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... impossible to give up any of it to putting our things in their places , and keeping them all in prim order . " Such was part of a conversation which A 3 passed a few days ago at the breakfast- and her INTRODUCTION. ...
... impossible to give up any of it to putting our things in their places , and keeping them all in prim order . " Such was part of a conversation which A 3 passed a few days ago at the breakfast- and her INTRODUCTION. ...
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... 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 B 3 NEATNESS AND ORDER . 17 Take, as an instance, the embarrass- ...
... 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 B 3 NEATNESS AND ORDER . 17 Take, as an instance, the embarrass- ...
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... things new and old , gloves dirty and clean , paired and unpaired , skeins of silk and cotton tangled in a mass , scattered beads , bits of silk and muslin , soiled or faded ribbons , tattered notes of business , and letters of ...
... things new and old , gloves dirty and clean , paired and unpaired , skeins of silk and cotton tangled in a mass , scattered beads , bits of silk and muslin , soiled or faded ribbons , tattered notes of business , and letters of ...
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... thing to be a slave to that article of luxury , of which the most helpless and indolent of us may * Neatness in dress is so universally allowed to be an essential qualification in a gentlewoman , that it has been thought unnecessary to ...
... thing to be a slave to that article of luxury , of which the most helpless and indolent of us may * Neatness in dress is so universally allowed to be an essential qualification in a gentlewoman , that it has been thought unnecessary to ...
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... thing belonging to you ; and if the 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 ...
... thing belonging to you ; and if the 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 ...
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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...