This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872 Excerpt: ...I have not had much to do with the care of crockery, but I can perceive that from some it slips like the eels from our untrained fingers; whilst others have acquired the valuable art of handling it so that it is rarely injured. Try, and persevere in trying, until in this respect you become a " Mistress of Arts." ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872 Excerpt: ...I have not had much to do with the care of crockery, but I can perceive that from some it slips like the eels from our untrained fingers; whilst others have acquired the valuable art of handling it so that it is rarely injured. Try, and persevere in trying, until in this respect you become a " Mistress of Arts." CHAPTER XXIV. THE BEST ALARUM. 'Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread."--Proverbs Xx. 13. T is generally believed, and apparently with sufficient reason, that few young people are likely to rise in the world who do not rise early in the morning. There may be exceptions to this rule. Some are gifted far beyond their fellows, and may succeed without employing all the means which are ordinarily essential to success. Others may begin life amid circumstances exceptionally favourable. By the effort and thoughtfulness of parents or friends, their boat has been placed on a stream which flows towards the desired landing-place, so that though it is quite possible for them to be wrecked, or ignobly stranded on a mud-bank, it is likely that ordinary caution and exertion will avail to reach the point aimed at. In some rare cases there is a remarkable series of propitious events which raises a man higher and still higher in the social scale, to the surprise of on-lookers, and to the man's own astonishment, if he chance to have sense enough to compare his doings with the L2 An alarum may be bought at almost any clock-maker's shop. Most likely the investment will prove to have been a judicious one. Has not more real comfort and advantage been derived, strange as it may seem, from an alarum whose voice was heard during the winter season, long before daylight, than from an expensive bonnet, a...
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Add this copy of Sunshine in the Kitchen to cart. $48.23, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2023 by Anatiposi Verlag.
Add this copy of Sunshine in the Kitchen to cart. $48.95, good condition, Sold by The Children's Bookshop rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hay on Wye, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1877 by Wesleyan Conference Office.
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Good. Octavo. Blue cloth-covered boards. Gilt lettering on covers. Black decoration on covers. 296 pages. Black endpapers. Full page engraving opposite title page. Numerous smaller engravings in text. A collection of short essays based on Biblical texts. Spine worn at ends and edges. Damp spots on upper and lower bevelled boards. Light spotting on fore edge. Contents clean and unmarked.
Add this copy of Sunshine in the Kitchen to cart. $64.33, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2023 by Anatiposi Verlag.
