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L&T Archive 1998-2003

Message Index

Old Bailey online
divorce
Stephanie...
not at all
Your posts
Try Mansfield Park
Have you checked the archives?
patroness
Lady of the Manor
A cautionary tale for would-be heroines!
Patronesses
What was appropriate?
Please be more explicit
My apologies
I think you've got more than one question here.....
Cavalry, then and now
A Dregston Topic
Aha, and sorry
Requesting Dances
Yes, it does seem to have ben quite common.
Why is it &c.?
If I'm not mistaken...
That convenient circus
Does Wombwell's Travelling Menagerie Count?
An amusing dead elephant story!
LOL!!! Wonderful, thanks nfm
George Wombwell
Circuses and menageries
A famous example in JA's family
the living
Try this link....
Thank you. NFM
M.T.Location of Northanger Abbey?
How about Berkeley Castle?
JA twice descended from these Berkeleys
And could Woodston
MT: Language of flowers
I think it's valid.
Culpeper on Hyacinthus
The Whites....
Thanks a lot nfm
Culpeper on roses
M.T. What's an Abbey supposed to be like?
Almost anything, actually....
an abbey turned private estate
... and another
Recycling the Building
The abbey that JA knew
Don't forget about Abbey School
Reading Abbey
Reading Abbey School in JA's time....
And here are the Abbey Ruins - 1773
Wonderful pictures!
LOL...The Abbey is a bit of a disappointment, isn't it?! nfm
Thanks DeeMac, absolutely perfect (painter contemporary with JA!) nfm
You're very welcome! nfm
Just look at the mud...
MT: hair-powder, shoe-string, and breeches-ball
A few explanations...
Thank you, Mistress of the Garderobe. nfm
Do we know how ling the lists have been there? nfm
We get told on the last page of the novel! nfm
Exactly ! (nfm)
Pinning up each other's trains: Redux.
Oh, cool! Thanks Dee (nfm)
Love it! Is that chubby gentlemen John Thorpe?
How informative! And I see sir Walter E is present. nfm
Yup - it certainly is! And I LOVE your description! nfm
Reminded me of JA family anecdote
MT: tickets
Hmmm
Amusing definitions!
MT: Ticket to a Ball
tickets: visiting cards (nfm)
MT: How late was too late?
Perhaps if she had left a message...?
Very kind of you
a good match
An equal match
I agree but
Darcy's plans for his sister
Are you new to Pemberley?
Darcy's plans for Bingley and Georgianna
Nothing to do with NA
Blue Coats
what does she mean by this?
The
A thorny question...
Thanks! /nfm
The benefits of fresh air
MT: The Chapel (NA Ch. 5)
Wot I said before....
MT: chapels and prayers
Yes
Church vs Chapel
My eyes, my eyes!
MT: The service was on a Sunday morning.
M.T.The Old Song
One Wedding Begets Another....
Truth in old proverbs!
But no song?
Definitely not a song.....
The Parker reference.....
Found it!
Clever you! I'll be humming it all night! nfm
Even in the USA...
Italian Regency??
Jane Austen link?
Very interesting...
Oh but they are.
MT: The Bedford
A Theatrical Coffee House!
Theatrical?
Hmmm.....this puts the General in a new light!
The Bedford Coffee House
MT: The Bedford
Another Bedford, close by
That sounds more likely...
M.T. Mr Hume and Mr Robertson- who were these guys?
Who Were Those Guys
It is DAVID HUME??
Found Hume's "History......"
Robertson and Mary Queen of Scots
This is what he looks like
Link to text online
Thanks!
Hume As Historian
Then JA and Jefferson wouldn't have got on well? ;-)
I'm just trying to imagine their conversation! nfm
Interesting to Consider
Hume As Stylist
We should also consider JA
We should, indeed!
Isn't there
Yes. Chapter 12. (nfm)
M.T. Old Map of Bath
MT Places in and around Bath- Wick Rocks
Beechen Cliff Walk
Claverton Down
Blaise Castle
Lansdown Hill
So it is! I never noticed!
The picturesque
book publishing & multiple volume novels
Multiple volume novels....
Thanks, Dee, I wondered about that too. nfm
Another possible explanation...
Ah ha.....
volumes
Hard figures
mealtime question
Late Rising, Long Fasting, Over-eating....
And after dinner the babies arrived!
How Fascinating! Thank you (nfm)
length of engagements
Factors
Money and Marriage
Interesting fashion plate at German ebay
Wow.....
Re: Long hair
To the knees!!! Wow (nfm)
brilliant complexion
Long hair
Morning Dress
co-guardians
One To Spare
I have two theories...
still puzzled by two guardians
Colonel Fitzwilliam
It is much simpler I think...
Another name question...
In a word, yes.
Hi Emma
Morland
The real Isabelle Thorpe
social position--question
Not an easy question
A Few Very General Principles
Thank you very much NFM
British Postal history - interim report
Capital! Capital! nfm
Info in the archives
Franking privileges
Pump rooms: the truth!
A Gentle Request re: Capitalization
Very grateful I'm sure.
Carrying one's shoes
His slippers are in his pocket, Ma'am!
Jaen Austen's Assembly Room
Local estate
We visited The Vyne on a JA tour in 1999...
How strange
is it perhaps a translation? (nfm)
MT: Dance etiquette
Dance etiquette
MT: Most helpful... and more etiquette
Qualities of muslin
Quilted garments
Wonderful plates
The Bingley sisters don't wear white, though (m)
More, please! nfm
White muslin head to toe 1802
Beautiful! Thank you!
MT: Eleanor and Elinor
Re: Eleanor-Elinor names
Just had this question
Thanks! (nfm)
price of a commission
Price
Check the L&T FAQs (nfm)
hmm . .
Beg to differ...
You misunderstand me madame.
Some very good points, sir (long)
Surely Not 10,000!?
Well, perhaps not £10000
Yes Indeed
Is there any evidence?
No evidence?!
Firmly Middle Class
Just for the record
Oh I loved it! Thanks for posting (nfm)
There are some very interesting answers
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