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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.

Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited

Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited

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nobilior: Beautifully written. Anyone with a feeling for tradition - amongst very many other things - ought to read this wonderful, poignant novel. And choose a copy such as this, with a classic cover  - or would you rather read it, de-aestheticised, on your boring-grey Kindle machine?

nobilior:

Beautifully written. Anyone with a feeling for tradition - amongst very many other things - ought to read this wonderful, poignant novel. And choose a copy such as this, with a classic cover  - or would you rather read it, de-aestheticised, on your boring-grey Kindle machine?

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themoderndandy: A little late but Happy 30th birthday “Brideshead Revisited”. Proof that good taste is ageless. Need to purchase rerelease asap.

themoderndandy:

A little late but Happy 30th birthday “Brideshead Revisited”. Proof that good taste is ageless. Need to purchase rerelease asap.

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