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🫀🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️- Fine day Got frustrated & started a Chronological Anne Lister Journal Entry Date Finder & Index (its ongoing) - ElizaLeftus.com - "Surely it is a dream, and I a dreamer!" ~ Anne Lister, 1817.12.27, Sat
"Oh! that I could be in all places and have eyes everywhere at once just for a few months or a year to come!"
~ 1836.05.24, Tues
~ 1836.05.24, Tues
July 29, 2025 at 12:09 PM
"Oh! that I could be in all places and have eyes everywhere at once just for a few months or a year to come!"
~ 1836.05.24, Tues
~ 1836.05.24, Tues
Reposted by Eliza left us...
We have @elizaleftus.bsky.social to thank for telling us all about her visit to the almshouse in the Undercroft.
Her description of what she saw can be read in the alt next below. 📖 🖊️
Her description of what she saw can be read in the alt next below. 📖 🖊️
March 26, 2025 at 10:33 AM
We have @elizaleftus.bsky.social to thank for telling us all about her visit to the almshouse in the Undercroft.
Her description of what she saw can be read in the alt next below. 📖 🖊️
Her description of what she saw can be read in the alt next below. 📖 🖊️
"would rather be comfortable at the top of 82 steps than comfortless at... 42 - I neither meant to visit nor be visited... so long as I had all I wanted at the end of my ascent?... by & by to take a lower down apmt or travel - will not visit till my circumstances are... changed"
~ 1827.03.09, Fri
~ 1827.03.09, Fri
March 9, 2025 at 12:37 PM
"would rather be comfortable at the top of 82 steps than comfortless at... 42 - I neither meant to visit nor be visited... so long as I had all I wanted at the end of my ascent?... by & by to take a lower down apmt or travel - will not visit till my circumstances are... changed"
~ 1827.03.09, Fri
~ 1827.03.09, Fri
"...no, said I, never too late to do well..."
~ 1827.03.04, Sun
~ 1827.03.04, Sun
March 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
"...no, said I, never too late to do well..."
~ 1827.03.04, Sun
~ 1827.03.04, Sun
"'your last has taught me what I did not wish to learn, but what full well I knew I deserved and expected when we should become better acquainted - The fault is all mine, it is mine … gratitude for past kindness which can never be forgotten’"
~ Sibella MacLean (as quoted by Anne), 1827.03.02, Fri
~ Sibella MacLean (as quoted by Anne), 1827.03.02, Fri
March 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"'your last has taught me what I did not wish to learn, but what full well I knew I deserved and expected when we should become better acquainted - The fault is all mine, it is mine … gratitude for past kindness which can never be forgotten’"
~ Sibella MacLean (as quoted by Anne), 1827.03.02, Fri
~ Sibella MacLean (as quoted by Anne), 1827.03.02, Fri
"- Heartily glad to have got on with my work so far -"
~ 1827.03.02, Fri
~ 1827.03.02, Fri
March 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
"- Heartily glad to have got on with my work so far -"
~ 1827.03.02, Fri
~ 1827.03.02, Fri
"It is my present mind to give myself no further trouble on the subject, but let it rest for ever."
~ 1826.02.22, Wed
~ 1826.02.22, Wed
February 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
"It is my present mind to give myself no further trouble on the subject, but let it rest for ever."
~ 1826.02.22, Wed
~ 1826.02.22, Wed
"I am in this case, almost afraid to hope, though resolved in no case to despair - for despair may weaken our faculties, paralyzes our exertions, and thus cut off our only chance of success that may remain."
~ 1822.05.22
~ 1822.05.22
February 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"I am in this case, almost afraid to hope, though resolved in no case to despair - for despair may weaken our faculties, paralyzes our exertions, and thus cut off our only chance of success that may remain."
~ 1822.05.22
~ 1822.05.22
"How difficult it is to make up for neglecting to do things in their proper season - how hard to redeem lost time! Let this be a warning to me and let me never so involve myself again."
