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Index
abbreviations, 20, 44–45
Acton, William, 186–87, 188
address, forms of, 38–43
admiralty courts, 129, 131, 133–34
adultery, 185
advocates, 131, 133
ague, 13, 246
Albert, Prince, 122, 249, 255
alcohol, 206, 210–12
ale, 24, 205, 210, 211
alehouses, 211
all-fours, 62
antimacassars, 197
apoplexy, 246
apothecaries, 249–50, 251–52
apprenticeships, 125, 239, 240–42, 251
archbishops, 35, 39, 101, 113, 114, 115
army, 109–12
arsenic, 205–6, 239
Ascot, 53
assizes, 13, 14, 128, 132, 137, 138, 168, 169
attorneys, 131, 132, 134
Austen, Jane, 27, 40, 45, 47, 49, 116, 118, 152
on card games, 62
on country house visits, 81
entail discussed by, 89
on fashion, 213–14, 216
on forms of address, 56
gentry depicted by, 164
on sexuality, 187–88
transportation described by, 145
see also specific works
Australia, 139
B.A. (bachelor of arts), 44
bachelors, 88
backbenchers, 104
bailiffs, 163, 168, 221
ballots, secret, 101
balls, 52, 53, 77, 78–81, 173, 215
Bank Charter Act (1844), 20
bankers, 46
Bank of England, 19, 20
bankruptcy, 95, 98, 99
banns, publishing of, 13, 182–83
baptism, 113–14
Barchester Towers (Trollope), 34, 114, 115, 118–19, 120, 122–23, 164, 194–95
barley, 154, 156, 210
baronesses, 39
baronets, 35, 37–38, 42, 44, 46, 49, 163, 196
barons, 34, 35, 39, 128
barouches, 145, 146
barristers, 46, 49, 130, 131, 132–33, 134, 235
Bart., Bt. (baronet), 44
Bath, 26
baths, 193, 201–2, 218, 221, 227–28
batter pudding, 208
beadles, 167–68, 177
beards, 217
Beardsley, Aubrey, 217
beaters, 175–76
bedrooms, 191, 192
beer, 205, 210–11
Beggar My Neighbor (card game), 62–63
Belgrave Square, 28, 51
benchers, 131, 132
benefices, 115–19, 123, 129
Beresford, Charles, 84
bilberries, 161
billiards, 83–84
bills of exchange, 96, 97
bills of sale, 97, 98
Birmingham, 26
birth control, 187
bishops, 34, 35, 46, 101, 114–15, 116
Blackfriars Bridge, 29
black pudding, 204, 207
Blackstone, William, 184
blackthorn, 160
Bleak House (Dickens), 21, 27, 31, 38, 39, 128, 129, 136, 195, 207, 231, 237
Bloomsbury, 28
bluebells, 162
bobbies, 135–36, 170
body snatchers, 253–54
&nbs
p; bombazine, 254, 255
Bond Street, 28, 51
bones, 232
bonnets, 214, 215
Book of Common Prayer, 113
books, 88
boots, 217
boroughs, 169–70
boudoirs, 191
Bow Street Runners, 135
brandy, 212
“breach of promise” suit, 182
breakfast, 82–83, 184
breakfast rooms, 191
breast-feeding, 187, 205
breeches, 216, 218
brewers, 37, 210–11
briar roses, 160
bridge, 65
briefs, 132
brokers, 98
Brontë Charlotte, see Jane Eyre
Brontë, Emily, see Wuthering Heights
broughams, 145, 146–47
Buckingham Palace, 28, 51
buckskins, 216, 217
burgundy, 212
Burke’s, 33, 73
bustles, 215
butlers, 57, 76, 193, 221, 222, 224, 229
Byron, George Gordon, Lord, 88
cabriolets, 147
cabs, 146, 147, 239
cadavers, 251, 253–54
cage crinolines, 214–15
calendar, 21–23
calls, social, 51, 66–69
Cambridge University, 53, 113, 121–24, 131, 133, 250, 251
Camdentown, 27, 190
camisoles, 214
canals, 143
candles, 13, 199, 214, 236
canes, 217–18
canon (church) law, 127, 129, 133–34
Canterbury, archbishop of, 28, 35, 113, 114, 115, 129, 183
Can You Forgive Her? (Trollope), 34, 35–36, 44, 57, 61, 74–75, 81–83, 84, 90–91, 95–96, 102, 104, 112, 131, 164, 173, 180–81, 192, 195, 197, 202, 226
caps, 214, 215
card games, 62–66, 84
cards, calling, 51, 66–69, 221
cards, dance, 80
carriages, 48, 50, 54, 88, 142, 145–47, 218
Carroll, Lewis, 188
cars, 142, 143
carts, 145, 146
casino (card game), 62, 63
Catholics, 102, 113, 120, 121, 183
cattle, 154, 155, 156, 158, 159
cavalry, 111, 172–73
C.B. (Companion of the Bath), 45
Central Criminal Court, 137
cesspits, 203
chamber pots, 77, 227
chambers, 132, 191
champagne, 75, 212
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 103–4
chancellors, 121–22
Chancery Court, 128–29, 130, 131, 182
chandlers, 236