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[?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
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"We deny the right of any portion of the species to decide for another portion what is and what is not their 'proper sphere.' The proper sphere for all human beings is the largest and highest which they are able to attain to."

The Enfranchisement of Women (1851)

~Harriet Taylor Mill (8 October 1807 – 3 November 1858)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_

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    My unsung hero of science: Harriet Taylor Mill, the radical feminist philosopher who lived in the shadow of her husband

    I first heard about Harriet Taylor Mill when reading about her much more famous collaborator and future husband, the British philosopher and politician John Stuart Mill.

    by Helen McCabe

    theconversation.com/my-unsung-

    Books by Harriet Mill at PG:
    gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/57

    Portrait in the National Portrait Gallery, London. The painting shows Harriet Mill with a golden-yellow gown, a jeweled headpiece, and a Mediterranean-style landscape visible in the background.

    Alt...Portrait in the National Portrait Gallery, London. The painting shows Harriet Mill with a golden-yellow gown, a jeweled headpiece, and a Mediterranean-style landscape visible in the background.

      [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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      BUTTERED BUN. One lying with a woman that has just lain with another man, is said to have a buttered bun.

      A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

      --
      @histodons

      Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BUTTERED BUN. One lying with a woman that has just lain with another man, is said to have a buttered bun. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

      Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BUTTERED BUN. One lying with a woman that has just lain with another man, is said to have a buttered bun. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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        "The scientific genius is so like the old Hebrew prophet. He singles out the essential from the mass of facts before him, and then - lifts up his eyes."

        The Way of Escape: A Novel, 1902.

        ~Margaret Todd (23 April 1859 – 3 September 1918)

        She coined the term isotope in 1913 in a suggestion to chemist Frederick Soddy.

        Books by Graham Travers (aka Margaret Todd) at PG:
        gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/47

        Scan of a picture of Margaret Todd, the physician who wrote under the name Graham Travers. She also suggested the term "isotope" to Frederick Soddy for his discovery. Black-and-white photographic portrait of a woman with dark hair pulled back, wearing a light-colored blouse with a decorative brooch/flower corsage and a beaded necklace.

        Alt...Scan of a picture of Margaret Todd, the physician who wrote under the name Graham Travers. She also suggested the term "isotope" to Frederick Soddy for his discovery. Black-and-white photographic portrait of a woman with dark hair pulled back, wearing a light-colored blouse with a decorative brooch/flower corsage and a beaded necklace.

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          "And he gave it for his opinion, that whosoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together."

          Voyage to Brobdingnag, Ch. 7

          ~Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745)

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            What Gulliver Saw

            by Katie Ebner-Landy

            Gulliver’s Travels uses the land of the Houyhnhnms and Yahoos to explore whether being recognized as human is based on observable characteristics.

            lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n16/ka

            Gulliver's travels (in several languages) at PG:
            gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?q

            "I LAY ALL THIS WHILE IN GREAT UNEASINESS" Title: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World Author: Jonathan Swift Editor: Thomas M. Balliet Large close-up profile of a man's face, with a small crowd/battle scene—armored figures with spears near a platform—emerging from behind his ear.

            Alt..."I LAY ALL THIS WHILE IN GREAT UNEASINESS" Title: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World Author: Jonathan Swift Editor: Thomas M. Balliet Large close-up profile of a man's face, with a small crowd/battle scene—armored figures with spears near a platform—emerging from behind his ear.

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              “Rise” from Library on Fire, now available for Pre-Order, along with Disremembering and Threnody at nihtgengapress.com

              Thank you for supporting an independent poet! 🖤✨

              A poem from Library on Fire by Michelle Joy Gallagher Soffe. It reads: Rise The sun, Halfway Through its Litespan, Burning Through its Hydrogen, Still rises And so Will I.

              Alt...A poem from Library on Fire by Michelle Joy Gallagher Soffe. It reads: Rise The sun, Halfway Through its Litespan, Burning Through its Hydrogen, Still rises And so Will I.

