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'''Late Georgian and Regency Britain''' Here you'll find snippets of research I've done into life in . . . [[abbreviations]] in use during the era * the [[long s]] * [[alphabets]] for children to learn b: common . . .
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children's games
: From ''Children's Games'', alternate title ''Christmas Gambols'', 1824.--The whole contents of this . . . '''HOP-SCOTCH.''' FIRST make with chalk an oblong square, With wide partitions here and there; Then . . .
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long s
There used to be two ways of writing a lowercase s: the long s, and the terminal s. The lowercase s that . . . letter of a word--all other lowercase s's were long s's. A long s, in a standard typeface, looks very . . . left of the downward stroke. When italicised, a long s becomes a long curved stroke which also descends . . . modern reader. The change from using both the long s and terminal s, to using only the terminal s, . . . The first issue of The Times to replace the long s with the terminal s was 12th September 1803. . . .
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morals for children
===Verses on Obedience to Parents, Teachers, &c.=== From ''A spelling book for the use of Ackworth . . . Parents Honour due, Here on this earth, they long shall live; And live hereafter too. ===Verses . . .
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