"At any rate, she cannot grow many degrees worse, without authorising us to lock her up for the rest of her life."
--Mr. Bennet speaking about Elizabeth's sister Lydia, in Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen, 1813), Chapter 41
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A Compendium of Words and Expressions Used Today That Were Used During the English Regency, 1811-1820 (Give or Take A Few Years Either Way.) The list now includes the language of Federal America (late 18th and early 19th centuries).
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- To "Out" Something or Someone, Regency Style
- To Do More Harm Than Good
- To Put Up With Something or Someone
- "Hello" in Regency Usage
- In General
- To Be Bent On Something
- To Forego Something
- Mutual Consent
- Out of the Question
- A "Hop"
- To Find Out Something
- To Be Sick of Something or Someone
- Carried Away
- To Be Off Somewhere
- Shocked
- Express Mail
- To Be Something
- At Any Rate
- As Usual
- To Make Something Clear
- Being the Case
- To Be on One's Guard
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