                [?]vga256 » 🌐
                @vga256@mastodon.tomodori.net

                one of the small joys of my local used bookstore is their $1 and $2 junk section, buried in a distant corner of the second storey.

                there are three racks of what the Wee Book Inn considers to be unsellable paperbacks - often bad 70s self-help, or 60s scifi pulp. but i always come away with something weird and wonderful.

                today finds surprised me - someone was obviously into homebuilt aircraft of the 1930s, and dumped their collection of amateur design books, complete with hand-drafted schematics and illustrations. it's a treasure trove for the imagination.

                the other oddity was this novelization of a 1980s text adventure: trillium's Shadowkeep, by none other than alan dean foster. what makes it extra unique is that foster designed and wrote the computer game, and then went on to novelize it. as it turns out, it is the first computer game in history to be novelized. if you hadn't heard of Trillium/Telarium, its games were eclipsed entirely by Infocom in historical writing on games.

                Four books, from top left, clockwise: Experimental Aircraft Association's EAA "How-To" Series. Volume 2: Wood Alan Dean Foster's Shadowkeep. "An unimaginable evil spread from its spires; an unlikely hero had to stop it." EAA's Flying and glider Manual, by the Sportplan Authority of America. It shows a fixed wing two-seater, built out of wood and cloth on the cover. EAA Aircraft Volume No 2, File Number 5: Engines. It shows a schematic of an aircraft combustion engine from different angles.

                Alt...Four books, from top left, clockwise: Experimental Aircraft Association's EAA "How-To" Series. Volume 2: Wood Alan Dean Foster's Shadowkeep. "An unimaginable evil spread from its spires; an unlikely hero had to stop it." EAA's Flying and glider Manual, by the Sportplan Authority of America. It shows a fixed wing two-seater, built out of wood and cloth on the cover. EAA Aircraft Volume No 2, File Number 5: Engines. It shows a schematic of an aircraft combustion engine from different angles.

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                  The Most Remote Place on Earth Has Space Junk and a Sea Monster

                  Eerie things happen at Point Nemo.

                  atlasobscura.com/articles/stra

                  At PG:

                  Jules Verne

                  gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/60

                  H.P. Lovecraft

                  gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/34

                    [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
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                    Why we love literary anniversaries

                    This special year saw a variety of high-profile celebratory events across the country, from regency balls and film screenings, to special tours and literary talks.

                    by Amy Wilcockson (from the archives)

                    theconversation.com/why-we-lov

                    Gulliver’s Travels, The Last Man, Winnie-the-Pooh, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd at PG:
                    gutenberg.org/ebooks/17157
                    gutenberg.org/ebooks/18247
                    gutenberg.org/ebooks/67098
                    gutenberg.org/ebooks/69087

                    First edition cover of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. The cover illustration depicts a woman with red hair in period dress, standing at a desk with an old-style telephone, appearing to search through or discover papers.

                    Alt...First edition cover of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. The cover illustration depicts a woman with red hair in period dress, standing at a desk with an old-style telephone, appearing to search through or discover papers.

                      [?]Chrono » 🌐
                      @joel@polymaths.social

                      My mom, absolutely out of nowhere, asked me if I had any recommendations for a sci-fi book to read. I think she made a friend on her trip who told her sci-fi is actually pretty good and talks a lot about human nature and morals and worldviews and the things beyond cool aliens and lasers (though I love those too)

                      I felt a side of her was a little judgy with me because of my liking for that instead of non-fiction works, but I guess she doesn't mind now!

                      I of course had many options to offer, but not many physical books in Spanish, which is what she reads.

                      So she's going to read Brave New World by Aldous Huxley now. I hope she gets it because I actually haven't read it myself either LOL

                      I should make a blogpost about this

                      #ScienceFiction #Reading #Books #Bookstodon #SciFi

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                        [?]Global Museum » 🌐
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                        A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
                        @MasayukiTsuda2

                        Alt...A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance. The fold-out diorama features a series of illustrations mounted on paper bellows that expands out like an accordion. All of the illustrations except for the one on the very bottom are cut to leave some open space in the middle so that when the book is fully opened, looking into the open space gives a view of a three-dimensional scene with different features at various distances

                          [?]Tim_Eagon » 🌐
                          @Tim_Eagon@dice.camp

                          My wife's favorite used book store in Madison, The Book Deal, is opening an east side location! My wallet is doomed, doomed I tell ya!

                            [?]Paria sans portefeuille » 🌐
                            @PariaSansPortefeuille@jasette.facil.services

                            welcomes , Palestinian-American physician, poet and translator, to talk about his book : , , and of .

                            "Along with powerful and demanding texts, Exhibit G features a collection of photographs of Gaza presented in collaboration with Hani Almadhoun and the Gaza Soup Kitchen."

                            speakingoutofplace.buzzsprout.

