The Book of Household Management ...: Also, Sanitary, Medical, & Legal Memoranda; with a History of the Origin, Properties, and Uses of All Things Connected with Home Life and Comfort, Band 1

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S.O. Beeton, 1861 - 1112 Seiten

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Seite 895 - A table, and, half anguish'd, threw thereon A cloth of woven crimson, gold, and jet:— O for some drowsy Morphean amulet!
Seite 895 - While he from forth the closet brought a heap Of candied apple, quince, and plum, and gourd : With jellies soother than the creamy curd, And lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon; Manna and dates, in argosy transferr'd From Fez; and spiced dainties, every one, From silken Samarcand to cedar'd Lebanon.
Seite 1069 - Mostly seen under the form of white arsenic, or fly-powder, and yellow arsenic, or king's yellow. — Symptoms produced in those who have swallowed it. These vary very much, according to the form and dose in which the poison has been taken. There is faintness, depression, and sickness, with an intense burning pain in the region of the stomach, which gets worse and worse, and is increased by pressure. There is also vomiting of dark brown matter, sometimes mixed with blood ; and mostly great thirst,...
Seite 895 - There, on a slope of orchard, Francis laid A damask napkin wrought with horse and hound, Brought out a dusky loaf that smelt of home, And, half-cut-down, a pasty costly-made, Where quail and pigeon, lark and leveret lay, Like fossils of the rock, with golden yolks Imbedded and injellied...
Seite 895 - So saying, with dispatchful looks in haste She turns, on hospitable thoughts intent What choice to choose for delicacy best, What order, so contrived as not to mix Tastes, not well join'd, inelegant, but bring Taste after taste upheld with kindliest change...
Seite 1051 - THE STANDARD GARDENING BOOKS. Gardening, Properly managed, is a source of income to thousands, and of healthful recreation to other thousands. Besides the gratification it affords...
Seite 970 - To Clean Combs If it can be avoided, never wash combs, as the water often makes the teeth split, and the tortoiseshell or horn of which they are made, rough. Small brushes, manufactured purposely for cleaning combs, may be purchased at a trifling cost: with this the comb should be well brushed, and afterwards wiped with a cloth or towel.
Seite 1073 - SCRATCHES. — Trifling as scratches often seem, they ought never to be neglected, but should be covered and protected, and kept clean and dry, until they have completely healed. If there is the least appearance of inflammation, no time should be lost in applying a large bread and water...
Seite 841 - Cuy, and send Teas, Coffees, and Spices, CARRIAGE FREE, TO ANY RAILWAY STATION OR MARKET TOWN IN ENGLAND; if to the value of 40s. or upwards.
Seite 781 - Put them in a stew-pan, sprinkle salt over them, with pounded mace and pepper in the above proportion; shake them well over a clear fire until the liquor flows, and keep them there until it is all dried up again; then add as much vinegar as will cover them; just let it simmer for one minute, and store it away in stone jars for use. When cold, tie down with bladder, and keep in a dry place; they will remain good for a length of time, and are generally considered excellent for flavoring stews and other...

Autoren-Profil (1861)

Isabella Mary Mayson (1836-65) was married to Sam Beeton in 1856. At this time Sam Beeton was publishing andediting his very successful journal The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine. Isabella, once married, contributed a column on household affairs. This column resulted in a series of supplements published between 1859-61. These supplements were compiled and first sold as a book in1861.

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