Selected quad for the lemma: father_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
father_n	brother_n	husband_n	sister_n	17,190	5	11.3833	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96816	A supplement to The queen-like closet, or, A little of everything presented to all ingenious ladies, and gentlewomen / by Hannah Woolley ...	Woolley, Hannah, fl. 1670.; Woolley, Hannah, fl. 1670. Queen-like closet.	1674 (1674)	Wing W3287; ESTC R221176	74,618	219

Children who have Parents living observe your Duty to them and whatsoever they Command you do and God will bless you the better for he hath Commanded you to Honour your Father and Mother If they do Chide you bear it patiently and do not provoke them to continue their Anger by unreverent Answers but be silent and submissive to them Be careful of your time when you Learn any thing and do not let the Mony which they are willing to disburse for you be lost through your Idleness Observe every one how they do order their Houses and how they do make this or that and what you cannot remember that write down that it may stead you another time Be careful of your Parents when they are Sick and reverence them when they are Aged Burthen them not when you come to be of Age of Discretion but think with your self how or which way to case them Take heed what Company you keep for fear they corrupt you and draw you into mischief Go not from your Parents without their leave least you grieve them and bring a Curse upon your selves by Disobeying them Depend on no Friends but trust in him who is able always to provide for you and that will never fail those who wait upon him patiently without distrust he is never weary of hearing the complaint of the Widow and Fatherless nor of any who are in Distress On the other side do not neglect or slight your Friends but shew your duty to them in your respects and give ear to their good Counsel When you are absent from your Parents be sure to Write to them so often as need shall require and let not what you Write be impertinent and troublesome If God hath blest you with a good Lady or Mistress be you observing alwaies what may please her and be humble and modest in your Behaviour be neat and Houswifely in your Cloaths and lay up what Mony can handsomly be spared Be careful of what she gives you or what you have in your Charge that by so doing you may oblige her to be loving and kind to you and cause her to speak well of you Do not keep familiarity with any but those by whom you may improve your time If you be an Apprentice be careful that you learn your Trade well that you may live another day and let not the Mony your Parent or Friends gave for your good be thrown away by your Neglect and Carelesness If God hath blest you with a Fortune be careful to improve it and trust not too much upon it Never consent to Marry with any man without your Parents or Friends Consent least you be the Cause of their Grief and Sorrow and bring your self to Affliction and Misery All you who have any Young Maidens or Gentlewomen under your Charge or Tuition be you alwaies mindful of their Good as well as your own If they are put to School to you or Apprentices let them not lose their Youthful time which cannot be redeemed but keep them strictly to their Duty in a loving and mild way If they come as Servants to you for Wages be not cruel to them in severe Language nor impose more upon them than they shall be able to perform nor pinch them in their Diet but allow them such Food as is convenient for them When they do their Duty to you be you pleased to encourage them by giving them good words and bestow some small Favour on them Advise them how to lay out their Mony and never to spend all but keep some for a reserve Let them go decently not vainly and proudly and command them duly to the Service of God I think I have spoken sufficiently ●o all I mentioned and as I mean well so I hope you will all of you ●ake it well With this my advice ● vvish you the Blessing of GOD and do desire the same from you upon my self which is all the Gratification I do desire or expect from you Be pleased to take notice that in my Book The Ladies Guide I did give direction for the Writing of Letters but it was only to such as were Young and to Servants I think it not amiss to give some Forms or Patterns of Letters for Elder and more-serious people for I do daily find that in Writing most Women are to seek They many times spend their time in Learning a good Hand but their English and Language is The one not easie to understand The other weak and impertinent I meet with Letters my self sometimes that I could even tear them as I read them they are so full of impertinency and so tedious I will begin with one of them not that you should take example by it to do the same but I set it as a thing to be abhorr'd and shun'd From a Sister to a Brother far distant from her Dear Brother MY love remembred unto you hoping that you are in good health as I am at the writing hereof praised be God I hope you got well to your Journeys end I pray let us know My Father and my Mother do remember their Love to you and my Sister Betty remembers her Love to you and my Brother John and my Brother Nicholas do so too and my Couzin Jane is Married and she doth remember her Love to you and her Husband remembers his Love to you and says he would be glad to see you and to be acquainted with you My Couzin Robin remembers his Love to you and my Couzin Nan remembers her Love to you and I remember my Love to you So I rest Your loving Sister till death Elizabeth Spanner You see in this Letter how ridiculous it is to Write after this manner the language being both impertinent and foolish Give me leave now to shew you what ill English is and tell me which is worst for I do not yet know From a Daughter to her Mother Dear Mother MY duty remembred unto you hopping that you are in good helth as i am at the Riting hereof prased be God this is to let you understand that i have receved the things you sent to me by Tomas Frenge and he had a grot of me for the bringing them i pray do not forget my Come I left in the Kichen windo and my Aporn in the Chamber pray send them al to me i hop my Father is wel and my brother Ned and my suster Joice and i hop godie welsh is wel thus with my love and duty to you i rest your dutiful daster Ann Blackwell Now I have shewed you how ridiculous and simple and how impertinent these are I will also shew you how to Write that it may be effectual in what you shall desire and also acceptable to those you Write to You shall find here Letters upon all Occasions which commonly concern us and some others which accidentally may happen Observe that you are not to Write word for word but to take the manner of the Form it will teach you

