I was told by:
A Woman Bringing Oysters from the Strand:
When this accomplished cidevant nobleman was ambassador to England, he was going to lord Townsend’s seat, at Rainham, in Norfolk, on a private visit, en dishabille, and…
From April through July 2014, I taught a class at the University of Tokyo titled “Exploring Texts of the Past.” In the class, the students and I read and discussed texts in English that we found on the Internet Archive.
The industry of Londoners is truly wonderful; and those who know no better are accustomed to give them credit for it, which they deserve just as much…
Pallida mors æquo pulsat pede pauperum tabernasRegumque turres, O beate Sexti!Vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat inchoare longam.Jam te premet nox, fabulæque manes,Et domus exilis Plutonia…
The retainers of literature have long been remarkable for the laxity of their morals, and the irregularity of their habits…
The Sciopticon (pronounced Si-op-ti-con), is by far the most convenient and easily managed of any form of Magic Lantern. Its ridge of wide, intensified double flame, lying lengthwise in the…