 ... geese that occasionally venture into the gardens if the gates are left open ; for deciding all questions of literature and politics without troubling themselves with unnecessary reasons or arguments ; for obtaining clear and correct knowledge of everybody's...  Cranford - Pagina 6door Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - 1887 - 329 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Alfred Elwes - 1872 - 306 pagina’s
...clear2 and correct knowledge of everybody's affairs in the parish, for keeping their neat maid-servants3 in admirable order, for kindness (somewhat dictatorial)...the poor,* and real, tender, good offices to each other5 whenever they are in distress,6 the ladies of Cranford are quite sufficient.7 " A man," as one... | |
 | Carl Adolf Buchheim - 1868 - 296 pagina’s
...offices to each other 5 whenever they are in distress, 0 the ladies of Cranford are quite sufficient. 7 " A man," as one of them observed to me once, " is so in the way 6 in the house !" Although the ladies of Cranford know all 9 each other's proceedings, they are exceedingly... | |
 | Carl Adolf Buchheim - 1874 - 320 pagina’s
...offices to each other5 whenever they are in distress,6 the ladies of Cranford are quite sufficient.7 " A man," as one of them observed to me once, " is so in the ways in the house ! " Although the ladies of Cranford know all each other's proceedings,9 they are... | |
 | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - 1886 - 516 pagina’s
...themselves with unnecessary reasons or arguments ; for obtaining clear and correct knowledge of everybody's affairs in the parish ; for keeping their neat maid-servants...in the way in the house ! " Although the ladies of Cranfoid know all each other's proceedings, they are exceedingly indifferent to each other's opinions.... | |
 | Charles Adolphus Buchheim - 1891 - 310 pagina’s
...clear and correct knowledge of everybody's affairs2in the parish, for keeping their neat maid-servants3 in admirable order, for kindness (somewhat dictatorial)...the poor,* and real, tender, good offices to each other6 whenever they are in distress,6 the ladies of Cranford are quite sufficient.7 " A man," as one... | |
 | Charles Adolphus Buchheim - 1893 - 320 pagina’s
...dictatorial) to the poor,4 and real, tender, good offices to each other5 whenever they are in distress,6 the ladies of Cranford are quite sufficient.^' " A...as one of them observed to me once, " is so in the way8 in the house ! " Although the ladies of Cranford krtbw'all each o'ther'a proceedings,9 they are... | |
 | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - 1898 - 344 pagina’s
...themselves with unnecessary reasons or arguments ; for obtaining clear and correct knowledge of everybody's affairs in the parish ; for keeping their neat maidservants...' A man/ as one of them observed to me once, ' is so_m the way in the house ! ' Although the ladies of Cranford know all each other's proceedings, they... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 452 pagina’s
...themselves with unnecessary reasons or arguments ; for obtaining clear and correct knowledge of everybody's affairs in the parish ; for keeping their neat maidservants...other whenever they are in distress, — the ladies of Crauford are quite sufficient. " A man," as one of them observed to me once, " is so in the way in... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1902 - 296 pagina’s
...themselves with unnecessary reasons or arguments ; for obtaining clear and correct knowledge of everybody's affairs in the parish ; for keeping their neat maidservants...observed to me once, " is so in the way in the house ! " The Cranford ladies have only an occasional little quarrel, spirted out in a few peppery words... | |
 | 1903 - 360 pagina’s
...themselves with unnecessary reasons or arguments ; for obtaining clear and correct knowledge of everybody's affairs in the parish ; for keeping their neat maidservants...distress — the ladies of Cranford are quite sufficient. own individuality, not to say eccentricity, pretty strongly developed, nothing is so easy as verbal... | |
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