 ... 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
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - 1851 - 1018 pagina’s
...on marriages, funerals, NewTear's day, the festival of St. Nicholas, or some «nch great occasion. 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 like amphibious animals, delighting exceedingly... | |
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