Colonial Days & DamesJ. B. Lippincott Company, 1894 - 248 pages |
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Page 96
... Lover " a prodigious fine comedy . In addition to her lighter accomplish- ments the Colonial lady was an excellent housekeeper , in days when housekeeping meant having everything prepared under the supervision of the mistress of the ...
... Lover " a prodigious fine comedy . In addition to her lighter accomplish- ments the Colonial lady was an excellent housekeeper , in days when housekeeping meant having everything prepared under the supervision of the mistress of the ...
Page 88
... Lovers , " which makes his disapprobation of Mrs. D. , Doll S , and others stand out in stronger colors . The latter he calls " a perpetual contradiction , made up of I will and I will not ; " while of another dame , whose name he ...
... Lovers , " which makes his disapprobation of Mrs. D. , Doll S , and others stand out in stronger colors . The latter he calls " a perpetual contradiction , made up of I will and I will not ; " while of another dame , whose name he ...
Page 150
... lover , gleefully relates that he could not tell the difference between " The Belle's Stratagem " and " The Coun ... lovers seem scarcely to have ruffled the serenity of their lovely counte- nances , or to have made their hearts beat ...
... lover , gleefully relates that he could not tell the difference between " The Belle's Stratagem " and " The Coun ... lovers seem scarcely to have ruffled the serenity of their lovely counte- nances , or to have made their hearts beat ...
Page 151
... lover of Martha Skelton , who made Monticello an earthly paradise to her young husband during the brief period of their married life . Another beautiful Miss Burwell , also of Williamsburg , turned the head of an earlier Virginia ...
... lover of Martha Skelton , who made Monticello an earthly paradise to her young husband during the brief period of their married life . Another beautiful Miss Burwell , also of Williamsburg , turned the head of an earlier Virginia ...
Page 157
... lover through her strong affec- tion for her benefactress , Agnes , in deep mourning , takes her place in a pew near that of the governor and his children , where she is soon made to feel the bitter scorn of the high - born dames who ...
... lover through her strong affec- tion for her benefactress , Agnes , in deep mourning , takes her place in a pew near that of the governor and his children , where she is soon made to feel the bitter scorn of the high - born dames who ...
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Page 129 - I desire you would remember the ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.
Page 48 - We had for our chaplain a zealous Presbyterian minister, Mr. Beatty, who complained to me that the men did not generally attend his prayers and exhortations. When they enlisted, they were promised, besides pay and provisions, a gill of rum a day, which was punctually served out to them, half in the morning, and the other half in the evening ; and I observed they were as punctual in attending to receive it, upon which I said to Mr.
Page 161 - But as that's only adding fuel to fire, it makes me the more uneasy, for by often, and unavoidably, being in company with her revives my former passion for your Lowland beauty; whereas, was I to live more retired from young women, I might in some measure eliviate my sorrows, by burying that chaste and troublesome passion in the grave of oblivion...
Page 38 - Chest by the bed side, and setting up, fell to my old way of composing my Resentments, in the following manner: I ask thy Aid, O Potent Rum! To Charm these wrangling Topers Dum. Thou hast their Giddy Brains possest-- The man confounded with the Beast- And I, poor I, can get no rest. Intoxicate them with thy fumes: O still their Tongues till morning comes!
Page 40 - Coullers as were their pendants in their ears, which You should see very old women wear as well as Young. They have Vendues very frequently and make their Earnings very well by them for they treat with good Liquor Liberally, and the Customers Drink as Liberally and Generally pay for't as well, by paying for that which they Bid up Briskly for, after the sack has gone plentifully about, tho' sometimes good penny worths are got there.
Page 165 - Lear & the two Children, we visited the old position of Fort Washington and afterwards dined on a dinner provided by Mr Mariner at the House lately Col° Roger Morris,1 but confiscated and in the occupation of a common Farmer.
Page 40 - Burroughs cary'd his spouse and Daughter and myself out to one Madame Dowes, a Gentlewoman that lived at a farm House, who gave us a handsome Entertainment of five or six Dishes and choice Beer and metheglin, Cyder, &c.
Page 85 - Amongst other favorite animals that cheered this lady's solitude, a brace of tame deer ran familiarly about the house, and one of them came to stare at me as a stranger. But unluckily spying his own figure in the glass, he made a spring over the tea table that stood under it and shattered the glass to pieces, and falling back upon the tea table, made a terrible fracas among the china.
Page 114 - I was your father confessor, and as though you had committed a crime, great in itself, yet of the venial class. You have reason good, for I find myself strangely disposed to be a very indulgent ghostly adviser on this occasion, and, notwithstanding you are the most offending soul alive...
Page 170 - ... (This was so called from the figure of an ape or monkey, which was carved in oolido at the extremity of the handle. It differed from a common spoon in having a circular and very shallow bowl.) " At the manor these ceremonies were all repeated, another pipe of wine was spiced, and, besides the same presents to the bearers, a pair of black gloves and a handkerchief were given to each of the tenants. The whole expense was said to amount to £500.