 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 - 1882 - 558 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...what is worse, a wilful misrepresentation. The grand parlor was the sanctum sanctorum, where the passion for cleaning was indulged without control. In this... | |
 | William Swinton - Readers - 1883 - 504 pages
...us that many of his townswomen grew to have webbed fingers, " like unto a duck." 4. The grand parlor was the sanctum sanctorum, where the passion for cleaning was indulged without control. No one was permitted to enter this sacred apartment, except the mistress and her confidential... | |
 | William Swinton - 1883 - 492 pages
...us that many of his townswomen grew to have webbed fingers, " like unto a duck." 4. The grand parlor was the sanctum sanctorum, where the passion for cleaning was indulged without control. No one was permitted to enter this sacred apartment, except the mistress and her confidential... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1885 - 328 pages
...day gravely tells us that many of his townswomen grew to have webbed fingers, ' like unto a duck.' 3. The grand parlour was the sanctum, sanctorum, where the passion for cleaning was indulged without control. No one was permitted to enter this sacred apartment, except the mistress and her confidential... | |
 | Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1893 - 400 pages
...us, that many of his townswomen grew to have webbed fingers like unto a duck ; and A COUNTRY MANSION. some of them, he had little doubt, could the matter...what is worse, a wilful misrepresentation. The grand parlor was the sanctum sanctorum, where the passion for cleaning was indulged without control. In this... | |
 | Paul Bercy - French language - 1894 - 186 pages
...inundation, under the discipline 7 of mops and brooms and scrubbing-brushes. . . . The grand parlor was the sanctum sanctorum, where the passion for cleaning was indulged without control s . No one was permitted 9 to enter this sacred apartment, except the mistress and her confidential... | |
 | Paul Bercy - French language - 1894 - 174 pages
...inundation, under the discipline 7 of mops and brooms and scrubbing-brushes. . . . The grand parlor was the sanctum sanctorum, where the passion for cleaning was indulged without control 8 . No one was permitted 9 to enter this sacred apartment, except the mistress and her confidential... | |
 | Marshman William Hazen - Elocution - 1895 - 452 pages
...us that many of his townswomen grew to have webbed fingers " like unto a duck." 4. The grand parlor was the sanctum sanctorum, where the passion for cleaning was indulged without control. No one was permitted to enter this sacred apartment except the mistress and her confidential... | |
 | Marshman William Hazen - Readers - 1895 - 450 pages
...us that many of his townswomen grew to have webbed fingers " like unto a duck." 4. The grand parlor was the sanctum sanctorum, where the passion for cleaning was indulged without control. No one was permitted to enter this sacred apartment except the mistress and her confidential... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1897 - 152 pages
...that a 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...what is worse, a wilful misrepresentation. The grand parlor was the sanctum sanctorum, where the passion for cleaning was indulged without control. In this... | |
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