From one of those several bookstore-browsings I did recently, I found Short Stories from the 19th Century by David Stuart Davies . I have heard of or read most of them already in school or at home; the authors much more so. But I bought the book as I was after what Davies had to say in his introduction of each story. Today I join Wondrous Words Wednesday , a meme hosted by Bermuda Onion's Weblog , and share words that are new to me. The story is very old, so are the words (again to me), but that's where I find the appeal of the read. Davies conveniently provided notes to the text, making comprehension a lot faster: 1. posset - "If you'll take my advice Mr. Higgins, you'll have your bed warmed, and drink a treacle posset just the last thing." ~ posset is a hot-drink remedy for a cold made with curdled milk and spices * When I saw treacle preceding posset, I thought of Harry Potter's treacle tart, but that was eaten, not drunk. 2. Griselda - "Mr Du...
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