 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1108 sivua
...loyal citizens, however, always went according to the weather-cock on Ihe top of ihe governor's honse, which was certainly the most correct, as he had a...trusty servant employed every morning to climb up and point it whichever way the wind blew.' Of their home-life: 'As to the family, they always entered in... | |
 | William Swinton - 1883 - 492 sivua
...(siink'tum sunk-tor' um, Latin, "holy of holies"), hence the most private apartment. 1. In those good old days of simplicity and sunshine, a passion for cleanliness...economy, and the universal test of an able housewife. 2. The front door was never opened, except for marriages, funerals, New- Year's Day, the festival of... | |
 | William Swinton - 1883 - 504 sivua
...(sank' tum sank-tor'wn, Latin, "holy of holies"), hence the most private apartment. 1. In those good old days of simplicity and sunshine, a passion for cleanliness...economy, and the universal test of an able housewife. 2. The front door was never opened, except for marriages, funerals, New Year's Day, the festival of... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1885 - 328 sivua
...first settlers in New York were Dutch, from whom it was taken by the English.] 1. In those good old days of simplicity and sunshine, a passion for cleanliness...economy, and the universal test of an able housewife. The front door was never opened, except for marriages, funerals, New-Year's Day, the festival of St... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1134 sivua
...metropolis; the most staunch and loyal citizens, however, always went according to the weather-cock on the top of the governor's house, which was certainly the most correct, as he had n trusty servant employed every morning to climb up and point it whichever way the wind blew.' Of their... | |
 | Olive Risley Seward - 1889 - 360 sivua
...recorded fact, that in the days of Dutch colonization in America, " a passion for cleanliness was a leading principle in domestic economy, and the universal test of an able housewife." The same good practice prevails with the Netherlanders who have made their homes just here under the... | |
 | Alice Morse Earle, Emily Ellsworth Fowler Ford - 1893 - 238 sivua
...keeping their tidy, thrifty houses in spotless cleanliness, than to the mysteries of reading and writing. "In those good days of simplicity and sunshine a passion...economy, and the universal test of an able housewife," says tergiversating Diedrich Knickerbocker of these Dutch vrouws. And his words are confirmed by the... | |
 | Paul Bercy - 1894 - 186 sivua
...often deceitful'.—9. This imperial art; cet art superieur. OLD DAYS IN NEW YORK. In those good old days of simplicity and sunshine, a passion for cleanliness...principle in domestic economy, and the universal test 2 of an able housewife. The front door was never opened, except for marriages, funerals, New-Year's... | |
 | Paul Bercy - 1894 - 174 sivua
...often deceitful",—9. This imperial art; cet art superievr. OLD DAYS IN NEW YORK. In those good old days of simplicity and sunshine, a passion for cleanliness...principle in domestic economy, and the universal test 2 of an able housewife. The front door was never opened, except for marriages, funerals, New-Year's... | |
 | Paul Bercy - 1894 - 172 sivua
...often deceitful". — 9. This imperial art ; cet art superieur. OLD DAYS IN NEW YORK. In those good old days of simplicity and sunshine, a passion for cleanliness...leading principle in domestic economy, and the universal test2 of an able housewife. The front door was never opened, except for marriages, funerals, New-Year's... | |
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... and loyal citizens, however, always went according to the weathercock on the top of the governor's house, which was certainly the most correct, as he had a trusty servant employed every morning to climb up and set it to the right quarter. 
