RT : On All Things we take a look at the Isherwoods, an brewing family from
https://t.co/mLJI9nYkea

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“Thank you... I thought it might be too much...?”

Was there such a thing as ‘too much’ for the eighteenth century gentleman when it came to choosing an impressive outfit?

Find out at our next lecture Tue 19th Feb

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While authors didn't describe a low mood as "the blues," they did write about melancholy:
At Seventeen: Adolescence in Sense and Sensibility
by Shawn Lisa Maurer
https://t.co/ABi6u4BUhQ
ECF 25.4 (2013)

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On All Things we take a look at the Isherwoods, an brewing family from
https://t.co/SxcwFbKTfW

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Getting another post in under the wire:
"The Vehicle of the Soul: Motion and Emotion in Vehicular It-Narratives"
by Sara Landreth
https://t.co/8p5OOreH3c
ECF 26.1, 2013

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From the archives of All Things Georgian, 'The story of a domesticated tiger' https://t.co/aPinRdAPLC

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Currently battling some of the challenges of phonetic spellings & impenetrable nicknames. Lady Bristol referred to Lord Bathurst as Batters which is clear enough but the duke of Richmond had a friend known only as Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha which is a tougher nut to crack

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"L'Escarpolette" ('The Swing') by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732 - 1806) painted from 1767-1768. It is considered to be one of the masterpieces of the rococo era.

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William Pitt the Younger became Prime Minister 1783

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New blog post on All Things Georgian, '18th-century retail therapy' https://t.co/SUc5l0MfSu

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From the blog archives of All Things Georgian, '18th Century Female Bruisers' https://t.co/3h3zmQQYgt

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For today's
The Vehicle of the Soul: Motion and Emotion in Vehicular It-Narratives
by Sara Landreth
https://t.co/TlVzXiZLS8
ECF Volume 26, Number 1, Fall 2013

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