Lavender water and hartshorn in SS
QuoteMarianne, now looking dreadfully white, and unable to stand, sunk into her chair, and Elinor, expecting every moment to see her faint, tried to screen her from the observation of others, while...
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I am loving this story and wonder when we might see an update. Any chance of a chapter or two before Christmas?
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I think lavender water was used to help relieve headaches - rubbed on the temples and splashed on to a handkerchief and smelt.
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Lavender is a relaxant, and is used if someone is much exercised in the sensibility. It works on panic attacks too. Ammonia based restoratives are used in a vinaigrette, a fancy, usually silver, box...
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Burnt feathers held under the nose and burnt hartshorn equally were also used. It suggests that ladies fainted a lot to have so many methods, which may have been, as someone suggested, from tight...
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My eyes don't tend to hurt when I read on the computer, so I think I won't have a problem with this.Thank you, I think I'll get it :)
View ArticleRe: Fitzwilliam Darcy Elopes update?
I am about halfway through the next chapter, and am hoping to get it finished today or tomorrow, but then the next chapter won't be ready until after the new year.Thank you fir the encouragement!
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On a slightly unrelated note, I have promised myself never to make things for people for Christmas again. But if I do, and I don't have them done by the beginning of December, I will scrap the idea...
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Ahahahaha. I got through my second pair of socks a couple weeks ago and decided the third person was getting a nice storebought scarf instead of handmade socks. I had forgotten how taxing socks and...
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In her writings Jane Austen calls them 'salts' but not 'smelling salts'.
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I have an android but many apps are for both. If the apple store has the aldiko premium e-reader ap, get it. It has a JAFF category for sorting :)I found that little gem quite by accident, but it's...
View ArticleHey Suzanne O!
I've gone back to lurking here for various reasons, but needed to de-lurk to say congratulations! I just found my copy of Unequal Affections waiting on my porch when I got home from work. Can't wait...
View ArticleLongbourn to Meryton
I'm sure this is in the book somewhere, but I'm sick right now and don't feel like hunting. If anybody knows, off the top of your head, the distance from Longbourn to Lucas Lodge (in minutes or miles,...
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Without specifiying the exact number of minutes, the following from P&P indicates that Locas Lodge was very close to the Bennets' house. They were both about a mile from Meryton. The number of...
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Yay! I didn't know they were sending them out yet. Thanks for letting me know, and I hope you enjoy!
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