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 88
... beat their Drums for Voluntiers ; and if by Misfortune none come into them , they may , not without Reason , be a good deal out of Countenance . There is one Thing yet more to be avoided , which is , the Example of those who intend ...
... beat their Drums for Voluntiers ; and if by Misfortune none come into them , they may , not without Reason , be a good deal out of Countenance . There is one Thing yet more to be avoided , which is , the Example of those who intend ...
Page 194
... beat them in a Mortar with ten hard Yolks of Eggs ; put in fome good . Stock , feafon it with Pepper , Salt and Nutmeg ; then thicken up your Soop as Cream ; put in the rest of your Oysters , and garnish with Oysters . G A good Gravy ...
... beat them in a Mortar with ten hard Yolks of Eggs ; put in fome good . Stock , feafon it with Pepper , Salt and Nutmeg ; then thicken up your Soop as Cream ; put in the rest of your Oysters , and garnish with Oysters . G A good Gravy ...
Page 195
... beat a Pound of Jordan Almonds very fine in a Mortar , with the Yolks of fix hard Eggs , putting in a little cool Broth fometimes ; then put in as much Broth as you think will do ; frain it off , and put in two fmall Chickens , and fome ...
... beat a Pound of Jordan Almonds very fine in a Mortar , with the Yolks of fix hard Eggs , putting in a little cool Broth fometimes ; then put in as much Broth as you think will do ; frain it off , and put in two fmall Chickens , and fome ...
Page 203
... beat small ; ftove it well , and very tender : You may boil a Chicken to lay in the Middle ; then skim it clean , and season it with Salt and a Blade of Mace ; then take the Yolks of four Eggs , and beat them in a little good Broth ; fo ...
... beat small ; ftove it well , and very tender : You may boil a Chicken to lay in the Middle ; then skim it clean , and season it with Salt and a Blade of Mace ; then take the Yolks of four Eggs , and beat them in a little good Broth ; fo ...
Page 216
... beat fine , and mix it with a little Liquor cold , and put them in a very little while . Take off the Pot , and put in three Pounds of Sugar , a little Salt , a Quart of Sack , and a Quart of Claret , the Juice of two or three Lemons ...
... beat fine , and mix it with a little Liquor cold , and put them in a very little while . Take off the Pot , and put in three Pounds of Sugar , a little Salt , a Quart of Sack , and a Quart of Claret , the Juice of two or three Lemons ...
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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...