The Economist and General Adviser: Containing Papers on the Following Subjects: The Markets. Marketing. Drunkenness. Gardening. Cookery. Travelling. Housekeeping. Management of Income. Distilling. Baking. Brewing. Agriculture. Public Abuses. Shops and Shopping. House Taking. Benefit Societies. Annals of Gulling. Amusements. Useful Receipts. Domestic Medicine. &c. &c. &c, Band 1Knight and Lacey, 55, Paternoster-Row ; and, 1825 |
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... served , will do the business . 1st . Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions ; and , 2ndly . Spend one penny less than thy clear gains . Then Then shall thy hide - bound pocket soon begin to thrive , and will never again ...
... served , will do the business . 1st . Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions ; and , 2ndly . Spend one penny less than thy clear gains . Then Then shall thy hide - bound pocket soon begin to thrive , and will never again ...
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... served the house was his brother ; and the lawyer was so pres- sing about " discounts , " and " invest- ments of property , " that I never ven- tured to sign my name , even to a washing - bill , during the few days was in his house , on ...
... served the house was his brother ; and the lawyer was so pres- sing about " discounts , " and " invest- ments of property , " that I never ven- tured to sign my name , even to a washing - bill , during the few days was in his house , on ...
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... serve it up with spinage or brockoli . TO BOIL A TONGUE . If the tongue is dried , it must lie in water one night before you boil it ; if a pickled one , only wash it in a good quantity of water ; put it into the pot , with the water ...
... serve it up with spinage or brockoli . TO BOIL A TONGUE . If the tongue is dried , it must lie in water one night before you boil it ; if a pickled one , only wash it in a good quantity of water ; put it into the pot , with the water ...
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... served with notice of an action for dilapidation . And , at Christmas ! --- Oh ! it was no longer dealing with ones and twos ! -- The whole hundred , on the day after that festival , rose up , by concert , to devour me ! ' Dustmen ...
... served with notice of an action for dilapidation . And , at Christmas ! --- Oh ! it was no longer dealing with ones and twos ! -- The whole hundred , on the day after that festival , rose up , by concert , to devour me ! ' Dustmen ...
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... serve against the ingenuity of woman ? She seduced me --- escape was hopeless --- morning , noon , and night ! She heard a mouse behind the wainscot , and I was called in to scare it . Her canary bird got loose --- would I be so good as ...
... serve against the ingenuity of woman ? She seduced me --- escape was hopeless --- morning , noon , and night ! She heard a mouse behind the wainscot , and I was called in to scare it . Her canary bird got loose --- would I be so good as ...
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ANNALS OF GULLING bakers beef beer bill bill of exchange boil bottle bread brewing butter called cheap chopped Christ's Hospital city of London clean cloth cold colour Corn Laws dish DOMESTIC MEDICINE drachm dressed drink Economist Editor eggs favour fire flour four gallon give gravy half Hansard hour indorsement isinglass keep labour landlord leave liquor London Lord Maxim means meat ment mutton never NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS nutmeg observed ounces paper parsley pawnbroker payable payment person pickle piece pint port wine potatoes pound present quantity quarter rent roast round salt sell shillings sixpence society soup Spitalfields street sugar tenant thing thou tion trade veal vinegar warm washed week whole wine yeast
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Seite 435 - November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh; The short'ning winter-day is near a close; The miry beasts retreating frae the pleugh; The black'ning trains o' craws to their repose: The toil-worn Cotter frae his labour goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end, Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend. At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree; Th' expectant...
Seite 45 - I, too much for his whistle. If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow-citizens, and the joys of benevolent friendship, for the sake of accumulating wealth, Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle.
Seite 224 - I concluded that the animal had lost one tooth, because, wherever it had grazed, a small tuft of herbage was left uninjured in the centre of its bite. As to that which formed the burden of the beast, the busy ants informed me that it was corn on the one side, and the clustering flies that it was honey on the other.
Seite 223 - You have lost a camel," said he, to the merchants ; •' indeed we have," they replied ; "" was he not blind in his right eye ? and lame in his left leg ?" said the dervise ;
Seite 436 - The sire turns o'er wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride: His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care; And "Let us worship God!
Seite 10 - Then shalt thou be a man, and not hide thy face at the approach of the rich, nor suffer the pain of feeling little when the sons of fortune walk at thy right hand : for independency, whether with little or much, is good fortune, and placeth thee on even ground with the proudest of the golden fleece.
Seite 66 - Why, Sir, that may be true in cases where learning cannot possibly be of any use ; for instance, this boy rows us as well without learning as if he could sing the song of Orpheus to the Argonauts, who were the first sailors." He then called to the boy, "What would you give, my lad, to know about the Argonauts ? " " Sir (said the boy), I would give what I have.
Seite 45 - you are providing pain for yourself instead of pleasure; you give too much for your whistle.
Seite 122 - Signed, Sealed, published and declared by William Webster, the above named Testator, as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us, who at his request, in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto.
Seite 436 - Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content! And oh ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-loved Isle. O Thou! who pour'd the patriotic tide That stream'd thro...