiring about...business of the house and stables : an establishment," she ironically adds, " very well proportioned to the president's salary. The lighting the apartments... | |
 | JOSEPH B. VARNUM - 1854 - 130 էջ
...they are, and scattered as they are, I see no great comfort for them. * * "The house [President's] is upon a grand and superb scale, requiring about...salary. The lighting the apartments, from the kitchen to parlors and chambers, is a tax indeed, and the fires we are obliged to keep to secure us from daily... | |
 | Seba Smith, Elizabeth Oakes Prince Smith - 1856 - 592 էջ
...description of the desolate appearance of everything she saw on the road, «he says: "The bouse is on a grand and superb scale, requiring about thirty servants...salary. The lighting the apartments from the kitchen to parlors and chambers is a tax indeed ; and the fires we are obliged to keep to secure us from daily... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 728 էջ
...runs up to Alexandria, is in full view of my window, and I see the vessels as they pass and repass. The house is upon a grand and superb scale, requiring...salary. The lighting the apartments from the kitchen to parlors and chambers is u tax indeed, nnd the fires we are obliged to keep to secure us from daily... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 732 էջ
...runs up to Alexandria, is in full view of my window, and I see the vessels as they pass and repass. The house is upon a grand and superb scale, requiring...salary. The lighting the apartments from the kitchen to parlors and chambers is a tax indeed, and the tires we are oblige'd to keep to secure us from daily... | |
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The house is upon a grand and superb scale, requiring about thirty servants to attend and keep the apartments in proper order, and perform the ordinary business of the house and stables... 
