 ... worn out by the very precautions taken for its preservation. The whole house was constantly in a state of inundation, under the discipline of mops and brooms and scrubbingbrushes; and the good housewives of those days were a kind of amphibious animal,...  Blackwood's Magazine - Pagina 3141820Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1851 - 608 pagina’s
...such great occasion * * * . A passion for cleanliness was the leading principle in domestic economy. The whole house was constantly in a state of inundation, under the discipline of mops and brooms, and scrubbing-brushes ; and the good housewives of that day were a kind of amphibious animal, delighting... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1851 - 682 pagina’s
...such great occasion * * *. A passion for cleanliness was the leading principle in domestic economy. The whole house was constantly in a state of inundation, under the discipline of mops and brooms, and scrubbing-brushes ; and the good housewives of that day were a kind of amphibious animal, delighting... | |
 | John Sartain, Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - 1851 - 1054 pagina’s
...NewYear's day, the festival of St Nicholas, or some *uch great occasion. The whole house was conitantly in a state of inundation, under the discipline of mops and brooms and scrubbing-brushes; and the good housewives of that day were like amphibious animals, delighting exceedingly... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1851 - 686 pagina’s
...great occasion * * *. A passion f<q cleanliness was the leading principle in domestic economy. The who* house was constantly in a state of inundation, under the discipline of mojps and brooms, and scrubbing-brushes ; and the good housewives of th«t day were a kind of amphibious... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - 1858 - 494 pagina’s
...and sometimes of a lion's head, and was daily burnished with such religious zeal that it was ofttimes worn out by the very precautions taken for its preservation....inundation, under the discipline of mops, and brooms, and scrubbing-brushes ; and the good housewives of those days were a sort of amphibious animal, delighting... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1858 - 588 pagina’s
...sometimes of a lion's head, and was daily burnished with such religious zeal that it was oftentimes worn out by the very precautions taken for its preservation. The whole bouse was constantly in a state of inundation ander the discipline of mops, and brooms, and scrubbing-brushes... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1859 - 478 pagina’s
...sometimes of a lion's head, and was daily burnished with such religious zeal, that it was ofttimes worn out by the very precautions taken for its preservation....amphibious animal, delighting exceedingly to be dabbling in water—insomuch that an historian of the day gravely tells us, that many of his townswomen grew to... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1859 - 422 pagina’s
...religious zeal, that it was ofttimes worn out, by the very precautions taken for its preservation. 5. The whole house was constantly in a state of inundation,* under the discipline of mops, and brooms, and scrubbing-brushes; and the good housewives of those days were a kind of amphibious 3 animal, delighting... | |
 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1866 - 434 pagina’s
...and sometimes of a lion's head, and was daily burnished with such religious zeal that it was ofttimes worn out by the very precautions taken for its preservation. The whole house was constantly in a state of mundation, under the discipline of mops, and brooms, and scrubbing-brushes ; and the good housewives... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1868 - 546 pagina’s
...head, and was daily burnished with such religions zeal, that it was ofttimes worn out by the verjr precautions taken for its preservation. The whole...inundation, under the discipline of mops and brooms and scrubbing-brushes ; and the good housewives of those days were a kind of amphibious animal, delighting... | |
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