10 Matching Annotations
  1. Mar 2021
    1. twelve-guinea

      "Guinea" is gold British coin which produced in Great Britain between 1663 and 1814. This coin contained approximately one-quarter of an ounce of gold.

      https://www.royalmint.com/our-coins/ranges/guinea/

    2. she had a black pair of silk gloves open only at the thumb and two fore|fingers

      black gloves used as an accessory for men and women back then.

      https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O135229/pair-of-mittens-unknown/

    3. spleen,

      "Spleen" a verb meaning deep anger.

    4. puissant

      meaning; someone who have power, influence and authority .

    5. the Bourbon

      Member of a royal family which no longer held a thrones of France and Naples.

      https://www-oed-com.proxymu.wrlc.org/view/Entry/22092?redirectedFrom=Bourbon+#eid

    1. Polonius

      "Polonius" was a character in William Shakespeare's Hamlet. This character "Polonius" gave an advice to his son laertes.

    2. pen and ink and paper
    3. Le Fleur

      it is a character name. meaning: a person nickname who borne as a servant or soldier. it also means flower.

      https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=lafleur#:~:text=French%3A%20ornamental%20surname%20borne%20by,'%20%2B%20the%20definite%20article%20la.

    4. opera comique

      French form of opera which spoken dialogue alternates with self-contained musical numbers.

      https://www.britannica.com/art/opera-comique

    5. Cela n'empeche pas

      meaning; that does not prevent that.