Enquire Within Upon Everything: To which is Added Enquire Within Upon Fancy NeedleworkHoulston & Wright, 1869 - 412 pages |
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Page 64
... brushes you use . " Hair- dresser . " Oh , I see you don't hun- derstand me , sir ; I don't mean the ' air of the ' ed , but the hair hof the hatmo- sphere ! " xvi . COCKNEY SWEEP ( seated upon a donkey ) .- " Fitch us out another penn ...
... brushes you use . " Hair- dresser . " Oh , I see you don't hun- derstand me , sir ; I don't mean the ' air of the ' ed , but the hair hof the hatmo- sphere ! " xvi . COCKNEY SWEEP ( seated upon a donkey ) .- " Fitch us out another penn ...
Page 83
... brush dipped in black paint or ink , an outline representation of the tool or instru- ment belonging to that ... brushes , pots for black , white , green , and red paint , cans of painting oil , paint - brushes , & c . 294. AGAINST THE ...
... brush dipped in black paint or ink , an outline representation of the tool or instru- ment belonging to that ... brushes , pots for black , white , green , and red paint , cans of painting oil , paint - brushes , & c . 294. AGAINST THE ...
Page 84
... brushing boiled oil over cheap tarlatan . It is an excellent material for keeping dust from books , vases , wool ... brushes , may be resorted to , and will be found more effective than can at first be imagined . If a bedroom is wet ...
... brushing boiled oil over cheap tarlatan . It is an excellent material for keeping dust from books , vases , wool ... brushes , may be resorted to , and will be found more effective than can at first be imagined . If a bedroom is wet ...
Page 85
... brushing a very delicate coating of gutta percha solution over their surface . It is perfectly transparent , and is said to improve the appearance of pictures . By coating both sides of important documents they can be kept waterproof ...
... brushing a very delicate coating of gutta percha solution over their surface . It is perfectly transparent , and is said to improve the appearance of pictures . By coating both sides of important documents they can be kept waterproof ...
Page 87
... brush . It will raise a lather , which must be washed off with clear cold water . Rub dry with a clean cloth . In nailing down a carpet after the floor has been washed , be certain that the floor is quite dry , or the nails will rust ...
... brush . It will raise a lather , which must be washed off with clear cold water . Rub dry with a clean cloth . In nailing down a carpet after the floor has been washed , be certain that the floor is quite dry , or the nails will rust ...
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acid allspice ammonia anchovy apples applied bake beef black pepper bottle bread brush butter buttonhole stitches calomel camphor cards castor oil cayenne pepper clean cloth cold water colour cotton cover cream decoction dish dissolved diuretic Dose double drachms dress eggs finger fire flavour flour flowers four ounces gently give glass grains gravy gum arabic half a pound half an ounce hand heat juice keep king knave lady lemon liquor meat milk minutes mixture mucilage nutmeg onions otto of roses ounces oven paper partner pearlash pepper person pickle picot piece pint play player potatoes powder quantity quart quarter roast round salt sauce simmer slices soda spoonful stewpan stir stitches strain sugar tablespoonful teaspoonful thick tincture tion trumps turn turpentine veal vegetables vinegar warm wash wine
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Page 332 - So much for Industry, my Friends, and Attention to one's own Business; but to these we must add Frugality, if we would make our Industry more certainly successful. A Man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his Nose all his Life to the Grindstone, and die not worth a Groat at last. A fat Kitchen makes a lean Will, as Poor Richard says; and Many Estates are spent in the Getting, Since Women for Tea forsook Spinning and Knitting, And Men for Punch forsook Hewing and Splitting.
Page 333 - A fat kitchen makes a lean will; and Many estates are spent in the getting, Since women for tea forsook spinning and knitting, And men for punch forsook hewing and splitting. If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as of getting. The Indies have not made Spain rich, because her outgoes are greater than her incomes.
Page 333 - If you would be wealthy, says he, in another Almanack, think of Saving as well as of Getting: The Indies have not made Spain rich, because her Outgoes are greater than her Incomes.
Page 333 - Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship"; and again, "Who dainties love, shall beggars prove"; and moreover, "Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
Page 212 - That no will shall be valid unless it shall be in writing and executed in manner herein-after mentioned ; (that is to say,) it shall be signed at the foot or end thereof by the testator, or by some other person in his presence and by his direction; and such signature shall be made or acknowledged by the testator in the presence of two or more witnesses present at the same time, and such witnesses shall attest and shall subscribe the will in the presence of the testator, but no form of attestation...
Page 333 - He means, that perhaps the cheapness is apparent only, and not real; or the bargain, by straitening thee in thy business, may do thee more harm than good. For in another place he says, Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths.
Page 197 - I was drawn along the surface of the water in a very agreeable manner. Having then engaged another boy to carry my clothes round the pond, to a place which I pointed out to him, on the other side, I began to cross ' the pond with my kite, which carried me quite over without the least fatigue, and with the greatest pleasure imaginable.
Page 196 - If therefore a person unacquainted with swimming and falling accidentally into the water, could have presence of mind sufficient to avoid struggling and plunging, and to let the body take this natural position, he might continue long safe from drowning till perhaps help would come.
Page 74 - Twas muttered in Hell, And echo caught faintly The sound as it fell. On the confines of earth 'Twas permitted to rest, And the depths of the ocean Its presence confessed.
Page 74 - Twas in heaven pronounced, and 'twas muttered in hell, And echo caught faintly the sound as it fell ; On the confines of earth 'twas permitted to rest, And the depths of the ocean its presence confest.