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Page 9
... comfort , and even elegance , are the happy fruits of it ; for the money spared from waste may add to the stock des- tined for charity ; the time rescued may be employed in a thousand ways to their own improvement ; and the invisible at ...
... comfort , and even elegance , are the happy fruits of it ; for the money spared from waste may add to the stock des- tined for charity ; the time rescued may be employed in a thousand ways to their own improvement ; and the invisible at ...
Page 10
... comfort , no fine lady need despise the task of employing her hands as well as eyes in arranging the ménage which is the scene of it . By these means she will be better pre- pared to enter a cottage , should the changes of human life ...
... comfort , no fine lady need despise the task of employing her hands as well as eyes in arranging the ménage which is the scene of it . By these means she will be better pre- pared to enter a cottage , should the changes of human life ...
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... conveyance of letters in this favoured country , which pursues its ceaseless progress by night and by day for the comfort and happiness of the community . IV . Remember , that a young lady's chest of 18 EIGHTEEN MAXIMS OF.
... conveyance of letters in this favoured country , which pursues its ceaseless progress by night and by day for the comfort and happiness of the community . IV . Remember , that a young lady's chest of 18 EIGHTEEN MAXIMS OF.
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... upon her delicate shoulders . VI . Be aware that dust is one of the ene- mies of human comfort and purity . We discover it upon a black hat , and we for- get that the very same quantity adheres invisibly to a 20 EIGHTEEN MAXIMS OF.
... upon her delicate shoulders . VI . Be aware that dust is one of the ene- mies of human comfort and purity . We discover it upon a black hat , and we for- get that the very same quantity adheres invisibly to a 20 EIGHTEEN MAXIMS OF.
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... comfort and independence , by removing the neces- sity of borrowing ; a pernicious system , since the borrower too frequently for- gets to return , and the lender to reclaim down with a pocket - handkerchief in her hand . Not only is ...
... comfort and independence , by removing the neces- sity of borrowing ; a pernicious system , since the borrower too frequently for- gets to return , and the lender to reclaim down with a pocket - handkerchief in her hand . Not only is ...
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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...