                            @bookstodon

                              [?]דאָס איז נישט קיין פּײַפּ » 🌐
                              @dukepaaron@babka.social

                              "For many , the morning of remains seared into memory. In ’s case, it was also the day of his birthday party, which included “as many as Jews,” he told me. Amidst tragedy, felt a profound gratitude for life, which seemed especially precious. It was a day of fear and uncertainty, followed by many more over the following months. For Sfar, drawing was the only way out.

                              To Life is Sfar’s journal of his experience after Oct. 7, a reflection of his fierce peace advocacy coupled with a profound connection to . It follows several previous by Sfar, who is a best known for The Rabbi’s Cat. His works touch on his heritage, highlighting a history of friendship and brotherhood between and Jews.

                              To Life is the of Nous Vivrons, which was in June 2024 as the first of a three-part series."

                              forward.com/culture/books/8409

                                [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
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                                This month's Distributed Proofreaders' blog is "How Not to Be a Wallflower" from 1928. The book looks at both female and male wallflowers, and gives us "advice" on how to avoid being like them.

                                blog.pgdp.net/2026/09/01/how-n

                                The Wallflower is a Life magazine cover painted by Norman Rockwell in 1920. In the image, a young girl sits alone on a dark blue wooden settee. She wears a white party dress with delicate fringe or pom-poms on the sleeves and hem. She has brown hair with a large, bright pink bow on top. Her head tilts to the right, and her hands are clasped in her lap. A mirror above her shows couples dancing and talking together.

                                Alt...The Wallflower is a Life magazine cover painted by Norman Rockwell in 1920. In the image, a young girl sits alone on a dark blue wooden settee. She wears a white party dress with delicate fringe or pom-poms on the sleeves and hem. She has brown hair with a large, bright pink bow on top. Her head tilts to the right, and her hands are clasped in her lap. A mirror above her shows couples dancing and talking together.

                                  [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                  BEAU-NASTY. A slovenly fop; one finely dressed, but dirty.

                                  A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                  --
                                  @histodons

                                  Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BEAU-NASTY. A slovenly fop; one finely dressed, but dirty. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                  Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BEAU-NASTY. A slovenly fop; one finely dressed, but dirty. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                    [?]Mic(hell)e » 🌐
                                    @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

                                    “Wake” from Library on Fire, now available for pre-order, along with my first and second volumes of poetry at
                                    nihtgengapress.com

                                    A poem from a book called Library on Fire by Michelle Joy Gallagher Soffe. It reads: Wake Wake the Sleeping Violets. The end Has whispered New beginnings Into being, And for that You'll need To borrow Their bravery.

                                    Alt...A poem from a book called Library on Fire by Michelle Joy Gallagher Soffe. It reads: Wake Wake the Sleeping Violets. The end Has whispered New beginnings Into being, And for that You'll need To borrow Their bravery.

                                      [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
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                                      On the Fact and Fiction of Kurt Vonnegut’s Dresden

                                      “Terror wasn’t the only weapon the Nazis used against the American prisoners. Sometimes, they used propagandistic persuasion as well.”

                                      Susan Farrell Considers a Source of Inspiration for Slaughterhouse-Five

                                      lithub.com/on-the-fact-and-fic

                                      Books about Dresden at PG:
                                      gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/3

                                      Fig. 30. Red steps in Meissen. Based on a photograph by Römmler & Jonas in Dresden. Title: Dresden und die Sächsische Schweiz Author: Sophus Ruge A black-and-white photograph of Dresden, showing a 'townscape of old half-timbered and stone buildings with steep tiled roofs, narrow winding streets, and a church spire visible in the background. A stone retaining wall runs along the lower left.

                                      Alt...Fig. 30. Red steps in Meissen. Based on a photograph by Römmler & Jonas in Dresden. Title: Dresden und die Sächsische Schweiz Author: Sophus Ruge A black-and-white photograph of Dresden, showing a 'townscape of old half-timbered and stone buildings with steep tiled roofs, narrow winding streets, and a church spire visible in the background. A stone retaining wall runs along the lower left.

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                                        How Dante & the Tuscan Vernacular Gave Birth to the Italian Language

                                        Dante’s decision to write his 14th-century "The Divine Comedy" in Florentine vernacular, not in Latin, shaped the Italian language spoken by 60 million people today.

