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Art, literature and architecture:
Les lions de milord Nelsone, Maison du grand Duc, Marble Arch, Tea room, L’Abbesse de Jouarre, Pall Mall Gazette, Lattice window, Stile, Forest of Arden, Chapel of Lingerfield, Cloister, Tudor house, Lawrence portrait, The Times, Marseillaise, Belgian anthem
Interesting terms used:
Sabbatical, Hansom, War Refugees Committee, Peninsular campaign, Indian mutiny, Every Englishman doing his duty, Reform Bill, Refugee Relief Fund, Atrocities, Y.M.C.A, Translations
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Thematic Grouping: Culture and Comedy – “not a typical War Story”, Narrator, Use of Language, Headline, The ending of “The Refugees”, Biographical context of the story
Botanical terms:
Yellow Roses, Clematis, Yew, Oak, Fern, Cedar, Thistledown, Mahogany
Animals:
Moth, Gnat, Sparrow, Chow dog, Deer, Fox-hunting
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Britannia sugar bowl, Crumpets, Butterfly cap, Manna, Harrods, Elizabethan ruff, Nankeen trousers, Perrier, Mackintosh
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Image used:
Lawrence, Thomas. Portrait of Miss Rosamond Croker, 1827: oil on canvas. public domain, www.albrightknox.org/artworks/194525-portrait-miss-rosamond-croker. Accessed 13 Jan. 2020.