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Regency Words: Quiz

By Anne | July 28, 2017 - 7:21 am |August 20, 2017 Regency Words

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Grose’s Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 1823 The term quiz didn’t start appearing in cant dictionaries until the 19th century. I found the usage Continue →

Regency Health and Medicine: A Receipt for Pomade Divine

By Anne | July 8, 2017 - 7:45 am |July 18, 2017 Regency Dish, Regency Health and Medicine

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The New Practice of Cookery, Pastry, Baking, and Preserving (1804) A multipurpose skin balm for a variety of ailments, Pommade Divine is still made today Continue →

Regency Literature: The Literary Spy of 1808

By Anne | June 22, 2017 - 8:14 am |June 30, 2017 Regency Literature, Regency Men, Regency Women of Character

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Published in the June 1808 edition of the Lady’s Monthly Museum, this short column gives us an overview of various era authors and what some Continue →