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Published: 2015-07-19
Total Pages: 222
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Excerpt from The Young Servant: Or Aunt Susan and Her Nieces The parlour is floored with oak, brightly polished. It has three narrow gothic windows, commanding three several views of the park; in one Of these hangs a goldfinch, in another a linnet, and in the third a canary bird. A nice comfortable fire - place, with bright brass fender and fire irons in summer, a nosegay adorns each hob, and a sheet Of white paper sets Off the bright bars. On the mantel-shelf are a pair Of flower jars, three china images, a few peacock's feathers, and a weather house. In one recess is a beaufet, with two sets Of tea-things and a few glasses; a mahogany tea-caddy six silver tea spoons, and two table-spoons. In another recess is a handsome eight-day clock; and in a third, a bright copper coal-scuttle below, and above a book-shelf, which contains the Holy Bible, Leighton's Works, Pilgrim's Progress, Hall's Contemplations, Doddridge's Rise and Progress Of Religion in the Soul; two or three volumes of excellent sermons, and as many of tracts bound up together; a History of England, a Herbal, a Cookery Book, and a volume Of ma nuscript receipts in cookery, clear-starching, preserving, cleaning, polishing furniture, &c. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.