Inquire Within for Anything You Want to KnowDick & Fitzgerald, 1858 - 428 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 31
... given above in the choice of lobsters . Crabs have an agreeable smell when fresh . 10. PRAWNS AND SHRIMPS , when fresh , are firm and crisp . 11. OYSTERS . - If fresh , the shell is firmly closed ; when the shells of oys ( 81 ) the age ...
... given above in the choice of lobsters . Crabs have an agreeable smell when fresh . 10. PRAWNS AND SHRIMPS , when fresh , are firm and crisp . 11. OYSTERS . - If fresh , the shell is firmly closed ; when the shells of oys ( 81 ) the age ...
Σελίδα 54
... given of God . Theophilus , Greek , a lover of God . Thomas , Hebrew , a twin . Timothy , Greek , a fearer of God . Toby or Tobias , Hebrew , the goodness of the Lord . Valentine , Latin , powerful . Vincent , Latin , conquering ...
... given of God . Theophilus , Greek , a lover of God . Thomas , Hebrew , a twin . Timothy , Greek , a fearer of God . Toby or Tobias , Hebrew , the goodness of the Lord . Valentine , Latin , powerful . Vincent , Latin , conquering ...
Σελίδα 55
... given by God . Tryphosa , Greek , delicious . Tryphena , Greek , delicate . Vida , Erse , feminine of David . Ursula , Latin , a female bear . Walburg , Saxon , gracious . Winifred , Saxon , winning peace . Zenobia , Greek , the life of ...
... given by God . Tryphosa , Greek , delicious . Tryphena , Greek , delicate . Vida , Erse , feminine of David . Ursula , Latin , a female bear . Walburg , Saxon , gracious . Winifred , Saxon , winning peace . Zenobia , Greek , the life of ...
Σελίδα 60
... given to her . Supposing the queen of the suit representing the lady in question lying on the table faces to the right hand and a knave or king of clubs so placed as to look towards her , it shows the at- tention she will receive will ...
... given to her . Supposing the queen of the suit representing the lady in question lying on the table faces to the right hand and a knave or king of clubs so placed as to look towards her , it shows the at- tention she will receive will ...
Σελίδα 68
... given quantity of tea is similar to malt - only giving strength to a given quantity of water , as we find therefore any additional quantity is waste . Two small teaspoonfuls of good black tea , and one three parts full of green , is ...
... given quantity of tea is similar to malt - only giving strength to a given quantity of water , as we find therefore any additional quantity is waste . Two small teaspoonfuls of good black tea , and one three parts full of green , is ...
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Σελίδα 403 - I see by little and little more of what is to be done, and how it is to be done, should I ever be able to do it.
Σελίδα 153 - A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees, as Poor Richard says. Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of; they think 'Tis day, and will never be night...
Σελίδα 153 - Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy.' When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece ; but poor Dick says, ' It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.
Σελίδα 153 - He means, that perhaps the cheapness is apparent only, and not real; or the bargain, by straitening thee in thy business, may do thee more harm than good. For in another place he says, Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths.
Σελίδα 344 - I returned ; and, loosing from the stake the string with the little stick which was fastened to it, went again into the water, where I found, that, lying on my back and holding the stick in my hands, I was drawn along the surface of the water in a very agreeable manner. Having then engaged another boy to carry my clothes round the pond...
Σελίδα 152 - So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business, but to these we must add frugality if we would make our industry more certainly successful. A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, "keep his nose all his life to the grindstone, and die not worth a groat at last. A fat kitchen makes a lean will," and " Many estates are spent in the getting, Since women for tea forsook spinning and knitting, And men for punch forsook hewing and splitting.
Σελίδα 145 - Kind words also produce their own image on men's souls; and a beautiful image it is. They soothe, and quiet, and comfort the hearer. They shame him out of his sour, morose, unkind feelings. We have not yet begun to use kind words in such abundance as they ought to be used.
Σελίδα 209 - Who to his plighted vows and trust has ever firmly stood ; And though he promise to his loss, he makes his promise good.
Σελίδα 63 - Take half bushel of nice unslacked lime, slack i with boiling water, cover it during the process to keep in the steam. Strain the liquid through a fine sieve or strainer, and add to it a peck of salt, previously well dissolved in warm water ; three pounds of ground rice, boiled to a thin paste, and stirred in boiling hot ; half a pound of powdered Spanish whiting, and a pound of clean glue, which has been...
Σελίδα 211 - Peel and cut into very small pieces three onions, three turnips, one carrot, and four potatoes, put them into a stewpan with a quarter of a pound of butter, the same of lean ham, and a bunch of parsley, pass them ten minutes over a sharp fire ; then add a...