Eighteen maxims of neatness and order, by Theresa Tidy |
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... Allow me , gentle reader , before I con- clude my apology , to advert to the revo- lution which has taken place , since the period when our grandmothers pre- sided over the apartments we now in- habit . Then , were bare to the very ...
... Allow me , gentle reader , before I con- clude my apology , to advert to the revo- lution which has taken place , since the period when our grandmothers pre- sided over the apartments we now in- habit . Then , were bare to the very ...
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... allowed to be an essential qualification in a gentlewoman , that it has been thought unnecessary to enter upon the discussion of it here ; but a young per- son who is really neat and gentlewomanlike in her personal appearance , is ...
... allowed to be an essential qualification in a gentlewoman , that it has been thought unnecessary to enter upon the discussion of it here ; but a young per- son who is really neat and gentlewomanlike in her personal appearance , is ...
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... allow ; and recollect that there is often more true diligence in leaving off than in beginning . Refrain , too , from taking up a book , or even a newspaper , merely because it happens to lie before you , though unattended by any ...
... allow ; and recollect that there is often more true diligence in leaving off than in beginning . Refrain , too , from taking up a book , or even a newspaper , merely because it happens to lie before you , though unattended by any ...
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Elizabeth Susannah Simmonds. some accidental engagement which does not allow time to provide ourselves with the immediate object of our pursuit . XIII . Take care to be dressed in time for dinner , by beginning to dress too soon , and ...
Elizabeth Susannah Simmonds. some accidental engagement which does not allow time to provide ourselves with the immediate object of our pursuit . XIII . Take care to be dressed in time for dinner , by beginning to dress too soon , and ...
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... allow them to accomplish ; but ex- perience will discover that this practice tends to the loss rather than the saving of that valuable article . When one thing treads upon the heels of another , nothing will be done well : the last upon ...
... allow them to accomplish ; but ex- perience will discover that this practice tends to the loss rather than the saving of that valuable article . When one thing treads upon the heels of another , nothing will be done well : the last upon ...
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appearance arrangement of letters Bible boards carriage chairs china Christian Church of England cottage daily desk destination dozen drawer dress for dinner duties EIGHTEEN MAXIMS elegance employed Family fashion gentlewoman gloves habit half-bound HATCHARD HATCHARD AND SON hints History of Michael hopeless horse the rider horse was lost horse-shoe nail human comfort Ibotson and Palmer ing-room jealous labours lady luxuries MAXIMS OF NEATNESS ménage ment Michael Kemp Miriam mistress morning nail the shoe neatly NEATNESS AND ORDER necessary never Ninth edition overtaken and slain perhaps person piano-forte PICCADILLY pocket POOR RICHARD portfolio Prayer PREFIXED AN INTRODUCTION quire Remember require constant rider was lost right hand Savoy Street Second edition Sermons servant shawl shoe the horse shoe was lost sitting snuff sofa sometimes spare minute Teacher's Assistant THERESA TIDY thing Third edition TWENTIETH EDITION Vicar Vide vols young friends
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Page 3 - Mischief; adding, for want of a Nail the Shoe was lost; for want of a Shoe the Horse was lost; and for want of a Horse the Rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the Enemy; all for want of Care about a Horse-shoe Nail.
Page 3 - EIGHTEEN MAXIMS of NEATNESS and ORDER. To which is prefixed an Introduction by THERESA TIDY..