                                        by Maria-Anita Ronchini

                                        thecollector.com/dante-tuscan-

                                        Books by Dante Alighieri at PG:
                                        gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/507

                                        Front page first edition Vocabolario della Crusca, Crusca's dictionary 1612. This is a view of the title page — the "Vocabolario degli Accademici della Crusca", published "In Venezia MDCXII" (Venice, 1612) by Giovanni Alberti ("Appresso Giouanni Alberti"). The Accademia della Crusca's emblem shows a flour sifter/mill with a goat's head below and the motto banner reading "Il più bel fior ne coglie" ("it gathers the most beautiful flower"), a phrase drawn from Petrarch.

                                        Alt...Front page first edition Vocabolario della Crusca, Crusca's dictionary 1612. This is a view of the title page — the "Vocabolario degli Accademici della Crusca", published "In Venezia MDCXII" (Venice, 1612) by Giovanni Alberti ("Appresso Giouanni Alberti"). The Accademia della Crusca's emblem shows a flour sifter/mill with a goat's head below and the motto banner reading "Il più bel fior ne coglie" ("it gathers the most beautiful flower"), a phrase drawn from Petrarch.

                                          [?]Medievalists.net » 🌐
                                          @medievalists@hcommons.social

                                          Here are the new medieval books we have covered this week - check them out at medievalists.net/category/book

                                            [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
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                                            What Is the Plot of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland?

                                            Lewis Carroll’s beloved 1865 children’s book Alice in Wonderland has been adapted repeatedly for film and stage. The original plot explores the collapse of logic, authority, and identity, culminating in her self-realization and return home.

                                            by Lauren Jones

                                            thecollector.com/plot-of-lewis

                                            Alice's Adventures in Wonderland at PG:
                                            gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?q

                                            It grunted again so violently that she looked down into its face in some alarm. Title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Author: Lewis Carroll Contributor: Austin Dobson Illustrator: Arthur Rackham Alice holds the "pig-baby," the infant that the Duchess hands to her which then transforms into a piglet.

                                            Alt...It grunted again so violently that she looked down into its face in some alarm. Title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Author: Lewis Carroll Contributor: Austin Dobson Illustrator: Arthur Rackham Alice holds the "pig-baby," the infant that the Duchess hands to her which then transforms into a piglet.

                                              [?]Mic(hell)e » 🌐
                                              @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

                                              If you can’t wait til the books come in, you can now pre-order your copy at nihtgengapress.com!

                                              Disremembering, Threnody, and Library on Fire will ship in about 2 weeks 🖤 thank you for supporting an indie poet

                                              Screenshot of the website Nihtgengapress.com. It shows four items for sale. Disremembering, threnody, and library on fire poetry books as well as a sticker that says “what choice do I have in the deepest dark but to become the stars?” It is a black and white theme with the title Nihtgenga Press in large type at the top.

                                              Alt...Screenshot of the website Nihtgengapress.com. It shows four items for sale. Disremembering, threnody, and library on fire poetry books as well as a sticker that says “what choice do I have in the deepest dark but to become the stars?” It is a black and white theme with the title Nihtgenga Press in large type at the top.

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                                                Want to support Ukraine? Read its books

                                                theconversation.com/want-to-su

                                                An Ukrainian flag is shown flying on a flag pole. It has one large light blue bar at the top and a yellow one at the bottom. The wind is blowing the flag and you can see cloudy skies above it.

                                                Alt...An Ukrainian flag is shown flying on a flag pole. It has one large light blue bar at the top and a yellow one at the bottom. The wind is blowing the flag and you can see cloudy skies above it.

                                                  [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                                  @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                                  DUMPS. Down in the dumps; low-spirited, melancholy: jocularly said to be derived from Dumpos, a king of Egypt, who died of melancholy. Dumps are also small pieces of lead, cast by schoolboys in the shape of money.

                                                  A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                  --
                                                  @histodons

                                                  Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DUMPS. Down in the dumps; low-spirited, melancholy: jocularly said to be derived from Dumpos, a king of Egypt, who died of melancholy. Dumps are also small pieces of lead, cast by schoolboys in the shape of money. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                  Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DUMPS. Down in the dumps; low-spirited, melancholy: jocularly said to be derived from Dumpos, a king of Egypt, who died of melancholy. Dumps are also small pieces of lead, cast by schoolboys in the shape of money. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                    "He that uses words without any clear and steady meaning, what does he
                                                    but lead himself and others into errors? And he that designedly does it,
                                                    ought to be looked on as an enemy to truth and knowledge."

