...resolute perseverance to make herself well acquainted with them. I see my niece with a novel in her hand, the last thing at night and the first thing in the morning! Excuse me, niece, but you might employ your time better. The mistress of a family should only read...

...thoroughfare, I have lately adopted a mode, when the weather is dry, of throwing a tract out of window the last thing at night, and the first thing in the morning ; and if I cannot sleep at midnight, as is sometimes the case, I send a tract out of window. I have...

...being drawn by the child, they should be covered by the shield, to which is attached a cow's ndder, or some form of artificial nipple, through which the...child soon learns not to require the breast at this tune, which ensures her a good night, and spares her much trouble and annoyance. Those mothers who...

...the common goose-quill, are unobjectionable. The brush should be used, not only after each meal, but the last thing at night and the first thing in the morning. This will prevent the accumulation of tartar, which so commonly incrusts neglected teeth. If suffered...

...improved by these experiments, or that it was exactly the compound one would have chosen for a stomachic, the last thing at night and the first thing in the morning, I drank it gratefully and was very sensible of his attention. We seem, to me, to have been months over...

...was eager to go back to her book. This went on : the books which Foster lent her were in her thoughts the last thing at night and the first thing in the morning. Mademoiselle had now often to ring her bell for coals ; when she heard it, Mary would start and colour...

...the common goose-quill, are unobjectionable. The brush should be used, not only after each meal, but the last thing at night and the first thing in the morning. This will prevent the accumulation of tartar, which so commonly incrusts neglected teeth. If suffered...

...upper cork-hole for the beer to work through, and attend to it three or four times a day, particularly the last thing at night and the first thing in the morning, and when the fermentation is done working, which is usually in three or four days, clean the casks...

...had given him he laid out that night in a bouquet, which he kept in his room, gazing oil the flowers the last thing at night and the first thing in the morning, which, perhaps, she might deign to smile on. They were packed by his own thin, trenHbling hands, and...

...hardy. One of my lads is delicate too, but I never do anything more than this. Except — what do you do the last thing at night and the first thing in the morning, my child ? " His grave, searching smile, his taking of my hand, taught me what he meant. Colouring...