The Art of Home-making in City and Country, in Mansion and CottageChristian Herald Bible House, 1898 - 463 pages |
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... morning before Miss Jenkyns gave her party , in following her directions and in cutting out and stitching together pieces of newspapers , so as to form little paths to every chair set for the expected visitors , lest their shoes might ...
... morning before Miss Jenkyns gave her party , in following her directions and in cutting out and stitching together pieces of newspapers , so as to form little paths to every chair set for the expected visitors , lest their shoes might ...
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... mornings and evenings in the spring and fall when a blaze on the hearth means safety from taking cold , and when you do not at all need a warm fire in the furnace or in the stove ; when , indeed , a large fire would mean that the house ...
... mornings and evenings in the spring and fall when a blaze on the hearth means safety from taking cold , and when you do not at all need a warm fire in the furnace or in the stove ; when , indeed , a large fire would mean that the house ...
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... morning in the joy it gives you to have this emerald freshness on which to rest the eyes , and to have the sweet reminder constantly before you of the Heavenly Father's love and care . Think of the millions and millions of grass blades ...
... morning in the joy it gives you to have this emerald freshness on which to rest the eyes , and to have the sweet reminder constantly before you of the Heavenly Father's love and care . Think of the millions and millions of grass blades ...
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... morning glories running up against the house and garlanding the fence , and making you cheerful the summer through . Then in the autumn come chrysanthemums and salvia , and all the bright and gorgeous procession which bloom defiantly up ...
... morning glories running up against the house and garlanding the fence , and making you cheerful the summer through . Then in the autumn come chrysanthemums and salvia , and all the bright and gorgeous procession which bloom defiantly up ...
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... morning , and the ashes removed before the new fire is made , and she will always keep a quantity of hot water in the kettle . Says Christine Terhune Herrick , spe aking of the kitchen closet : " The least used articles should occupy ...
... morning , and the ashes removed before the new fire is made , and she will always keep a quantity of hot water in the kettle . Says Christine Terhune Herrick , spe aking of the kitchen closet : " The least used articles should occupy ...
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The Art of Home-Making: In City and Country in Mansion and Cottage (Classic ... Margaret E. Sangster No preview available - 2017 |
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Popular passages
Page 424 - Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
Page 381 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all her household are clothed with scarlet. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry ; her clothing is silk and purple. Her husband is known in the gates when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
Page 124 - He saw her lift her eyes; he felt The soft hand's light caressing, And heard the tremble of her voice, As if a fault confessing. •I'm sorry that I spelt the word: I hate to go above you, Because...
Page 380 - And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, " Who is David ? and who is the son of Jesse ? there be many servants now-a-days that break away every man from his master.
Page 222 - A something, light as air — a look, A word unkind or wrongly taken — Oh! love, that tempests never shook, A breath, a touch like this hath shaken.
Page 381 - Who can find a virtuous woman ? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Page 131 - The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches tossed ; And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore.
Page 124 - The charcoal frescoes on its wall Its door's worn sill, betraying The feet that, creeping slow to school, Went storming out to playing! Long years ago a winter sun Shone over it at setting; Lit up its western window-panes, And low eaves
Page 425 - Still through the cloven skies they come, With peaceful wings unfurled; And still their heavenly music floats O'er all the weary world : Above its sad and lowly plains They bend on heavenly wing, And ever o'er its Babel sounds The blessed angels sing.
Page 381 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed ; her husband also, and he praiseth her.