Jane Austen’s Sampler: Praising God (Part 1)

Girls learned the alphabet and the Bible by stitching. This is claimed to be Jane Austen's childhood sampler.

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Gout and the Waters of Bath, Part 2

Did the waters of Bath really help the gout?

Gout and the Waters of Bath, Part 1

What is the gout, why did people go to Bath for it, and did the waters of Bath help?