Colonial Days & DamesJ. B. Lippincott Company, 1894 - 248 páginas "Colonial Days and Dames is a historical non-fiction book written by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton. The book takes readers on a journey back in time to the colonial era of America, exploring the daily lives of the women who lived during that time. The author provides a vivid and detailed account of the social customs, traditions, and lifestyles of colonial women, including their roles in the family, community, and society at large. Through a series of anecdotes and stories, readers are introduced to a range of fascinating characters, from wealthy socialites to hardworking farmers and artisans. The book also delves into the political and cultural landscape of the colonial period, providing insight into the events and ideas that shaped the early American experience. With its engaging prose and rich historical detail, Colonial Days and Dames is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of America and the lives of its early settlers." -- |
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... mansions , a fertile soil , genial climate , fine horses , and retinues of servants conspired to give the home life of the Southern planter many of the characteristics of English country living . Yet with all its advantages a dis ...
... mansions , a fertile soil , genial climate , fine horses , and retinues of servants conspired to give the home life of the Southern planter many of the characteristics of English country living . Yet with all its advantages a dis ...
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... mansion boasted paper as early as 1717 , although the parlors were wains- coted in oak and red cedar . Several car- pets Mrs. Franklin mentions as those in the . blue room , the parlor , and other rooms , and even expresses a desire to ...
... mansion boasted paper as early as 1717 , although the parlors were wains- coted in oak and red cedar . Several car- pets Mrs. Franklin mentions as those in the . blue room , the parlor , and other rooms , and even expresses a desire to ...
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... mansions sur- rounded by plantations that rivalled the parks of old England , -Shirley , Brandon , Westover , Gunston Hall , the home of the Masons , Flower de Hundred , Wyanoke , the Hermitage , Wye House , -names syn- onymous with ...
... mansions sur- rounded by plantations that rivalled the parks of old England , -Shirley , Brandon , Westover , Gunston Hall , the home of the Masons , Flower de Hundred , Wyanoke , the Hermitage , Wye House , -names syn- onymous with ...
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... mansion is to be had from the river - drive near One Hundred and Sixty - First Street , while from the portico there is a fine prospect of the Harlem River and of the great city which has grown up around it since its erection in 1758 ...
... mansion is to be had from the river - drive near One Hundred and Sixty - First Street , while from the portico there is a fine prospect of the Harlem River and of the great city which has grown up around it since its erection in 1758 ...
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... mansion , as he re- cords in his diary of July 10 , 1790 : " Having formed a Party consisting of the Vice- President [ John Adams ] , his lady and Son and Miss Smith , the Secretaries of State , Treasury and War [ Thomas Jefferson ...
... mansion , as he re- cords in his diary of July 10 , 1790 : " Having formed a Party consisting of the Vice- President [ John Adams ] , his lady and Son and Miss Smith , the Secretaries of State , Treasury and War [ Thomas Jefferson ...
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Página 129 - I desire you would remember the ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.
Página 145 - But as that's only adding fuel to fire, it makes me the more uneasy, for by often, and unavoidably, being in company with her revives my former passion for your Lowland beauty; whereas, was I to live more retired from young women, I might in some measure eliviate my sorrows, by burying that chaste and troublesome passion in the grave of oblivion...
Página 86 - Amongst other favorite animals that cheered this lady's solitude, a brace of tame deer ran familiarly about the house, and one of them came to stare at me as a stranger. But unluckily spying his own figure in the glass, he made a spring over the tea-table that stood under it, and shattered the glass to pieces, and falling back upon the teatable made a terrible fracas among the china.
Página 39 - Houses who handsomely treat them. Mr. Burroughs cary'd his spouse and Daughter and myself out to one Madame Dowes, a Gentlewoman that lived at a farm House, who gave us a handsome Entertainment of five or six Dishes and choice Beer and metheglin, Cyder, &c.
Página 48 - We had for our chaplain a zealous Presbyterian minister, Mr. Beatty, who complained to me that the men did not generally attend his prayers and exhortations. When they enlisted, they were promised, besides pay and provisions, a gill of rum a day, which was punctually...
Página 39 - Chest by the bed side, and setting up, fell to my old way of composing my Resentments, in the following manner: I ask thy Aid, O Potent Rum! To Charm these wrangling Topers Dum. Thou hast their Giddy Brains possest-- The man confounded with the Beast- And I, poor I, can get no rest. Intoxicate them with thy fumes: O still their Tongues till morning comes!
Página 138 - Mather said distinctly that he "found no just ground in Scripture to apply such a trope as church to a house for public assembly.
Página 40 - Coullers as were their pendants in their ears, which You should see very old women wear as well as Young. They have Vendues very frequently and make their Earnings very well by them for they treat with good Liquor Liberally, and the Customers Drink as Liberally and Generally pay for't as well, by paying for that which they Bid up Briskly for, after the sack has gone plentifully about, tho' sometimes good penny worths are got there.
Página 114 - I was your father confessor, and as though you had committed a crime, great in itself, yet of the venial class. You have reason good, for I find myself strangely disposed to be a very indulgent ghostly adviser on this occasion, and, notwithstanding you are the most offending soul alive...
Página 154 - ... (This was so called from the figure of an ape or monkey, which was carved in oolido at the extremity of the handle. It differed from a common spoon in having a circular and very shallow bowl.) " At the manor these ceremonies were all repeated, another pipe of wine was spiced, and, besides the same presents to the bearers, a pair of black gloves and a handkerchief were given to each of the tenants. The whole expense was said to amount to £500.