                                                    ~John Locke (29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704) via @wikipedia

                                                    John Locke, by John Greenhill (died 1676). An oval portrait of Locke that shows him with long curling natural hair and a direct gaze.

                                                    Alt...John Locke, by John Greenhill (died 1676). An oval portrait of Locke that shows him with long curling natural hair and a direct gaze.

                                                      [?]Longreads » 🌐
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                                                      "But to become my own man in the America I inherited, I realized I’d have to try to solve the paradox of my parents."

                                                      Read our excerpt from Wilbert L. Cooper's new , THE BLACK SHIELD:

                                                      longreads.com/2026/08/25/the-b

                                                        [?]דאָס איז נישט קיין פּײַפּ » 🌐
                                                        @dukepaaron@babka.social

                                                        "Back in April, bestselling came on —with some reluctance—to talk about what she saw as a growing problem for in mainstream . She spoke about being quietly pressured from agents, and industry insiders to change Jewish characters’ names and hide backgrounds or connections.

                                                        But rather than be excommunicated from the publishing world, her inbox filled up with messages from writers and publishers in the same situation. She’s since worked with the and an offer from the publishers at to start her own imprint, .

                                                        Now is on a mission to around four Jewish over the next year, from romance to thriller."

                                                        thecjn.ca/arts-culture/meg-kee

                                                          [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
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                                                          10 Museums Dedicated to History’s Greatest Authors

                                                          From Shakespeare to Neruda, explore the world’s best museums dedicated to authors and step inside the homes where literary history was written.

                                                          thecollector.com/museums-dedic

                                                          Almost all of these authors are at PG:

                                                          gutenberg.org/

                                                          Yasnaya Polyana. Leo Tolstoy's House.

                                                          This sepia-toned photograph shows Yasnaya Polyana, the estate house of Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. The house is a long, two-story building painted a light color, with rectangular windows on both floors and two chimneys. A balcony sits in the upper center of the house, and a wooden porch is visible on the far left side.

                                                          Alt...This sepia-toned photograph shows Yasnaya Polyana, the estate house of Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. The house is a long, two-story building painted a light color, with rectangular windows on both floors and two chimneys. A balcony sits in the upper center of the house, and a wooden porch is visible on the far left side.

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                                                            31 Medieval Manuscripts from the Czech National Library Now Available Online

                                                            Among them is a medical manuscript containing a previously unknown copy of advice written for Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund.

                                                            medievalists.net/2026/08/medie

                                                            Medieval manuscripts at PG:
                                                            gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/

                                                            FROM SCHOEFFER’S CANON OF THE MASS. Title: Early Printed Books Author: E. Gordon Duff The page shows Latin liturgical text rendered in a gothic typeface with an ornate decorated initial letter.

                                                            Alt...FROM SCHOEFFER’S CANON OF THE MASS. Title: Early Printed Books Author: E. Gordon Duff The page shows Latin liturgical text rendered in a gothic typeface with an ornate decorated initial letter.

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                                                              “Weird” is a weird word

                                                              From Beowulf to Shakespeare to you

                                                              by Colin Gorrie

                                                              deadlanguagesociety.com/p/weir

                                                              Beowulf & Shakespeare at PG:
                                                              gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?q
                                                              gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/65

                                                              Macbeth, IV, 1, Macbeth in witches cave (1829), Johann Heinrich Ramberg. An armored figure stands watching a group of witches around a bubbling cauldron in a cave, with bats and other creatures flying overhead, small demonic imps gathering firewood, and an apparition of a bloodied infant floating in the smoke above.

                                                              Alt...Macbeth, IV, 1, Macbeth in witches cave (1829), Johann Heinrich Ramberg. An armored figure stands watching a group of witches around a bubbling cauldron in a cave, with bats and other creatures flying overhead, small demonic imps gathering firewood, and an apparition of a bloodied infant floating in the smoke above.

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                                                                The law of the innocents: Ireland’s medieval precursor to the Geneva conventions

                                                                How a seventh-century monk drew up a blueprint for modern international humanitarian law.

                                                                by Chris Doyle

                                                                theconversation.com/the-law-of

                                                                Books about Medieval Ireland at PG:
                                                                gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/2

                                                                Ancient centre of Christianity and learning: how Iona Abbey looked in the 19th century. This view of Iona Abbey shows the Abbey in its ruinous condition before work to restore the Abbey commenced in the early C20 It shows the abbey in a ruined state, with the tower and roofless nave visible amid the rocky, coastal landscape, overlooking the Sound of Iona toward the Ross of Mull in the background.

