The Whole Duty of a Woman, Or, An Infallible Guide to the Fair Sex: Containing Rules, Directions, and Observations, for Their Conduct and Behavior Through All Ages and Circumstances of Life, as Virgins, Wives, Or Widows : with ... Rules and Receipts in Every Kind of Cookery ... |
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Page 125
... set out and improve every thing fhe does , that he is pleased with . Others will like him lefs , and by that Means he may , perhaps , like his Wife the more . When after having dined too well , he is received at home without a Storm ...
... set out and improve every thing fhe does , that he is pleased with . Others will like him lefs , and by that Means he may , perhaps , like his Wife the more . When after having dined too well , he is received at home without a Storm ...
Page 131
... set- ing out . The Family into which fhe is grafted will ge- nerally be apt to expect , that like a Stranger in a Foreign R 2 Country , Country , the should conform to their Methods , and The whole DUTY of a WOMAN . 131.
... set- ing out . The Family into which fhe is grafted will ge- nerally be apt to expect , that like a Stranger in a Foreign R 2 Country , Country , the should conform to their Methods , and The whole DUTY of a WOMAN . 131.
Page 177
... set it over a gen- tle Fire , and let it fry very brown on both Sides , but not burn , then put into it two or three Quarts of the above ftrong Broth ; feafon it with Pepper , and let it ftew one Hour , and then ftrain it through a Hair ...
... set it over a gen- tle Fire , and let it fry very brown on both Sides , but not burn , then put into it two or three Quarts of the above ftrong Broth ; feafon it with Pepper , and let it ftew one Hour , and then ftrain it through a Hair ...
Page 188
... Set them a ftewing over the Fire two Hours before Dinner , at the fame time take a Sauce - pan with a Quarter of a Pound of Butter , put it over the Fire with a Handful of Flour , keep it ftirring ' till it is brown ; put to it two ...
... Set them a ftewing over the Fire two Hours before Dinner , at the fame time take a Sauce - pan with a Quarter of a Pound of Butter , put it over the Fire with a Handful of Flour , keep it ftirring ' till it is brown ; put to it two ...
Page 225
... set it a stewing , and when it is enough done , let it ftand in the Liquor a Couple of Hours over live Embers , that it may have the Relish of it : Then ferve it for the first Course , with a a Ragoo of Sweetbreads , Cocks - combs ...
... set it a stewing , and when it is enough done , let it ftand in the Liquor a Couple of Hours over live Embers , that it may have the Relish of it : Then ferve it for the first Course , with a a Ragoo of Sweetbreads , Cocks - combs ...
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alfo Anchovies Bacon bake Bay Leaves beat beaten blanch boil Bread Broth Butter clofe cloſe Cloves cold Courſe cover Crawfish Cream Cullis Difh Diſh drefs fame feafon ferve fhould fhred Fire firft firſt Fiſh fliced Flour fmall fo ferve foak fome Fowl freſh Fricafey ftand ftew ftir ftrain ftrew fuch fure garnish Gravy green Onions half a Pound herſelf Juice lard Lemon Liquor Mace Meat melted minced moiſten moſt muft Muſhrooms muſt Mutton Nutmeg Onions Orange Ounce Oven Oyfters Pafte Parfley Pearled Sugar Pepper and Salt Pickle Pieces Pigeons Pint preferved Pudding Quart Quarter Ragoo roaft Sauce Sauce-pan ſeaſon ſerve ſhe Slices ſmall Soop Spice Spoonfuls ſtew Stew-pan Stove Sugar Sweet Herbs Sweetbreads thefe themſelves theſe thick thicken thofe thoſe Thyme tofs Truffles Turky uſe Veal Verjuice Vinegar Water White Wine Yolks Yolks of Eggs
Popular passages
Page 151 - He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Page 16 - When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper. For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper : and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
Page 162 - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Page 103 - ... those that are idle have no need of them, and yet they above all others give themselves up to them. To unbend our thoughts when they are too much stretched by our cares is not more natural than it is necessary, but to turn our whole life into a holiday is not only ridiculous but destroyeth pleasure instead of promoting it.
Page 665 - ... thin and clear. The method of procuring the juice is by boring holes in the body of the tree, and putting in fossets, which are commonly made of the branches of elder, the pith being taken out.
Page 138 - ... an Impertinence. The Art of laying out Money wisely is not attained to without a great deal of thought ; and it is yet more difficult in the case of a Wife, who is accountable to her Husband for her mistakes in it. It is not only his Money, his Credit too is at stake, if what lieth under the Wife's care is managed, either with undecent Thrift, or too loose Profusion.
Page 134 - ... not remembering that we can no more have wisdom than grace whenever we think fit to call for it. There are times and periods fixed for both, and when they are too long neglected the punishment is that they are irrecoverable, and nothing remaineth but an useless grief for the folly of having thrown them out of our power. You are to think what a mean figure a woman maketh when she is so degraded by her own fault, whereas...
Page 72 - THERE is another thing to which fome devote a very confiderable part of their time , and that is the reading Romances , which feems now to be thought the peculiar and only becoming ftudy of young Ladies. I...
Page 136 - The kind and severe parts must have their several turns seasonably applied, but your indulgence is to have the broader mixture, that love, rather than fear, may be the root of their obedience.
Page 134 - You may love your children without living in the nursery, and you may have a competent and discreet care of them without letting it break out upon the company or exposing...