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Live and Let Live; Or, Domestic Service Illustrated

Live and Let Live; Or, Domestic Service Illustrated

Sedgwick, Catharine Maria

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General World History

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ISBN10: 1231318449
ISBN13: 9781231318447
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 54
Weight: 0.25
Height: 0.11 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1837 Excerpt: ... to him about saving his wages, and investing them for him, till his head is fairly turned. He is going to get married, and buy a farm in Michigan, the foolish fellow! Not so very foolish either, to exchange a manservant's place in the city for a wife, a farm, and independence in Michigan! Upon my word, it gives me pleasure to find David's affairs turning out so well! Your tune will change when David really goes. I hope not, my dear; we will try to lose the sense of our loss in David's gain. Charity begins at home, Mr. Ardley. But should not stop at home, Anne. Mr. Ardley was a man of sense and benevolence; but, unfortunately, he had begun with his wife as she had with her domestics. He found her not qualified for her place, and it was too much trouble to teach her. It required too sustained an effort to awaken her to a sense of her deficiencies, and to inspire her with energy to supply them; so he consoled himself with her favourite adage, What can't be cured must be endured. One raw disagreeable day, when the mercury was just enough above the freezing point to allow a heavy snow to thaw, Lucy came into the nursery with the two little girls whom she had led from school, that being one of the duties included in her odds and ends. My dear Belle, said her mother, why are you crying 1 It's so cold, mother, Lucy could hardly help crying. Lucy, please make haste and take off my rubbers. Lucy did her best, but her hands were benumbed, and she was less dexterous than usual. What ails you, Lucy 1 your fingers are all thumbs. I should think they would be, mother, said little Belle, who had inherited her mot...

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