November 2009
“He felt like a man who, chasing rainbows, has had one of them suddenly turn and...”
– Eggs, Beans and Crumpets — P. G. Wodehouse (via radishatnoon)
“‘There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, “Do trousers matter?”’
‘The...”
– The Code of the Woosters - P. G. Wodehouse
These books make me absurdly happy. Nothing in particular, they just do. (via radishatnoon)
Victorian Fete & Steampunk Exhibition
sundayhotpants:
Part One
Last weekend we hopped into the car, and put the coats in too, since it looked like a very dreary day in Dunedin. We travelled north a little, up to Oamaru for the Victorian Fete and Steampunk Exhibition. In Oamaru the sun was shinning.
What a great day! We ended up spending from 11 am till 5.30 pm wandering around all the things to see and do there. I am going to let...
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“Let your heartiest shouts resound,
Freemen! While ye rally round
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– Undated broadsheet “Sibthorpe for Ever”
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“‘That miserable Crystal Palace, the wretched place, where every species of fraud...”
– Colonel Sibthorp on The Crystal Palace
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“Colonel Charles de Laet Waldo Sibthorp MP was a man of uncompromising principles...”
– Colonel Charles de Laet Waldo Sibthorp MP - A Most Unconventional Conventionalist (h2g2)
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“Charles de Laet Waldo Sibthorp (February 14, 1783–December 14, 1855), popularly...”
– Wikipedia entry on Colonel Sibthorp
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“SIBTHORP, CHARLES DE LAET WALDO (1783-1855), colonel of militia and politician,...”
– Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 52
Sibthorp, Charles De Laet Waldo
by John Andrew Hamilton
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“Like most writers, I seem to be smarter in print than in person. In fact, I am...”
– Essay - Why Good Writers Can Be Bad Conversationalists - NYTimes.com (via eyecircles)
“My father showed me his library, which was very large, and told me to read...”
– Borges via Commonplace Book (via eyecircles)
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“Mr. Joshi is correct about the cosmic level of meaning in Lovecraft’s stories,...”
– At the Heart of Darkness
by Samuel Francis
Review of:
H.P. Lovecraft: A Biography
by S.T. Joshi
West Warwick, Rhode Island:
Necronomicon Press; 704 pp., $20.00
H.P. Lovecraft: Miscellaneous Writings
Edited by S.T. Joshi
Sank City, Wisconsin:
Arkham House; 568 pp., $29.95
This article...
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Lovecraft 101: Get To Know The Master of... →
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