and by so doing you may save your Purse and keep your Secrets to your self Take notice that those Letters I shall write as from People well knowing is not to teach them how to Write but to teach you how to Answer them From a Mother to a Daughter in a Ladies Service Dear Child I Do desire to know how you do in your Service and whether or no you think you shall be able to perform what you have undertaken however I command you to be very diligent to please that you may by that oblige your Lady to be kind to you and willing to keep you Be careful to serve God and be pleasing in your Carriage to all People So soon as I know you shall stay I will send your Trunck and other things Thus with your Fathers and my Blessing to you and your Brothers and Sisters Love I rest Your careful and loving Mother Sarah Wild. March 3. 1663. The Answer Most Dear and Honoured Mother I Received yours dated March the third and do give you humble thanks for your Motherly Care of me I have not yet been long enough to give you a full account how my Lady will like me I hope well because as yet she finds little or no fault with me I beseech you to assure your self that if I should be turned home to you again it shall be for what I cannot do not what I will not do but I hope better things and I will stay here if it be possible for it is a worthy Family and they are very kind to me My Lady likes my Dressing very well and also what I Starch but she would fain have me more curious in my Point-Work She will not let me wash her Chamber because I should not spoil my Hands for Work If she like me well I shall be glad for I like her Service very well Thus with my humble Duty presented to you and to my Father with my Love to my Brothers and Sisters and to all my Friends I take my leave and do beseech you to esteem me as I endeavour to be Dear Mother Your most Obedient Daughter Mary Wild March 10. 1663. From a Sister to a Brother Dear Brother YOur absence at first caused much Grief both to our Parents and to us your loving Brothers and Sisters but since we hear of your welfare and very good liking we are as much joyed and do heartily wish and pray for the continuance of the same We want the comfort of your Company but we cannot live by sight of each other This is a miserable World and every one must be Careful and Industrious or else it is impossible to wade the Troubles which it brings people in We are happy in our Parents that they took such good Care for us in our Education to make us able to live in the World I thank God I am in a very good Place where I have the Love and good word of the People I serve I do not doubt but to gain it more and more My Mother as well as my Father Commanded me to write to you and to let you know their Indisposition or else my Father would have Written to you himself He hath been ill of the Gout and my Mother of an Ague but I hope they will both do very well again My Brother James hath also hurt his Side by a Fall but he is on the mending hand Thus with my Fathers and Mothers Blessing to you with mine my Brothers and Sisters Love to you I rest Dear Brother Your ever affectionate Sister Martha Hopewell Decemb. 4. 1665. From one Friend to another Honoured Friend I Have written to you several times to let you know what I have done concerning the Business you were pleased to intrust me withal but hearing no Answer I fear my Letters have miscarried This is now again to give you an account of what I have done So soon as your Letter of commands came to my Hands I went streight to Mr. Shewer and demanded your Mony delivering the Letter of Attorney you sent to peruse that he might know the truth but he willing to while-off told me that he would pay it to you so soon as he could see you and speak with you about some Business which concerns your good If he keep his Word it will do very well I was also with Mrs. Madewell and she hath paid me also with Mr. Stockwell and he hath also paid me I pray do me the favour as to see my little Girl for me and know what Nurse wants and I will send it down I shall trouble you no more at this present save only with the Service and Respects of Your most affectionate Kinswoman and humble Servant Ann Boarman Novemb. 2. 1667. The Answer Dear Friend I Received yours wherein you have given me full satisfaction concerning what I desired you for which I most humbly thank you and do desire you will be pleased to accept this Token from me I wish it were better but I know your Temper so well that your Eye will not be over-curious with me nor mind the Gift more than the Giver but take all in good part I have seen your little one which is in good health Nurse wants nothing as yet All our Friends here are well and desire you to accept their Love and Service Thus with mine in particular to you I rest Your ever obliged Friend and devoted Servant J. M. Novemb. 2. 1667. From one Sister to another Dear Sister I Am very glad to hear you do so well and that you have recovered your Health again I pray God continue it to you My Mother remembers her Love and Blessing to you and desires you will send her the Receipt for the Stone for she hath great need of it both for her self and others She desires to know when you think you shall come to Town I am in a little haste and nought else at present but my dear Love and Respects to you and to tell you that I am and ever will be Dear Sister Yours ever to love and serve you Mary South Decemb. 6. 1664. From a Lady to a Gentlewoman whom she hath a kindness for My dear Friend YOur Humility commands what Favour lies in my power to do for you or yours therefore if you can condescend that your Daughter shall be a Servant to me you shall find that I will be more a Mother than a Mistress to her I doubt not of her Abilities since I know your care hath been very much for her Education However I may find her not at present altogether fit for my Service yet I am confident she will be capable that I do intend her good and in relation to that I know she will endeavour to please me or else she must not be your Daughter Fear nothing in me I value your worth and shall also value your Child and what is wanting in her I shall not spare my Purse to give a full Accomplishment to her therefore if you