 The grand parlour was the sanctum sanctorum, where the passion for cleaning was indulged without control. In this sacred apartment no one was permitted to enter, excepting the mistress and her confidential maid, who visited it once a week; for the purpose...  Spirit of the English Magazines - Page 5541820Full view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - New York (N.Y.) - 1812 - 306 pages
...gravely tells us, that many of his townfwomen grew to have webbed fingers like unto a duck ; and fome of them, he had little doubt, could the matter be...of mermaids — but this I look upon to be a, mere fport of fancy, or what is worfe, a wilful mifreprefentation. • • The grand parlour was the fanctum... | |
 | England - 1820 - 876 pages
...that an historian of the day gravely tells us, that many of his townswomen grew to have webbed fingers like unto a duck ; and some of. them, he had little...be found to have the tails of mermaids — but this 1 look upon to be a mere sport of fancy, or what is worse, a wilful misrepresentation. " The grand... | |
 | Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1819 - 302 pages
...that an historian of the day gravely tells us, that many of his townswomen grew to have webbed fingers like unto a duck; and some of them, he had little...where the passion for cleaning was indulged without control. In this sacred apartment no one was permitted to enter, excepting the mistress and her confidential... | |
 | Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1819 - 310 pages
...that an historian of the day gravely tells us, that many of his townswomen grew to have webbed fingers like unto a duck; and some of them, he had little...The grand parlour was the sanctum sanctorum, where the|passion for cleaning^ was indulged without control. In this sacred apartment no one was permitted... | |
 | Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1820 - 540 pages
...that. an historian of the day gravely tells us, that many of his townswomen grew to have webbed fingers like unto a duck ; and some of them, he had little...where the passion for cleaning was indulged without control. In this sacred apartment no one was permitted to enter excepting the mistress and her confidential... | |
 | England - 1820 - 730 pages
...an historian of the day gravely tells us, that many of his townswonirn grew to have webbed fingers like unto a duck ; and some of them, he had little...be found to have the tails of mermaids — but this 1 look upon to be a mere sport of fancy, or what is worse, a wilful misrepresentation. " The grand... | |
 | Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1820 - 538 pages
...that an historian of the day gravely tells us, that many of his townswomen grew to have webbed fingers like unto a duck ; and some of them, he had little...examined into, would be found to have the tails of mermaids—but this I look upon to be a mere sport of fancy, or, what is worse, a wilful misrepresentation.... | |
 | Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1821 - 414 pages
...that an historian of the day gravely tells us, that many of his townswomen grew to have webbed fingers like unto a duck ; and some of them, he had little...where the passion for cleaning was indulged without control. In this sacred apartment no one was permitted to enter, excepting the mistress and her confidential... | |
 | Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1821 - 414 pages
...that an historian of the day gravely tells us, that many of his townswomen grew to have webbed fingers like unto .a duck ; and some of them, he had little...fancy, or what is worse, a wilful misrepresentation. '< '1 • '{••; :•!•'• i • •. . i ' •• • i..^;; The grand parlour was the sanctum... | |
 | Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1824 - 318 pages
...that an historian of the day gravely tells us, that many of his townswomen grew to have webbed fingers like unto a duck ; and some of them, he had little...passion for cleaning was indulged without controul. Fn this sacred apartment no one was permitted to enter, excepting the mistress and her confidential... | |
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