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... cold , and the roads be dirty , provided it be dry above , I should advise my fair reader to put on thick boots and a warm shawl , and to brave the weather . Even if there be a little rain and much wind , if she be well wrapped up ...
... cold , and the roads be dirty , provided it be dry above , I should advise my fair reader to put on thick boots and a warm shawl , and to brave the weather . Even if there be a little rain and much wind , if she be well wrapped up ...
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... colds , fevers , and other dis- eases . Dew is more likely than rain to give cold-- " The dews of the evening most carefully shun- Those tears of the sky for the loss of the sun . " - Chesterfield . 66 23. A breath of wind is not ...
... colds , fevers , and other dis- eases . Dew is more likely than rain to give cold-- " The dews of the evening most carefully shun- Those tears of the sky for the loss of the sun . " - Chesterfield . 66 23. A breath of wind is not ...
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... cold ; and it will frequently produce chilblains . If she be cold , the sitting over the fire will only warm her for the time , and will make her feel more starved when she leaves it . Crouching over the fire , as many do , is ruination ...
... cold ; and it will frequently produce chilblains . If she be cold , the sitting over the fire will only warm her for the time , and will make her feel more starved when she leaves it . Crouching over the fire , as many do , is ruination ...
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... cold before retiring to rest — a frequent cause of keeping her awake - let her walk briskly for half - an hour ... cold , their feet especially , which are as cold as ice ! The fact is , they not only do not take exercise enough , but ...
... cold before retiring to rest — a frequent cause of keeping her awake - let her walk briskly for half - an hour ... cold , their feet especially , which are as cold as ice ! The fact is , they not only do not take exercise enough , but ...
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... cold air is apt to strike on the top of the head , and to give cold . : 40. Let her give orders that every chimney in the house be unstopped ; and let her see for herself that her orders have been obeyed ; for servants , if they have ...
... cold air is apt to strike on the top of the head , and to give cold . : 40. Let her give orders that every chimney in the house be unstopped ; and let her see for herself that her orders have been obeyed ; for servants , if they have ...
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Page 73 - 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.
Page 79 - Sweet records, promises as sweet; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears and smiles And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine; A being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveller betwixt life and death; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength and skill : A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort and command; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With...
Page 45 - Awake : The morning shines, and the fresh field Calls us ; we lose the prime, to mark how spring Our tender plants, how blows the citron grove, What drops the myrrh, and what the balmy reed, How nature paints her colours, how the bee Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet.
Page 163 - A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
Page 47 - Where no hope is, life's a warning That only serves to make us grieve, When we are old...
Page 51 - The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much : but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Page 74 - The trivial round, the common task, Would furnish all we ought to ask; Room to deny ourselves ; a road To bring us, daily, nearer God.
Page 78 - Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, Which we ascribe to Heaven : the fated sky Gives us free scope ; only, doth backward pull w Our slow designs, when we ourselves are dulL What power is it which mounts my love so high; That makes me see, and cannot feed mine eye?
Page 60 - Who would not scorn what housewife's cares produce, Or who would learn one earthly thing of use? To patch, nay ogle, might become a saint, Nor could it sure be such a sin to paint. But since, alas! frail beauty must decay...
Page 3 - Against Thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in Thy sight : that Thou mightest be justified in Thy saying, and clear when Thou art judged. 5 Behold, I was shapen in wickedness : and in sin hath my mother conceived me.