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... attempt fashion and style among us . He goes daily into the field with his men , and his wife and daughters spin and wear wool and flax of home production . No imported luxury graces their daily table . Mrs. Hay , to be sure , has her ...
... attempt fashion and style among us . He goes daily into the field with his men , and his wife and daughters spin and wear wool and flax of home production . No imported luxury graces their daily table . Mrs. Hay , to be sure , has her ...
Page 86
... attempt at a pie . The only maid who still remained with her was prostrate with ague ; and Mr. Sibthorpe himself had experienced a shake or two , and sat in the corner of the great kitchen fire - place , looking doleful to be sure . The ...
... attempt at a pie . The only maid who still remained with her was prostrate with ague ; and Mr. Sibthorpe himself had experienced a shake or two , and sat in the corner of the great kitchen fire - place , looking doleful to be sure . The ...
Page 96
... attempt to bring up an infant without a physician at one's elbow . Laugh at this , O ye thousands of ruddy urchins , whose dancing eyes light up our forests ! How many of you are there on whom learned leech never looked ! whose wild ...
... attempt to bring up an infant without a physician at one's elbow . Laugh at this , O ye thousands of ruddy urchins , whose dancing eyes light up our forests ! How many of you are there on whom learned leech never looked ! whose wild ...
Page 113
... attempt to conform , in this par- ticular , to the customs of the country . When John and Sophy get their log house finished , they will relieve us from the dis- agreeable necessity of ' boarding hands . ' " Do not fear such ...
... attempt to conform , in this par- ticular , to the customs of the country . When John and Sophy get their log house finished , they will relieve us from the dis- agreeable necessity of ' boarding hands . ' " Do not fear such ...
Page 130
... attempt at taste not very common except among the English settlers , has continued his roof down on each side so as to form a narrow veranda , which he intends to ornament with vines ; and he has also a small enclosure in front of the ...
... attempt at taste not very common except among the English settlers , has continued his roof down on each side so as to form a narrow veranda , which he intends to ornament with vines ; and he has also a small enclosure in front of the ...
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| Title | Forest Life, Volume 2 Forest Life, Caroline Matilda Kirkland Volume 2 of Forest life, by the author of 'A new home', Caroline Matilda Kirkland |
| Author | Caroline Matilda Kirkland |
| Publisher | Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 24 Apr 2006 |
| Length | 484 pages |
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