~ 1819.07.28, Fri
~ 1819.07.28, Fri
February 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"How difficult it is to make up for neglecting to do things in their proper season - how hard to redeem lost time! Let this be a warning to me and let me never so involve myself again."
~ 1819.07.28, Fri
~ 1819.07.28, Fri
"Mrs. Barlow is going to have Jane vaccinated."
~ 1826.02.16, Thurs
~ 1826.02.16, Thurs
February 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"Mrs. Barlow is going to have Jane vaccinated."
~ 1826.02.16, Thurs
~ 1826.02.16, Thurs
"Mme Galvani said yesterday evening she could have got us a box at the opera for tonight but had given it to some other... knowing that our chrétienneté anglaise would not allow us to go... on a Sunday - what a Sunday have we spent - what worse would it have been, had we gone?"
~ 1825.02.13, Sun
~ 1825.02.13, Sun
Associative distraction: time for a rewatch of The Met's 2016-17 Der Rosenkavalier with Elina Garanca & Renee Fleming.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVhX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVhX...
The Met: Live in HD Season 2016-17 Der Rosenkavalier: Wie Du Warst
YouTube video by FAMAHongKong
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February 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
"Mme Galvani said yesterday evening she could have got us a box at the opera for tonight but had given it to some other... knowing that our chrétienneté anglaise would not allow us to go... on a Sunday - what a Sunday have we spent - what worse would it have been, had we gone?"
~ 1825.02.13, Sun
~ 1825.02.13, Sun
"Brought from la Pitié the right hand of a corpse who died last Monday or Tuesday from an accident ... somehow the cutting at a hand so like one’s own - had an odd effect - what seemed worst was showing me the operation of taking off the nail..."
~ 1830.02.13, Sat
~ 1830.02.13, Sat
February 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"Brought from la Pitié the right hand of a corpse who died last Monday or Tuesday from an accident ... somehow the cutting at a hand so like one’s own - had an odd effect - what seemed worst was showing me the operation of taking off the nail..."
~ 1830.02.13, Sat
~ 1830.02.13, Sat
"From 1/2 hour before getting up [9am] reading in bed a little of the Voyage à St. Cloud par mer et retour par terre."
~ 1825.02.13, Sun
~ 1825.02.13, Sun
February 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"From 1/2 hour before getting up [9am] reading in bed a little of the Voyage à St. Cloud par mer et retour par terre."
~ 1825.02.13, Sun
~ 1825.02.13, Sun
"Very fine morning Fahrenheit 42°. at 8 1/2 inside - a little sunshine and whistling wind."
~ 1839.02.13, Wed
~ 1839.02.13, Wed
February 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
"Very fine morning Fahrenheit 42°. at 8 1/2 inside - a little sunshine and whistling wind."
~ 1839.02.13, Wed
~ 1839.02.13, Wed
"No motion all today which makes me feel uncomfortable."
~ 1830.02.13, Sat
~ 1830.02.13, Sat
February 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"No motion all today which makes me feel uncomfortable."
~ 1830.02.13, Sat
~ 1830.02.13, Sat
"7 ... Fahrenheit 51 1/2° at 7 1/2 and fine mild morning."
~ 1831.02.13, Sun
~ 1831.02.13, Sun
February 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"7 ... Fahrenheit 51 1/2° at 7 1/2 and fine mild morning."
~ 1831.02.13, Sun
~ 1831.02.13, Sun
"A hail shower as I returned over the hills after leaving Miss Walker this evening Fahrenheit 47° now at 11 p.m."
~ 1834.02.12, Wed
~ 1834.02.12, Wed
February 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
"A hail shower as I returned over the hills after leaving Miss Walker this evening Fahrenheit 47° now at 11 p.m."
~ 1834.02.12, Wed
~ 1834.02.12, Wed
"She is to give me a ring and I her one in token of our union as confirmed on Monday."
