Eighteen maxims of neatness and order, by Theresa Tidy |
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... dress , furniture , books , or pictures . If the piano - forte be left open , the desk elevated , and the music exposed all night , a frightful accumulation of dust will have taken place before the next morning , which will cling to the ...
... dress , furniture , books , or pictures . If the piano - forte be left open , the desk elevated , and the music exposed all night , a frightful accumulation of dust will have taken place before the next morning , which will cling to the ...
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... dress , a pocket : dis- card for ever that modern invention called a ridicule , ( properly reticule , ) and remember that a pocket - handker- chief is the most disgusting and un- ladylike article of litter that can be exposed to view ...
... dress , a pocket : dis- card for ever that modern invention called a ridicule , ( properly reticule , ) and remember that a pocket - handker- chief is the most disgusting and un- ladylike article of litter that can be exposed to view ...
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... dress is so universally 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 ...
... dress is so universally 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 ...
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Elizabeth Susannah Simmonds. dress for dinner , look round the room , that you may put in its place every thing belonging to you ; and if the chairs have been put in motion by departed guests , and " look as if they had been dancing ...
Elizabeth Susannah Simmonds. dress for dinner , look round the room , that you may put in its place every thing belonging to you ; and if the chairs have been put in motion by departed guests , and " look as if they had been dancing ...
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... dress for dinner ; but never put your gloves or other articles into the crown of your bonnet , by way of basket . A whip or a cane should never be laid on a table , since , when touched at one end , it will dash down at the other ...
... dress for dinner ; but never put your gloves or other articles into the crown of your bonnet , by way of basket . A whip or a cane should never be laid on a table , since , when touched at one end , it will dash down at the other ...
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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..