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... removed . Few inconveniences would attend our inti- macies were they always established upon proper grounds ; upon reason rather than upon fancy . We are easily caught by agreeable manners , and by a lively intercourse of con- versation ...
... removed . Few inconveniences would attend our inti- macies were they always established upon proper grounds ; upon reason rather than upon fancy . We are easily caught by agreeable manners , and by a lively intercourse of con- versation ...
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... removed after the dinner is finished , and before the dessert is brought ; but the more general custom is to remove the cloth before the dessert . Previously , however , a silver , china , or glass dish , containing rose - water , is ...
... removed after the dinner is finished , and before the dessert is brought ; but the more general custom is to remove the cloth before the dessert . Previously , however , a silver , china , or glass dish , containing rose - water , is ...
Page 66
... removed , but without bustle . It is always proper , if no housekeeper or butler be kept , that the mistress of her family should give very minute directions to the footman , to prepare the plate the day before a dinner - party is to be ...
... removed , but without bustle . It is always proper , if no housekeeper or butler be kept , that the mistress of her family should give very minute directions to the footman , to prepare the plate the day before a dinner - party is to be ...
Page 71
... removed before the fowl is sent to table . A roasted fowl should not have any part of the legs cut off , as in the boiled fowl ; but after they have been properly scraped and washed , they are drawn together at the ery extremity of the ...
... removed before the fowl is sent to table . A roasted fowl should not have any part of the legs cut off , as in the boiled fowl ; but after they have been properly scraped and washed , they are drawn together at the ery extremity of the ...
Page 82
... removed , as well as every other piece of furniture which is likely either to be in the way or to be injured : forms should be placed round the walls of the room , as occupying less space than chairs , and ac- commodating more persons ...
... removed , as well as every other piece of furniture which is likely either to be in the way or to be injured : forms should be placed round the walls of the room , as occupying less space than chairs , and ac- commodating more persons ...
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Page 112 - It shall be the duty of the President, or in his absence, of the Vice-President, to preside at each meeting of the Board.
Page 43 - It is, therefore, not among the least of the duties incumbent on the heads of families, to place in their view such examples as are worthy their imitation. But these examples, otherwise praiseworthy, should neither be rendered disagreeable, nor have their force diminished by any accompaniment of ill-humour. Rather, by the happiness and comfort resulting from our conduct towards our domestics, should they be made sensible of the beauty of virtue and piety. What we admire, we often strive to imitate...
Page 192 - ... be old. The feet of a goose are pliable when the bird is fresh killed, and dry and stiff when it has been killed some time. Geese are called green till they are two or three months old. DUCKS should be chosen by the feet, which should be supple; and they should also have a plump and hard breast. The feet of a tame duck are yellowish, those of a wild one reddish. PIGEONS should always be eaten while they are fresh; when they look flabby and discolored about the under part, they have been kept...
Page 261 - BALM, MINT, AND OTHER TEAS. These are simple infusions, the strength of which can only be regulated by the taste. They are made by putting either the fresh or the dried plants into boiling water in a covered vessel, which should be placed near the fire for an hour. The young shoots both of balm and of mint are to be preferred, on account of their strong aromatic qualities. These infusions may be drunk freely in feverish and in various other complaints, in which diluents are recommended. Mint tea,...
Page 186 - VENISON, whep young, will have the fat clear and bright, and this ought also to be of a considerable thickness. When you do not wish to have it in a very high state, a knife plunged into either the haunch or the shoulder, and drawn out, will by the smell enable you to judge if the venison be sufficiently fresh.