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... hours , or some such trifle ; for the temptation to be sure was great , and flesh and blood cannot always resist : when you return , the master storms , the lady scolds ; stripping , cudgelling , and turning off , is the word . But here ...
... hours , or some such trifle ; for the temptation to be sure was great , and flesh and blood cannot always resist : when you return , the master storms , the lady scolds ; stripping , cudgelling , and turning off , is the word . But here ...
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... hour . When a servant is turned off , all his faults must be told , although most of them were never known by his master or lady ; and all mischiefs done by others , charged to him . [ Instance them . ] And when they ask any of you ...
... hour . When a servant is turned off , all his faults must be told , although most of them were never known by his master or lady ; and all mischiefs done by others , charged to him . [ Instance them . ] And when they ask any of you ...
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... hours . " Lay all faults upon a lap - dog , or favourite cat , a monkey , parrot , a child ; or on the servant who was last turned off : by this rule you will excuse yourself , do no hurt to any body else , and save your master or lady ...
... hours . " Lay all faults upon a lap - dog , or favourite cat , a monkey , parrot , a child ; or on the servant who was last turned off : by this rule you will excuse yourself , do no hurt to any body else , and save your master or lady ...
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... nasty , that she fouls a shift more in one hour , than the kitchen - maid deth in a week . " D THE COMPLETE SERVANT . THE HOUSEKEEPER . ALTHOUGH it is ADVICE TO SERVANTS IN GENERAL . 49 when he is going up with a dish of soup...
... nasty , that she fouls a shift more in one hour , than the kitchen - maid deth in a week . " D THE COMPLETE SERVANT . THE HOUSEKEEPER . ALTHOUGH it is ADVICE TO SERVANTS IN GENERAL . 49 when he is going up with a dish of soup...
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... hour , which in most families is generally early , in preparing the best pastry , or in doing any other things she can assist in , preparatory to . the family dinner ; at any rate , she will look around and see that the household ...
... hour , which in most families is generally early , in preparing the best pastry , or in doing any other things she can assist in , preparatory to . the family dinner ; at any rate , she will look around and see that the household ...
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Page 42 - RULES THAT CONCERN ALL SERVANTS IN GENERAL WHEN your Master or Lady call a Servant by Name, if that Servant be not in the Way, none of you are to answer, for then there will be no End of your Drudgery: And Masters themselves allow, that if a Servant comes when he is called, it is sufficient. When you have done a Fault, be always pert and insolent, and behave...