22 Verbs to Use for the Word housekeeping

Mr. Barker's sister had just married an overseer in the mill; and they had been very anxious to set up housekeeping in the Jacobs house, but had been prevented from applying for it by hearing of Mrs. White's determination to have no mill people under the same roof with herself.

The New England was a feature in St. Paul, and it was pointed out to newcomers as the first gubernatorial mansion, and in which Gov. and Mrs. Ramsey had begun housekeeping in 1849.

Mrs. Le Rue, on breaking up housekeeping, allowed Hasty to hire her time for two dollars a week, on condition that at the end of each month the required sum was to be forthcoming, and in the event of failure, the revocation of the permission was to be the inevitable consequence.

This obliged Mrs. Judson to commence housekeeping on her own account, and consequently she had less time to devote to study; yet to her surprise she made faster progress now than she had ever done before.

Linnet loved her housekeeping too well to let any other fingers intermeddle.

"Wilbur is going to manage it, and he expects to shake down enough to start us housekeeping, but, of course, that is strictly under your hat, and I pray you do not mention it.

She was one of the women who carry their housekeeping to a perfection uncomfortable both to herself and everybody else, and then delude themselves into the martyrlike belief that she is doing it all entirely for others.

Once women taught their daughters housekeeping and sewing from stern principle, and made it neither beautiful nor attractive.

She dresses her own hair, understands housekeeping, and has the best heart in the world.

There should be a good supply, as several monarchs have lately given up housekeeping.

She did not like housekeeping nor taking care of children.

The little paper on which they had carefully worked out their housekeeping, skilfully allotting so much for rent, butcher's meat, milk, coals, and washing, and making "everything" come most optimistically to £59 17s.

They were now very near the cave, and she knew that unless she exerted herself housekeeping would begin within a very few moments.

"Ah! I am afraidthat is, I hopehe may find our housekeeping such as he can enjoy," she said, with an involuntary expression of surprise; for she had scarcely had a doubt that her husband would have preferred evading the visit of his fine friend, under his gloomy circumstances.

Mrs. Bentley was standing by the sideboard, her basket of keys in her hand; she had not quite finished her housekeeping, and was giving some last instructions to the butler.

They must either support their women in idlenessdo all their own as well as the women's housekeepingor they must allow their women to leave the home and follow their housekeeping to the place where it is now being done,the polls.

It was rather odd, I reflected, that the shades should have been open, though I might account for this by the fact that this curious unfinished establishment was not subject to the usual laws governing orderly housekeeping.

But don't you see, my child, that the very fact of your having a talentwhich you certainly havefor housekeeping and home-making, implies that some day, in the far future, I hope, you will go away from me and make a home of your own?" "Very likely I shall, papa; but that's so far in the future that it's not worth while bothering about it now.

What else should I do?" "And learn housekeeping from Linnet.

Before the coming of his assistant, Father Ignatius had managed his own simple housekeeping in all its most humble details.

When, therefore, the young couple took up housekeeping, she left the home and the work at Ayton Hill to them, and with her youngest daughter went over to live in Ayton.

It appeared that in the old days of her wanderings with the circus troupe she had often been forced to undertake this nomadic housekeeping.

22 Verbs to Use for the Word  housekeeping