L&T Archive 2003-2014

Message Index

MT: the Steele sisters' speech patterns
some hints
gentle reminders..please read.
Hello and Doctors
a guess
Hello Nicole
Servants as family members
meet me in the Library, Ann?
Question about inheritances
Rules and guidelines
Estate VS income (longish)
I'd heard about this too, but ...
This was an old rhyme
Sources?
References
Asked to move from P&P board: LC's historical roots?
Real people and JA's novels
Olonel Brandon and Warren Hastings
My two pennies worth
Please remember to snip (nfm)
Siblings residing together...
Georgiana in London
You are so darn smart....
I would assume...
I think also....
Pemberley is now her home
Guests at Longbourn
Hello Calanthe!
Names and etiquette
Forget the
Mr Bingley
House calls and introductions
Not quite
OK, I guess I don't get it
good question
Yes, what ...
Then think of it this way.....
That was still
Snowshill Manor Costume Collection - Moved to
Thank you so much for that information!
One day, not to long I hope
Why, thank you!
Would Elizabeth call her husband "Darcy"
Hard to say....
Yes, thank you
Today's terms
chaperones
Reasons for being alone
Darcy's stealth and HC's persistance
Remember the double standard!
Mr Darcy's movements on the day in question.
Ladies of Letters (GR spoilers!)
and Emma
Dont forget Jane Fairfax
Actually, I think...
Reasons for writing letters.
Very interesting!
Rules and guidelines
"Getting it wrong"
The letter
Dancing in JA film adaptations
Yes, I do knowtwhat you mean.....
Ballet
The next best thing to Regency dancing masters
The book they used
Thanks everybody!
Oh but we do! ;-)
Hand movements
Dancing as an accomplishment
The Minuet Test
Minuet Tests & Social Standing
Good point, Captain!
Life expectancy?
Depends :-)
Thank you
Many of Jane's Relatives...
"Costume in Detail"
Excellent Book!
Thank you ,Alexandra
You're very welcome
the role of servants
The invisible servant
Assembly rooms
Look at Emma...
With apologies
About those shocking necklines...
I can't
Human nature!
some thoughts
Also...
You've made me think of Scarlett in GWTW
Of course!
Regency dress
Before you decide to be shocked.....
My reasons for my assumptions...
Movies schmoozies!
Necklines actually lower a bit earlier
Yes, the French were more daring.
Fashions
Dear Jane and those plunging necklines......
I bet that ...
Empire gowns
or at least.............;-)
The Navy in peacetime?
A word about the explorers
Barrow's Boys
The expedition
Hard times
Is Pool generally unreliable, Caroline?
Pool
My goodness!
L&T Bibliography
Outdated or not...
Joan....
That looks good
Is it Persuasion?
Oh, yes, found it now.
Is that a good book, Rae?
What I've found out
Lady Anne de Bourgh??!
Not in this case.
Indeed
Anne de Bourgh
Hello Smailem -- are you new to Pemberley?
Not always,Smailem
MT Columella
My husband thinks
My thanks -- to you and your husband nfm
Alternatively...
Does anyone know
Graves
Further...
More extended...
Frank, that's one of the ones that Barb quoted.
Only Barbara can say that (nfm)
No, I'm asking you, Frank
Thanks, Barbara.
Thanks - that was going to be my question! (nfm)
Nautical Question
Midshipmen and other officers
Wentworth's Captain
Uniforms
I've asked this before
Wm Price's uniform
MP
Again, there's answers in the archives, but....
Militia Officer's clothing
Respectability
Question from Emma board
The exact quote is...
Entails
You're on to something, but...
hmm...scandal!
Mrs Lybbe Powys
Have a look at this
Mrs. Lybbe's manuscript diaries
Some connections
Mrs. Austen & Mrs. Lybbe's brother-in-law
Oops!
How to pronounce it
Thank you both very much indeed!
Replying, belatedly...
MT: Hair-braid rings
Something like this?
My Goodness!
Well yes.........
Wow!
They are very fine
Ooh!
wonderful site
MT: Did JA really approve?
No connection I think..
I took it ...
Twisted blasted trees....
I think
Hmm.....
"A rough sketch by a captial master..."
Mrs Dashwood's China.
Thanks,Julie!
I have promised
A parlor boarder
Hello Billie -- are you new to Pemberley?
Lived with the family
Well, no
Not a stupid question at all
MT: mourning and courtship
Depends what you mean by....
Oh, and Art, are you new?
Not at all, I assure you
Being "Out"
Fanny Price...
marriage
Marriage of Older Sisters
Younger sisters coming out
It's not improper..
Making her debut
Hi, Harvey! Are you new?
Not a precise procedure
wives talking back
Wives contradicting husbands
Banns, &c.
That could happen anyway
Introduction
marriage: ancillary customs
Green Bowers
Evergreen
"Arch of steel"
Oh I forgot, there was also...
Special license
Pronouncing "barouche"
I know that recording...
Barouche
Thanks for the info!
Proof-reading
Learn more!...
MT- A question about mourning
I think...
noticed that too
Proper mourning clothes
Public and private mourning
What our fashion expert says
The movie costume goofed
This is fascinating! [NFM]
For some background on `Sanditon'
MT: Mrs Dashwood's Breakfast Set
Ooh, yummy
Such simple people...
Kippered salmon?
Lol. Reminds me
That tulip thing
Tulips
The china pagoda
Perhaps my memory fails me?
Wonderful site
MT: Rheumatism & Flannel
Plain brown paper
An old remedy
MT (vaguely): how to address a man
Familiar
also
MT - 2 questions
The jacket
Thanks
Thank you for all the info! nfm
MT: china vs. plate
plate or a plate?
china, plate, linen = phrase meaning household goods
Any reference for that, Katherine?
According to...
I meant for the phrase, Frank
No formal reference as such, but...
Okay, but...
Plate
Follow-up (a little more technical)
In period - Plata, Plate and Plated
Your info is much appreciated Stewart ~nfm~
July, 1660?
Samuel Pepys 1667 - all my fine plate...
A few answers
Thanks, Stewart.
MT - discussing illness
I've been wondering that....
Cowper and Newton
Thanks, Caroline!
It's aaallll connected
M.T. Nabobs, gold mohrs, and palanquins?
part of the Indian experience
oops! forgot the mohrs
MT: some definitions and guesses
Very snug (-; nfm
M.T. Cottages in JA:s works
The offices
Not Quite
Changing sides
Not really!
Historical novels
Gothic novels
I think your mullings are right
Lady Susan
Perhaps...
I agree, too.....
Liaisons look-alikes
Is "of age" 21...
It was, in JA's time. nfm
furniture
Mrs. Dashwood's linens
Thanks
Manners maketh a gentleman
JA was...
Manners and rank
Manners Maketh Man?
Wasn't Shakespeare...
M.T. S&S Flannel Waistcoats
It's like a woolen undershirt
give me a flannel waistcoat over Willoughby, anyday
Wool made you sweat, however
The Exmoor search and rescue team...
Silk
Silk or wool
JA and Jaeger
Wool next to the skin
Warm when wet
Flannel Shirts
In defence of the Colonel's flannel waistcoat
Not only that....
More red petticoats
And you an actress, too! ;-) (nfm)
I am a very baaaaad influence! ;-) nfm
OKAY...let's stop, please.
To what is this all heading, Emma?
reasons for asking questions
Unfortunately not
simply curious, I assure you
Thanks, Emma. Curiosity is fine....
References Forthcoming
Reference - Economics of Barristers
References - Church