Brrr! I suspect Coleridge was romancing (in the non-sexual sense). Down
quilts notwithstanding, the memory of going to bed in pre-central
heating England and Scotland still makes me shiver. I bet people piled
on everything they could manage so as to keep warm. You might want to
ask this one on the Victorian list! Germaine.
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Germaine Warkentin // English (Emeritus)
VC 205, Victoria College (University of Toronto),
73 Queen's Park Crescent East, Toronto, Ont. M5S 1K7, CANADA
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