 | English essays - 1764 - 404 pages
...excell her companions in this refpect, fhe muft keep her hands in conftaht motion, which will occafion the blood to circulate freely, and have a wonderful effect. The motion I would recommend, is working at her needle, or fome uieful exercife. It was the indnftry of our grand-mothers... | |
 | English literature - 1837 - 540 pages
...baud can never be white unless it be kept clean ; nor is this all, for if a young lady would excel in this respect, she must keep her hands in constant...to circulate freely, and have a wonderful effect. It was the industry of our grandmothers which gave Koeller an opportunity of gratifying posterity with... | |
 | Great Britain - 1832 - 792 pages
...and preserved, if they avoid late hours and card-playing, as well as novel-reading by candle-light, but not otherwise ; for the first gives the face a...needle, brushing up the house, and twirling the distaff. Tales of the Early Ages. By the Author of " JBrambletye House," (Jc. Colbum and Bentley. These tales,... | |
 | Tracts for the people - 1847 - 800 pages
...hand can never be white unless it be kept clean ; nor is this all, for if a young lady would excel in this respect, she must keep her hands in constant...to circulate freely, and have a wonderful effect. It was the industry of our grandmothers .which gave Kneller an opportunity of gratifying posterity... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1874 - 392 pages
...and a hand can never be white unless it be kept clean ; nor is this all, for if a young lady excels her companions in this respect, she must keep her...effect. The motion recommended is working at her needle, brightening the house, and making herself as useful as possible in the performance of all domestic... | |
 | Christianity - 1879 - 334 pages
...mother of wrinkles j and the third is a fruitful source of weak eyes and a sallow complexion. A whife hand is a very desirable ornament; and a hand can...effect. The motion recommended is working at her needle, brightening the house and making herself as useful as possible in the performance of all domestic duties.... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - Home economics - 1889 - 418 pages
...sallow complexion. A white hand is a very desirable o, -"'ament ; and a hand can never be white u.iless it be kept clean. Nor is this all, for if a young...effect. The motion recommended is working at her needle, brightening the house, and making herself as useful as possible in the performance of all domestic... | |
 | Arnold Whitaker Oxford - Cookbooks - 1913 - 216 pages
...and a hand can never be white unless it be kept clean. Nor is this all ; for if the young lady will excel her companions in this respect, she must keep...circulate freely, and have a wonderful effect. The motion I would recommend, is working at her needle, brushing up the house, or twirling the distaff. It was... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 464 pages
...and a hand can never be white unless it be kept clean ; nor is this all, for if a young lady excels her companions in this respect, she must keep her...effect. The motion recommended is working at her needle, brightening the house, and making herself as useful as possible in the performance of all domestic... | |
 | American literature - 1855 - 636 pages
...and a hand can never be white unless it be kept clean ; nor is this all, for if a young lady excels her companions in this respect, she must keep her...recommended is working at her needle, brushing up tho house, and making herself as useful as possible in the performance of all domestic duties. —... | |
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... her companions in this respect, she must keep her hands in constant motion, which will occasion the blood to circulate freely, and have a wonderful effect. The motion recommended, is working at her needle, brushing up the house, and twirling the distaff. 