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Showing posts with label
Gossip
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Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Partying with Royals in London (1930)
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Lord Glenavy with his children Patrick and Biddy This is a continuation of a jot from March 2014 featuring a good letter, over 20 clo...
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Monday, October 27, 2014
Maxims of Marmaduke - 'Life is like walking through Paradise with peas in your shoes'
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Found - a collection of quotations from C.E. Jerningham - The Maxims of Marmaduke (London: Methuen & Co, 1909). A small book,it is...
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Political and Royal gossip 1920s
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Lady Elvery by William Orpen A good letter, over 20 closely written pages. Indiscreet, gossipy ('The Prince of Wales was blotto.....
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Thursday, February 13, 2014
Manners in the Drawing Room -- some 'don'ts'
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From an undated but late Victorian self-help / etiquette book called Don't: A Manual of Mistakes and Improprieties more or less pre...
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