“I did myself the honour of calling in Berkeley Street last Tuesday, and very much regretted that I was not fortunate enough to find yourselves and Mrs. Jennings at home. My card was not lost, I hope.” Willoughby to Elinor, Sense and Sensibility, Chapter 28
The astute reader of Sense and Sensibility knows that Willoughby took [...]
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Posted in Manners, Mr. Bingley, Music, Pride & Prejudice 1995, jane austen, tagged Regency Etiquette, Pride and Prejudice, Regency Manners, jane austen blogs, Mr. Darcy, PBS Jane Austen, Regency Era Society, Masterpiece Classic, Regency Dance on February 16, 2008 | 8 Comments »
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‘What a charming amusement for young people this is, Mr. Darcy! There is nothing like dancing, after all. I consider it as one of the first refinements of polished societies.’
‘Certainly, sir; and it has the advantage also of being in vogue amongst the less polished societies of the world; every savage can [...]
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To the unrefined or underbred, the visiting card is but a trifling and insignificant bit of paper; but to the cultured disciple of social law, it conveys a subtle and unmistakable intelligence. Its texture, style of engraving, and even the hour of leaving it combine to place the stranger, whose name it bears, in a [...]
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The sixteenth century English writer, Joseph Addison, stated: “Men have the sword, women have the fan and the fan is probably as effective a weapon!”
The Language of the Fan demonstrates the hidden language of the fan, an art that has been lost, but was once widely followed. Click here for a fascinating explanation. [...]
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Posted in Dancing, Manners on January 4, 2007 | 1 Comment »
In The Mirror of Graces (1811), A Lady of Distinction writes
“The utmost in dancing to which a gentlewoman ought to aspire, is an agile and graceful movement of her feet, an harmonious motion with her arms, and a corresponding easy carriage of her whole body. But, when she has gained this proficiency, should she find [...]
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The London Season began with the sitting of Parliament after Christmas and ended in mid-June, when the Ton deserted London in droves for their country estates in order to escape the summer’s stifling heat and the city’s pungent smells.
During the height of the social whirl, attendance at parties, balls, routs, and the theatre shot up [...]
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Posted in Manners, tagged Regency Fashion on August 29, 2006 | No Comments »
Find the most fabulous links on this Women in World History site: Turbans, portraits, the Marriage of Princess Charlotte, Regency Styles Year by Year, Regency Outerwear, and more. This is a review of the “personal website of Catherine Decker, author of scholarly work in several fields, including 18th-century gender and literature.”
Women in World History is [...]
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