Eighteen maxims of neatness and order, by Theresa Tidy |
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... boxes and baskets for every purpose that can be devised : flower - stands , book - shelves , cabinets , china , musical instruments , desks , and ottomans , fill up every corner ; not to mention a profusion of books , pamphlets , and ...
... boxes and baskets for every purpose that can be devised : flower - stands , book - shelves , cabinets , china , musical instruments , desks , and ottomans , fill up every corner ; not to mention a profusion of books , pamphlets , and ...
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... boxes and implements of work , the servant will be encouraged in his labours to keep the mahogany bright by rubbing , which has always an air of comfort , not to say elegance . XVII . Every one who is fond of reading will naturally be ...
... boxes and implements of work , the servant will be encouraged in his labours to keep the mahogany bright by rubbing , which has always an air of comfort , not to say elegance . XVII . Every one who is fond of reading will naturally be ...
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... boxes . No- thing is so disagreeable as a carriage filled with loose parcels , and the very utmost that a young person can be al- lowed in the inside of it , is a writing portfolio , a work box or bag , a book in As we are her hand ...
... boxes . No- thing is so disagreeable as a carriage filled with loose parcels , and the very utmost that a young person can be al- lowed in the inside of it , is a writing portfolio , a work box or bag , a book in As we are her hand ...
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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.
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