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Regency Household: Grease Out of Silk

By Anne | January 28, 2024 - 7:58 am |February 15, 2024 Regency Household
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This recipe appeared in The Ladies Best Companion; Or, a Golden Treasure for the Fair Sex (1800).

Tagged 1800s, 19th century, cleaning, grease, household, receipts, recipes, regency, Regency England, satins, silks, sils, stain removal

Regency Estates: Blairquhan Castle

By Anne | January 26, 2024 - 8:13 am |February 15, 2024 Regency Estates
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Modern Athens! Displayed in a Series of Views: Or Edinburgh in the Nineteenth Century: Exhibiting the Whole of the New Buildings, Modern Improvements, Antiquities, and Continue →

Tagged 1800s, 19th century, castles, estates, regency, Regency England, scotland

Regency Words: Trip the Light Fantastic Toe

By Anne | January 24, 2024 - 6:45 am |February 15, 2024 Regency Words
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Frequently, in Regency recounts of dances and balls, the expression “trip the light fantastic toe” was used. Based on a line in the 15th century Continue →

Tagged 1800s, 19th century, expression, phrases, regency, Regency England, words

Regency Culture and Society: After Dinner Talk

By Anne | January 22, 2024 - 7:39 am |February 10, 2024 Regency Culture and Society
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Dunbar’s Complete Handbook of Etiquette (1834) Dunbar’s guide continues: For any enterprising young man living on the cusp of the Victorian era, the language of Continue →

Tagged 1800s, conversation, dinner party, etiquette, manners, regency, Regency England, small talk, talk
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  • Mystery, magnetism, and marzipan

    Mystery, magnetism, and marzipan

    Scottish singer Emma Bryson travels to London determined to fulfill a deathbed promise to her mother to sing for the Queen. Her debut at a fashionable salon starts brilliantly but ends in disaster when the usually poised Emma tumbles backwards and lands on the champagne-buffed boots of Philip Henry Jamison, the earl of Blackbourne and London's most eligible bachelor.

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