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1
Science-fiction, the Early Years: A Full Description
of More ...
Since the Math- esons have had considerable difficulty in keeping domestic
servants, John decides to invent a maid-of- all-work. The result is a creature with
windmill- like arms, a face with numbered buttons, and an electric battery for
power.
Everett Franklin Bleiler, Richard Bleiler,
1990
2
Harriet Martineau: Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives
The “maid of all-work” is the classic case of a worker who suffers from an
overabundance of tasks and resultant fatigue, and therefore loss of comfort,
health, self-respect, adequate compensation, emotional deprivation, and lack of
resources in ...
Michael R. Hill, Susan Hoecker-Drysdale,
2014
3
Between Women: Domestics and Their Employers
And for the not-so-wealthy upwardly mobile employers of the new English
bourgeoisie developing in the mid-nineteenth century, having a "maid-of-all-work
" served not only to impress others but also to convince the employers
themselves of ...
4
The Irish Bridget: Irish Immigrant Women in Domestic Service ...
If the employing family did not pay for the services ofa laundress, doing the
household laundry also fell to the maid-of-all-work. Mrs. E. F. Haskell's
suggestion on how table and bed linens should be laundered, contained in her
1861 book The ...
Margaret Lynch-Brennan,
2014
For a lower middle- class family with an annual income of £100-£20o ($200-5400
) a maid- of-all-work (£o-£14 ($18-$28) per annum) and 'a girl occasionally' were
reckoned to be sufficient. Beeton describes the maid-of-all-work as ' perhaps ...
Malcolm Potts, Peter Diggory, John Peel,
1977
6
Making the Irish American: History and Heritage
of the Irish ...
16 In addition, the maid-of-all-work also was required to set the table, cook and
serve the main meal of the day, answer the front door, respond to her employer
when called, and run general errands. She was also expected to take care of the
...
Joseph Lee, Marion R. Casey,
2006
7
Mrs Beeton's Book
of Household Management: Abridged edition
A little of this gloss should be spread on a piece of coarse woollen cloth, and the
furniture well rubbed with it; afterwards it should be polished with a fine cloth.
DUTIES OF THE MAID-OF-ALL-WORK The general servant, or maid-of-all-work,
...
Isabella Beeton, Nicola Humble,
2000
8
The Sporting magazine; or Monthly calendar
of the ...
Auckland, by Grey Viscount— Maid of Oaks. 4 yrs, 8st. 101b. (Jennings) .... I Mr.
Todd's ch. g. Freckle, by Swiss out of Maid-of-all-Work, aged, 8st. 91b 2 Mr.
Gray's b. g. Uriah, by Priam out of Queen Bathsheba, 4 yrs, 8st. 41b 3 Mr.
Watson's ch.
9
Women's Writing
of the Victorian Period, 1837-1901: An Anthology
An Anthology Harriet Devine Harriet Devine Jump. DUTIES OF THE MAID-OF-
ALL-WORK The general servant, or maid-of-all-work, is perhaps the only one of
her class deserving of commiseration: her life is a solitary one, and in, some
places, ...
Harriet Devine, Harriet Devine Jump,
1999
10
Heads
of the People: Or, Portraits
of the English
THE MAID OF ALL-WORK. BY CORNELIUS WEBBE. Sflish, splash, splash,
splish, flap, slap, slap, flap ! Whew ! — what a wind ! Whish ! — what a whirling
shower ! What a day to be out in ! " Ye houseless wretches " but there goes that
poor ...
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Ponteland loses a community stalwart
... attended Coates School and in 1952 she went to work for Miss Smith at the Dairy Cafe on the West Road, where she was a 'Maid of all Work'. «Morpeth Herald, 六月 15»
Pirates set to invade with a swashbuckling musical
... a vengeful Pirate King, a rejected Piratical Maid of All Work and policemen who make Inspector Clouseau seem like Sherlock Holmes? «Crawley Observer, 五月 15»
REVIEW: Fitting production for players' diamond date
... Frederic (Graham Carton) had meanwhile fallen passionately in love, dashing the hopes of 'piratical maid of all work', Ruth (Emily Dadson). «Littlehampton Gazette, 五月 15»
STC's 'Pirates of Penzance' simply sparkles
Ruth, the piratical maid of all work, is deliciously portrayed by Martha Omiyo Kight. She is the only female face young Frederic has seen in his ... «Davis Enterprise, 四月 15»
'Pirates' to invade the Coast
... Verra-Lay, also wearing the hat of assistant producer, has one of her biggest on-stage roles as Ruth, the nurse-turned pirate maid of all work. «Peace Arch News, 四月 15»
Pirates revival ends season with swagger and laughs
Soprano Cathryn Harrison, who also doubles as the show's choreographer, created a convincing Ruth, a "piratical maid of all work" who ... «Winnipeg Free Press, 四月 15»
Revamp of comic opera will appeal to everyone
Stephanie Burgess sensitively combines robust comedy and pathos as Ruth, the spurned piratical maid of all work. David Hardman's deadpan ... «Ilkley Gazette, 三月 15»
Charles Hays Secondary presents The Pirates of Penzance
The pirates' maid of all work Ruth (Hannah Komadina) is the only woman Frederic has ever laid his eyes on, thinking her to be beautiful. «Prince Rupert Northern View, 一月 15»
'Lydia' creates theater magic at NVC
... who has arrived without papers from Jalisco, who needs a job and is hired by Rosa as a maid of all work and charged of caring for Cecci. «Napa Valley Register, 一月 15»
A bright and shiny pin; Grateful memories of GG
Also with us, believe it or not, all dolled up in the finest of her transatlantic best, is none other than our own maid of all work, Mrs. Blanche (G.G.) ... «The Villager, 十一月 14»