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IiADIES' LIFE IN SHETLAND. 171
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You Want To Know How We Ladies Manage To...
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, hours of evening , when " Gladsome looks of household love , truddliht
Meet in he y g . " when books are piled on the centre table , when without curtains when
aredrawnwhen the wild winds of the north shriek , needles the pelting , move sleet in nimble rattles fingers against with the a window speed , which when defies knitting the
land eye and to each ' s harp follow note /* the the seems progress violin the , breathes voice of each of forth separate a conquerin for some the stitch wild fallen g : sea Norse when -king u melod it Hialt ; and y - ,
be anon " . dance the the lively dull wail of care tones the maid of the " that and pianoforte weeps so with call innocent the yoiing . -mirth Or folk may and to away
agreeable occupations , we , Shetland ladies make the stormy
Iiadies' Life In Shetland. 171
IiADIES' LIFE IN SHETLAND . 171
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 2, 1864, page 171, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_02051864/page/27/
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