Domestic duties; or, Instructions to young married ladies, on the management of their households and the regulation of their conduct in the various relations and duties of married life / by Mrs. William Parkes.

  • Parkes, William, Mrs.
Date:
1828
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Credit: Domestic duties; or, Instructions to young married ladies, on the management of their households and the regulation of their conduct in the various relations and duties of married life / by Mrs. William Parkes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    instance, and in the first place, every w marriage is placed at the head of a fami] some degree or other acquires importance i This circumstance, alone, imposes on hei gation to frame her conduct so as to re least irreproachable in the eyes of others, model for imitation. In a greater or les she has dependents around her, not onl ing to derive from her comfort and pi but unconsciously regulating their co hers, and imbibing from her precepts nions favourable or otherwise to their She may have, in the course of time, a children around her — to them she ougl pear as an infallible guide and example nished by habits, which, in their influenc affect, prejudicially, the character of yo incapable of uttering sentiments in any way to the cause of virtue. In the next place, a woman increases marriage, her family-ties and relationships give her new friendships to cultivate, and t with esteem and affection — while those p formed are still to be preserved and ma This is by no means an unimportant point tion; for the happiness of many a marrie has been materially affected by injudicious towards both new and old connections. J and petty famiiy-feuds spring from this soi diminish the respectability, as well as the of domestic life; to avert them needs onl ercise of good sense and good temper. The mistress of a family has, too, th
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