The Art of Home-making in City and Country, in Mansion and CottageChristian Herald Bible House, 1898 - 463 pages |
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... present goodly size , is meant for you , Gentle Reader , as a help on the way of life . The old simile , familiar to us from child- hood of life as a journey , often uphill , sometimes down the valley , now and then across a level land ...
... present goodly size , is meant for you , Gentle Reader , as a help on the way of life . The old simile , familiar to us from child- hood of life as a journey , often uphill , sometimes down the valley , now and then across a level land ...
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... present custom , which leads young people when they go about in society to be attended by an older friend as a chaperone , is a very good one . There are , of course , neighborhoods in which the boys and girls have grown up together ...
... present custom , which leads young people when they go about in society to be attended by an older friend as a chaperone , is a very good one . There are , of course , neighborhoods in which the boys and girls have grown up together ...
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... presents , that no one need hesitate in choosing it for ceiling or walls . A home does not shoot up like Jonah's garden in a night . It is the growth and development of months and years ; and one beautiful thing about it is that it is ...
... presents , that no one need hesitate in choosing it for ceiling or walls . A home does not shoot up like Jonah's garden in a night . It is the growth and development of months and years ; and one beautiful thing about it is that it is ...
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... present which will show that the family appreciate his efforts , and it should be required of him that his room should not invariably look as if it had been swept by a cyclone . There is no reason in the world why boys should. " The ...
... present which will show that the family appreciate his efforts , and it should be required of him that his room should not invariably look as if it had been swept by a cyclone . There is no reason in the world why boys should. " The ...
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... presents itself here . Most of us are very careful about our company dress and manners . We like to appear well to the outside world . But are we always as conscious and as heedful in our demeanor to those of our own families ? Do we ...
... presents itself here . Most of us are very careful about our company dress and manners . We like to appear well to the outside world . But are we always as conscious and as heedful in our demeanor to those of our own families ? Do we ...
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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.