tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post5468405591131255436..comments2024-03-28T22:48:30.666-07:00Comments on Home Living: Inspiring Quotes From VictoriansLydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-38193207381713884092008-01-25T02:19:00.000-08:002008-01-25T02:19:00.000-08:00I love the quotesI love the quotesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-13794597869304090682008-01-14T04:13:00.000-08:002008-01-14T04:13:00.000-08:00Here's a saying that is old but apt and I use it a...Here's a saying that is old but apt and I use it a lot when admonishing the youth against rash decisions:<BR/><BR/>"Sin in haste; repent in leisure".Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03009819584864535929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-10321456762645689342008-01-13T08:15:00.000-08:002008-01-13T08:15:00.000-08:00I sometimes get comments from immature girls who t...I sometimes get comments from immature girls who think the Victorian era was a primitive time of ignorance and lack of social progress, but unlike our so-called "progressive" times, they were very concerned about things like public swearing and indecency.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-82668926853505675112008-01-13T04:46:00.000-08:002008-01-13T04:46:00.000-08:00Sarah Josepha Hale, another Victorian, said,"Swear...Sarah Josepha Hale, another Victorian, said,"Swearing is considered so inadmissible in good society, or in the presence of ladies, that there is little danger of its being introduced in either. "<BR/><BR/>I wish it were still so, but I think that thanks to the media's barrage of swearing, swearing is now heard often enough in public, even in front of children.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-6732574165605502542008-01-11T19:20:00.000-08:002008-01-11T19:20:00.000-08:00I have my great grandmother's autograph book, most...I have my great grandmother's autograph book, mostly signed in the 1910-1920 era, and one cute rhyme goes:<BR/><BR/>"When you are sitting on a stump,<BR/>Think of me before you jump."Milliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09673273777386297395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-58989913010642725852008-01-11T14:11:00.000-08:002008-01-11T14:11:00.000-08:00"If wisdom's ways you wisely seek, five things obs..."If wisdom's ways you wisely seek, five things observe with care: to whom you speak, of whom you speak, and how, and when, and where.<BR/>your loving mother<BR/>C. L. Ingalls<BR/>De Smet November 15, 1881"<BR/><BR/>This is the poem Laura Ingalls' mother wrote in her album - I remember reading it in Little Town on the Prairie, and always liked it!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07974582712368288657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-44881152412732295802008-01-11T12:40:00.000-08:002008-01-11T12:40:00.000-08:00Although, I enjoyed this post very much, my commen...Although, I enjoyed this post very much, my comment is regarding the earlier post about dressing for home. I wonder if you have any advice about hairstyles. I have longish thick, wavy hair and have trouble with it always being in my way. I would wear it up, but if it is tight enough to stay put, it gives me headaches. Perhaps it is in my technique?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-34081232260704083262008-01-11T11:42:00.000-08:002008-01-11T11:42:00.000-08:00Thank you so much, Lady Lydia, for sharing these q...Thank you so much, Lady Lydia, for sharing these quotes, ideas, and online resources. I've been making journals and cards for dear friends using decorative paper and fibers, and a timely word is always a welcome addition. A thought I had recently was to create a beautiful guest book for people to sign when they visit my home...kind of a grown-up autograph book! God's blessings to you and yours Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02224478477510925985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-36672815465595308202008-01-11T08:50:00.000-08:002008-01-11T08:50:00.000-08:00Other great places to get nice poems and quotes ar...Other great places to get nice poems and quotes are old vintage post-cards. I found one card with a poem about accepting trials and tribulation gracefully. I didn't think much of it when I first read it but after I put it in an old-fashioned frame I find myself picking it up and reading it when I am upset.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for those lovely quotes. I've been trying to find something of that sortAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-70844859874952228442008-01-11T07:36:00.000-08:002008-01-11T07:36:00.000-08:00Oh, Mrs. Sherman!...you have brought a tear to my ...Oh, Mrs. Sherman!...you have brought a tear to my eye this morning. I have my mother's autograph book, & it's filled with little quotes. Some are clever, some more serious. One friend of hers even sketched a picture, & another used some very fine calligraphy to pen these words: "Love little, trust few, & always paddle your own canoe." The book is falling apart, but it's a treasure nonethelessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-29273332975720547202008-01-11T07:01:00.000-08:002008-01-11T07:01:00.000-08:00What a nice post! Isn't it sad, we can hardly eve...What a nice post! Isn't it sad, we can hardly even write a card anymore, but have to rely on Hallmark to express what we are trying to say.<BR/><BR/>Memorizing poems is also a lost art. <BR/><BR/>My mom has all of these poems in her head and sometimes she'll express what she is trying to say by spurting off one of these poems, whether frustration, or happiness. She grew up in Ireland, so many Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-87761449179161074212008-01-11T06:49:00.000-08:002008-01-11T06:49:00.000-08:00Lovely post! And people think I'm strange because...Lovely post! And people think I'm strange because I want my daughters to have autograph books and journals and hope chests! I don't care, the girls will love them! (When I have some girls haha).Katy-Anne Binsteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15528465833214550644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-52592741741928412312008-01-11T05:11:00.000-08:002008-01-11T05:11:00.000-08:00My two daughters have autograph books. They are 9 ...My two daughters have autograph books. They are 9 and 15. They were started several years ago, and are treasured keepsakes. How wonderful to read these poems and quotes!Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17316243882758535639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-26419695973867832142008-01-11T03:10:00.000-08:002008-01-11T03:10:00.000-08:00It is such a shame that autograph books went out o...It is such a shame that autograph books went out of fashion,I have one which schoolfriends and teachers wrote many lovely poems and quotations in the 1960s.When I read this it brings back their faces and pesonalities in a way that nothing else can.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com