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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.

dapper-raptor: frenchhistory: Duel de Charles Lameth et du marquis de Castries, le 12 novembre 1790. (titre factice) ; Charles Lameth. Marquis De Castries. (titre inscrit) ; Bagarre d’hommes du peuple. (titre factice). Jean Baptiste Lesueur. @credits Two ways of fighting : a duel between Charles Lameth and the marquis de Castries on the 12th of November 1790 (both nobles), and a fight between two commoners I’m imagining a world where all commoners have dogs that follow them everywhere and do whatever they do, like the daemons from Pullman’s Dark Materials trilogy. -_-

dapper-raptor:

frenchhistory:

Duel de Charles Lameth et du marquis de Castries, le 12 novembre 1790. (titre factice) ; Charles Lameth. Marquis De Castries. (titre inscrit) ; Bagarre d’hommes du peuple. (titre factice). Jean Baptiste Lesueur.

@credits

Two ways of fighting : a duel between Charles Lameth and the marquis de Castries on the 12th of November 1790 (both nobles), and a fight between two commoners

I’m imagining a world where all commoners have dogs that follow them everywhere and do whatever they do, like the daemons from Pullman’s Dark Materials trilogy. -_-

tonyrossmcmahon:

Edwardian advice on how to deal with a ‘street tough’ who attacks you - 1913 edition of Chums magazine

nevver: All I want for Christmas…

nevver:

All I want for Christmas…