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Regency Lexicon: Sick as a Horse

By Anne | July 17, 2015 - 2:50 pm |August 11, 2015 Regency Words

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Every once in a while you may turn the pages of Reg Rom and see the phrase “sick as a horse”. From the Lexicon Balatronicum Continue →

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A delightful letter published in the Sept. 1807 La Belle Assemblee was too enjoyable to not share.

By Anne | July 27, 2012 - 10:14 am |July 27, 2012 Regency Words

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If you asked a person on the street the meaning of swell, they might mention a puffed up injury or as an expression like “Gee, Continue →

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Oh the novel. We might guess at its pulp status from the very lips of Jane, herself, speaking about her heroine in Northanger Abbey: “Yes, Continue →