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The Wunderkammer of the Mild Colonial Boy, Esq., a Reactionary Tory Gentleman, who armed only with a Steampowered Babbage Engine and Pure Intentions, wanders the Time Streams and Aetheric Plane gathering an Eccentric Hodgepodge of Curiousities, Frivolities, Whimsicalities and Nonsense.

Q. Why is your Tumblelog called "My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning"?

A. Because "My Grandmother's Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning" wouldn't fit in the available space.

fleurdulys: Listed - William Henry Gore 1885 ‘Listed” is a popular painting in the best sense of that term - popular in its direct appeal to the heart as well as to the brain, popular in its simple composition and rich colouring.

fleurdulys:

Listed - William Henry Gore

1885

‘Listed” is a popular painting in the best sense of that term - popular in its direct appeal to the heart as well as to the brain, popular in its simple composition and rich colouring.

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33-3rdrevolution:

Ian Dury & The Blockheads - ‘Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick’

"One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon - instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today."

— Dale Carnegie (via ohfairies)

(Source: onlinecounsellingcollege, via fizzygirl-education)

okaycheckitout: libraryjournal: Dazzle Them With Denim! | Awful Library Books Pretty sure I remember the issue of Marvel Team-Up this Denim Elemental was in.

okaycheckitout:

libraryjournal:

Dazzle Them With Denim! | Awful Library Books

Pretty sure I remember the issue of Marvel Team-Up this Denim Elemental was in.

xombiedirge:

Pulp Novel Star Wars Covers by Timothy Anderson / Blog

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inacom: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 835, f. 137 (an impressively flexible Salome). Psalter (Munich Golden Psalter). England [Gloucester?], 1st quarter of the 13th century. Salome’s seductive dancing - Medieval style

inacom:

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 835, f. 137 (an impressively flexible Salome). Psalter (Munich Golden Psalter). England [Gloucester?], 1st quarter of the 13th century.

Salome’s seductive dancing - Medieval style

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questionableadvice: ~ The Mirror of Australia, (Sydney, NSW), October 23, 1915via Trove“…no connection with Germans - either naturalised or unnaturalised. It’s a National Drink and a National Sentiment that prompts Australians to Drink it.”

questionableadvice:

~ The Mirror of Australia, (Sydney, NSW), October 23, 1915
via Trove

“…no connection with Germans - either naturalised or unnaturalised. It’s a National Drink and a National Sentiment that prompts Australians to Drink it.”

(via northernbriton)

f**kyeahrussianlolita: Elizabeth

f**kyeahrussianlolita:

Elizabeth

Vintage photograph of cat and woman. Google image and Tineye were useless in finding out anything about this photo.

Vintage photograph of cat and woman. Google image and Tineye were useless in finding out anything about this photo.

(Source: vintagecatsandpeople, via amoderndandy)

books0977: Actress Sophia Loren reading newspaper by candlelight while in costume for role in movie “Madame Sans Gene.” Alfred Eisenstaedt. July 1961. Catherine, an out-spoken Parisian laundress follows Napoleon’s army to the battlefront to be near her Sergeant Lefevre. The couple perform a deed of heroism which abets Napoleon’s victory, so that after the war the grateful Emperor bestows on the now married couple the title of Duke and Duchess. Catherine squabbles with Napoleon’s haughty sisters, scandalizes the nobility with her lack of courtly manners, flirts with the men - and consistently creates havoc as she remains true to her earthy background.

books0977:

Actress Sophia Loren reading newspaper by candlelight while in costume for role in movie “Madame Sans Gene.” Alfred Eisenstaedt. July 1961.

Catherine, an out-spoken Parisian laundress follows Napoleon’s army to the battlefront to be near her Sergeant Lefevre. The couple perform a deed of heroism which abets Napoleon’s victory, so that after the war the grateful Emperor bestows on the now married couple the title of Duke and Duchess. Catherine squabbles with Napoleon’s haughty sisters, scandalizes the nobility with her lack of courtly manners, flirts with the men - and consistently creates havoc as she remains true to her earthy background.