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  • The 1830 "Cook's Dictionary and Housekeeper's Directory" included a recipe for Chocolate Wine that would be much reprinted in 19th-century cookbooks.

    A Wooing Cup for Valentine's Day 2009

  • The Housekeeper's story is very simple, and almost too commonplace.

    Real Ghost Stories William T. Stead

  • Old WERLE comes in, leaning on his Housekeeper's arm, followed by his son, GREGERS

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 23, 1891 Various

  • Then Prudy sat down with the "Housekeeper's Friend," and began at the first page to read.

    Prudy Keeping House Sophie May 1869

  • He insisted on Mary's seeing their ordinary sitting room, which nature had intended for a housekeeper's room, but which ladylike inhabitants had rendered what he called the very 'kernel of the House Beautiful.'

    Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 1 Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • Treasurer's, Housekeeper's, and Register's; and it shall be fairly recorded, and hung up in the school-house, to be read of all from Time to

    Notes and Queries, Number 195, July 23, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Various 1852

  • She interested Mr.. Blenkinsop by evincing the deepest sympathy in the raspberry-jam preserving, which operation was then going on in the Housekeeper's room; she persisted in calling Sambo "Sir," and "Mr. Sambo," to the delight of that attendant; and she apologised to the lady's maid for giving her trouble in venturing to ring the bell, with such sweetness and humility, that the

    Vanity Fair William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

  • The Professor also takes a special liking to the Housekeeper's son, whom he calls Root, because the flat top of the boy's head reminds him of the square root symbol,.

    NYT > Home Page By STEVEN STROGATZ 2010

  • Housekeeper's grim discovery in hotel room: Body parts in backpack

    USATODAY.com News 2010

  • Housekeeper's grim discovery in hotel room: Body parts in backpack

    USATODAY.com News 2010

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