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  1. Mar 2021
    1. harquebuſs

      Used in this context as a noun, a Harquebuss is a "matchlock gun invented in the 15th century which was portable but heavy and was usually fired from a support. link:https://www-oed-com.proxymu.wrlc.org/view/Entry/84347?redirectedFrom=Harquebuss#eid

      Pictured here is a 19th century photograph of multiple Harquebusses, this piece of photography is currently being displayed in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Link: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1074897/photograph-franck/

    1. portmanteau

      A portmanteau, typically made of hard leather, is a sizeable traveling suitcase that opens into two equal parts. the image included here shows a black handbag from the 19th century held by the Victoria and Albert Museum. Note: A portmanteau would look similar but much larger in size. Link:https://www-oed-com.proxymu.wrlc.org/view/Entry/148217?rskey=RkcM5N&result=1#eid Link: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O352856/handbag/?carousel-image=1

    2. spat|terdashes

      Spatterdashes, also known as spats, are extended gaiter or legging, worn over boots or pants to keep them clean, especially when riding. Link: https://www-oed-com.proxymu.wrlc.org/view/Entry/185847?redirectedFrom=Spatterdashes#eid The image included here shows a pair of 19th-century lilac-colored spatterdashes made from silk and leather. These particular spatterdashes are held by the Victoria and Albert Museum. Link: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1248775/pair-of-spats/

    3. periwig

      Used in this context as a Noun, a "Periwig" is an overly styled wig worn formerly as a fashionable headdress by both women and men and retained by judges and lawyers as part of their professional attire. Link: https://www-oed-com.proxymu.wrlc.org/view/Entry/141111?rskey=9jjTVP&result=1#eid

      The image included here shows a painting of a costume design by William John Charles Pitcher for an Ancestor in Ruddigore. The figure in the painting can be seen wearing a 17th century light brown periwig. Link: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1454766/ruddigore-costume-design-wilhelm/

  2. Feb 2021
    1. or that I had absolutely forgot.—Is it possible! said she, half laughing.—'Tis very possible, replied I, when a man is thinking more of a woman, than of her good advice.

      He seems attracted to the lady. she is trying to explain to him the destination but he cant help think of her beautify. I feel like Yorick falls for almost every lady he meets.

    2. and the letter was neither right or wrong—so to gratify the poor fel|low, who stood trembling for my honour, his own, and the honour of his letter,

      La Fleur seems to be a ver loyal servant.

    3. Now I was not altogether sure of my etiquette, whether I ought to have wrote or no; but if I had—a devil 145 himself could not have been angry 'twas but the officious zeal of a well|meaning creature for my honour;

      every time he does something that can be perceived as flirtatious or romantic he seems to be automatically thinking of the devil.

    4. It had ever, as I told the reader, been one of the singular blessings of my life, to be almost every hour of it miserably in love with some one

      he finds it a blessing that he is almost always in love. Yorick seems like a romantic character.

    5. There was 70 no such thing as a man's asking her directly—the thing was impossible.

      Gender interactions used to be very different back in those days. He couldn't ask her these normal questions directly.

    6. Suspicion crossed my brain, and said, he was telling her what had passed: something jarred upon it within me—I wished him at his convent.

      he is worried that the monk will tell the lady that he looked down upon him and refused to give him money.

    7. Your idle people that leave their native country and go abroad for some reason or reasons which may be derived from one of these general causes—

      he then goes on to talk about different class of travelers