 The grand parlour was the sanctum sanctorum, where the passion for cleaning was indulged without control. In this sacred apartment no one was permitted to enter, excepting the mistress and her confidential maid, who visited it once a week; for the purpose...  Spirit of the English Magazines - Pagina 5541820Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
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...that an historian of the day gravely tells us, that many of his townswomen grew to have webbed fingers like unto a duck ; and some of them, he had little...be found to have the tails of mermaids — but this 1 look upon to be a mere sport of fancy, or what is worse, a wilful misrepresentation. " The grand... | |
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