https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Thu, 14 May 2026 22:32:39 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 https://wist.info/austen-jane/70850/ https://wist.info/austen-jane/70850/#respond Wed, 24 Jul 2024 17:10:45 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=70850 You know how interesting the purchase of a sponge-cake is to me.

Jane Austen (1775-1817) English author
Letter (1808-06-15) to Cassandra Austen
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First recorded use of the term "sponge-cake" in English. ]]> https://wist.info/austen-jane/70850/feed/ 0 70850