~ 1834.02.12, Wed
~ 1834.02.12, Wed
February 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
"She is to give me a ring and I her one in token of our union as confirmed on Monday."
~ 1834.02.12, Wed
~ 1834.02.12, Wed
"By seeing more and more people I shall learn how to order my
manners and conversation right let the mall run on their own way never contradict or tell strangers anything particular ask no leading questions nor whether they know this person or that."
~ 1830.02.12, Fri
manners and conversation right let the mall run on their own way never contradict or tell strangers anything particular ask no leading questions nor whether they know this person or that."
~ 1830.02.12, Fri
February 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
"By seeing more and more people I shall learn how to order my
manners and conversation right let the mall run on their own way never contradict or tell strangers anything particular ask no leading questions nor whether they know this person or that."
~ 1830.02.12, Fri
manners and conversation right let the mall run on their own way never contradict or tell strangers anything particular ask no leading questions nor whether they know this person or that."
~ 1830.02.12, Fri
"My aunt Lister was buried this morning in the same grave with my late uncle Joseph - her brother Major General W. D. Fawcett of the Honourable East India Companys service and Mr Wiglesworth her friend and attorney, and the 2 executors, attending as mourners..."
~ 1822.02.12, Tues
~ 1822.02.12, Tues
February 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"My aunt Lister was buried this morning in the same grave with my late uncle Joseph - her brother Major General W. D. Fawcett of the Honourable East India Companys service and Mr Wiglesworth her friend and attorney, and the 2 executors, attending as mourners..."
~ 1822.02.12, Tues
~ 1822.02.12, Tues
" - long in dressing - not ready till 10 10/.."
~ 1837.02.12, Sun
~ 1837.02.12, Sun
February 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
" - long in dressing - not ready till 10 10/.."
~ 1837.02.12, Sun
~ 1837.02.12, Sun
"Breakfast at 9 3/4"
~ 1830.02.12, Fri
~ 1830.02.12, Fri
February 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"Breakfast at 9 3/4"
~ 1830.02.12, Fri
~ 1830.02.12, Fri
"Then came to my room, and from 7 to 8, read aloud to Madame Galvani the 1st act of Molière’s Tartuffe."
~ 1825.02.12, Sat
~ 1825.02.12, Sat
February 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
"Then came to my room, and from 7 to 8, read aloud to Madame Galvani the 1st act of Molière’s Tartuffe."
~ 1825.02.12, Sat
~ 1825.02.12, Sat
"My teeth requiring very little scaling ... the tops of the gums should be well brushed so as to clean away the tartar in its soft state - the tooth powder I use equal parts dragon’s blood, bol ammoniae, and dragon’s blood, very good ."
~ 1825.06.30, Thurs
~ 1825.06.30, Thurs
On Whitening the Teeth ¶302 The teeth are whitened thus. Take burnt white marble and burnt date pits, and white natron, a red tile, salt, and pumice. From all of these make a powder in which damp wool has been wrapped in a fine linen cloth. Rub the teeth inside and out.
-Trota, born C12
-Trota, born C12
February 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"My teeth requiring very little scaling ... the tops of the gums should be well brushed so as to clean away the tartar in its soft state - the tooth powder I use equal parts dragon’s blood, bol ammoniae, and dragon’s blood, very good ."
~ 1825.06.30, Thurs
~ 1825.06.30, Thurs
"Dined at Mr A's told Miss A Frances's and my conversation on Saturday that Mrs Bramley was prejudiced against me for going to see Captain Bourne's pistols."
~ 1809.02.14, Tues
~ 1809.02.14, Tues
February 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"Dined at Mr A's told Miss A Frances's and my conversation on Saturday that Mrs Bramley was prejudiced against me for going to see Captain Bourne's pistols."
~ 1809.02.14, Tues
~ 1809.02.14, Tues