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... 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.
... 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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... Chairs and sofas of all shapes and sizes ; tables of all descriptions , filled with boxes and baskets for every purpose that can be devised : flower - stands , book - shelves , cabinets , china , musical instruments , desks , and ...
... Chairs and sofas of all shapes and sizes ; tables of all descriptions , filled with boxes and baskets for every purpose that can be devised : flower - stands , book - shelves , cabinets , china , musical instruments , desks , and ...
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... chair ; and , being left to itself , will sometimes swallow up articles of the greatest value . If the judgment of the housemaid be trusted to , all is lost ; she has not patience to separate the chaff from the wheat , and often piles ...
... chair ; and , being left to itself , will sometimes swallow up articles of the greatest value . If the judgment of the housemaid be trusted to , all is lost ; she has not patience to separate the chaff from the wheat , and often piles ...
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... chair the office of a table , by laying upon it books , papers , or work , still less a desk , or anything heavy , to fall upon the toes of the first person that moves it ; neither degrade the chimney - piece by throwing imple- ments of ...
... chair the office of a table , by laying upon it books , papers , or work , still less a desk , or anything heavy , to fall upon the toes of the first person that moves it ; neither degrade the chimney - piece by throwing imple- ments of ...
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... chairs have been put in motion by departed guests , and " look as if they had been dancing country - dances and were out , " * either set them in their places , or take care that it be done by some one else , that if any company come in ...
... chairs have been put in motion by departed guests , and " look as if they had been dancing country - dances and were out , " * either set them in their places , or take care that it be done by some one else , that if any company come in ...
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Eighteen Maxims of Neatness and Order, by Theresa Tidy Elizabeth Susannah Simmonds No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 3 - ... 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...
Page 27 - ... life's highest prize her latest hour ; That hour, so late, is nimble in approach, That, like a post, comes on in full career : How swift the shuttle flies, that weaves thy shroud ! Where is the fable of thy former years ? Thrown down the gulf of time > as far from thee As they had ne'er been thine ; the day in hand, Like a bird struggling to get loose, is going...
Page 42 - Take care of small things, and great things will take care of themselves.
Page 29 - 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. Refrain, too, from taking up a book, or even a newspaper, merely because it happens to lie before you, though unattended by any circumstance to render it interesting, as it induces a desultory mode of reading, and enervates the mind.
Page 20 - Acquire a habit of folding or rolling up. Many a fine print or drawing has been ruined, many a cloak crumpled, and many a shawl trailed on the floor, for want of this timely neatness...
Page 18 - ... no time is so completely lost as in hunting for lost things ; but that is so much saved, which has been employed in providing a place for every article, and by that means enabled you to find it readily even in the dark. The necessity of a neat arrangement of letters, papers, and accounts, to...