Domestic Life in England, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time: With Notices of Origins, Inventions, and Modern Improvements in the Social ArtsThomas Tegg and Son, 1835 - 379 strán (strany) |
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... mean time , we entreat consideration for inaccuracies , although we hope that instances will be rare , compara- tively with the great number of details which this little Feasts in Westminster Hall Cookery in the Reign of Edward.
... mean time , we entreat consideration for inaccuracies , although we hope that instances will be rare , compara- tively with the great number of details which this little Feasts in Westminster Hall Cookery in the Reign of Edward.
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... means of defence . No chapter in history would so well explain the progress of social life and manners , as one devoted to domestic architecture . Every change in the dwellings of mankind , from the rudest wood cabin to the stately ...
... means of defence . No chapter in history would so well explain the progress of social life and manners , as one devoted to domestic architecture . Every change in the dwellings of mankind , from the rudest wood cabin to the stately ...
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... mean houses , or , as we should call them , cottages . It was , indeed , this defenceless condition of our island which rendered it so easy a prey to William the Norman conqueror . lost no time in erecting strong castles in all the prin ...
... mean houses , or , as we should call them , cottages . It was , indeed , this defenceless condition of our island which rendered it so easy a prey to William the Norman conqueror . lost no time in erecting strong castles in all the prin ...
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... means of success in life , to have his table covered with a clean cloth . Some of the table - cloths made for the use of the nobility and opulent gentry were of great value : one would cost eighteen pounds The knives used by the ancient ...
... means of success in life , to have his table covered with a clean cloth . Some of the table - cloths made for the use of the nobility and opulent gentry were of great value : one would cost eighteen pounds The knives used by the ancient ...
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... means by which this patriot king thus contributed to the happiness of his people , are preserved to us . He usually divided his time into three equal portions ; one was employed in sleep and recruiting his body by diet and ex- ercise ...
... means by which this patriot king thus contributed to the happiness of his people , are preserved to us . He usually divided his time into three equal portions ; one was employed in sleep and recruiting his body by diet and ex- ercise ...
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