 Among the rooms on that floor was one called the still-room, an apartment where the ladies of old much amused themselves in distilling waters and cordials, as well for the use of themselves, and of their poor neighbours, as for several purposes of cookery....  The history and antiquities of Hawsted - Page 132by sir John Cullum (bart.) - 1784 - 246 pagesFull view - About this book
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...of themselves, and of their poor neighbours, as for several purposes of cookery. In this room stood a death's head ; no improper emblem of the effects...within it Contiguous to one of the bedchambers was a wainscoted closet, about seven feet square ; the panels painted with various sentences, emblems, and... | |
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...of themselves, and of their poor neighbours, as for several purposes of cookery. In this room stood a death's head ; no improper emblem of the effects...operations carried on within it. Contiguous to one of the bedehambers was a wainscoted closet, about seven feet square ; the panels painted with various sentences,... | |
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...of themselves, and of their poor neighbours, as for several purposes of cookery. In this room stood a death's head — no improper emblem of the effects...within it. Contiguous to one of the bedchambers was a wainscoted closet, about seven feet square ; the panels painted with various sentences, emblems, and... | |
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