Eighteen maxims of neatness and order, by Theresa Tidy |
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Page 11
... very quick the walls and floors which now are cover- ed and loaded with excrescences ; then were a sofa and a set of stuffed - back chairs , ranged in a semicircle round the fire in winter , and the window in sum- mer INTRODUCTION . 11.
... very quick the walls and floors which now are cover- ed and loaded with excrescences ; then were a sofa and a set of stuffed - back chairs , ranged in a semicircle round the fire in winter , and the window in sum- mer INTRODUCTION . 11.
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... sofa , and even chair ; and , being left to itself , will sometimes swallow up articles of the greatest value . If the judg- ment of the housemaid be trusted to , all is lost : she has not patience to separate the chaff from the wheat ...
... sofa , and even chair ; and , being left to itself , will sometimes swallow up articles of the greatest value . If the judg- ment of the housemaid be trusted to , all is lost : she has not patience to separate the chaff from the wheat ...
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... sofa which are just come out of the garden . XII . Never remain engaged in a favourite employment longer than the duties of the day will allow ; and recollect that there is often more true diligence in leaving off than in beginning ...
... sofa which are just come out of the garden . XII . Never remain engaged in a favourite employment longer than the duties of the day will allow ; and recollect that there is often more true diligence in leaving off than in beginning ...
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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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