                                                                Alt...Ancient centre of Christianity and learning: how Iona Abbey looked in the 19th century. This view of Iona Abbey shows the Abbey in its ruinous condition before work to restore the Abbey commenced in the early C20 It shows the abbey in a ruined state, with the tower and roofless nave visible amid the rocky, coastal landscape, overlooking the Sound of Iona toward the Ross of Mull in the background.

                                                                  [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
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                                                                  This interactive atlas captures more than a thousand literary journeys.

                                                                  lithub.com/this-interactive-at

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                                                                    “Books Are Weapons in the War of Ideas.” The Incendiary Power of Literature in an Era of Censorship

                                                                    Kenneth C. Davis on Book Bans, Reading as Exercising, and Turning to Shorter Books in the Age of Screens

                                                                    lithub.com/books-are-weapons-i

                                                                    Banned books at PG:
                                                                    gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?q

                                                                    The cover of the first English edition of the 1929 novel "All Quiet on the Western Front". The illustration shows a German soldier in a steel helmet, rendered in an expressive, painterly style with barbed wire visible in the background.

                                                                    Alt...The cover of the first English edition of the 1929 novel "All Quiet on the Western Front". The illustration shows a German soldier in a steel helmet, rendered in an expressive, painterly style with barbed wire visible in the background.

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                                                                      🚨 BOOK BUNDLE DEAL

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                                                                        BOUNG. A purse. CANT.

                                                                        A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                        Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BOUNG. A purse. CANT. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                        Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BOUNG. A purse. CANT. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                          Moby Dick: The 19th-Century novel that challenged our fear of the 'monstrous' whale

                                                                          By Elizabeth Sulis Kim

                                                                          bbc.co.uk/culture/article/2026

                                                                          Moby Dick is available at PG:
                                                                          gutenberg.org/ebooks/2701

                                                                          Title: Whale Fishery of New England Editor: Mass.) State Street Trust Company (Boston A small rowboat crew of whalers, harpoons in hand, approaching a large sperm whale as it thrashes at the surface with its tail raised. A larger sailing ship sits in the background.

                                                                          Alt...Title: Whale Fishery of New England Editor: Mass.) State Street Trust Company (Boston A small rowboat crew of whalers, harpoons in hand, approaching a large sperm whale as it thrashes at the surface with its tail raised. A larger sailing ship sits in the background.

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                                                                            "As many of us conclude from a life living in this country run by White people, Gayle figured the best way to stick around was to hide herself."

                                                                            From Wilbert L. Cooper's new memoir, THE BLACK SHIELD: longreads.com/2026/08/25/the-b

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                                                                              Dolly Parton brought music and books to the world

                                                                              By Courtney Dorning, Lauren Hodges, Ailsa Chang

                                                                              npr.org/2026/08/25/nx-s1-59444

                                                                              Her beautiful project will serve her well for years to come:
                                                                              imaginationlibrary.com/

                                                                              Total books gifted (so far): 332,411,218

                                                                              R.I.P. Dolly Parton

                                                                              Dolly Parton in a 1970 RCA Records press photo. The image shows Dolly's big blonde hair, hoop earrings, and warm smile, with a dark cap/beret visible behind her hair and what looks like a floral or animal-print detail on her top.

                                                                              Alt...Dolly Parton in a 1970 RCA Records press photo. The image shows Dolly's big blonde hair, hoop earrings, and warm smile, with a dark cap/beret visible behind her hair and what looks like a floral or animal-print detail on her top.

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                                                                                DRAGGLETAIL or DAGGLETAIL. One whose garments are bespattered with dag or dew: generally applied to the female sex, to signify a slattern.

                                                                                A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                --
                                                                                @histodons

                                                                                Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DRAGGLETAIL or DAGGLETAIL. One whose garments are bespattered with dag or dew: generally applied to the female sex, to signify a slattern. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DRAGGLETAIL or DAGGLETAIL. One whose garments are bespattered with dag or dew: generally applied to the female sex, to signify a slattern. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                  "Dad got his gun from the City of Cleveland. That’s where Mom got hers, too. Both are tools of policing, the Cooper family business."

                                                                                  In our excerpt from THE BLACK SHIELD, Wilbert L. Cooper recounts how his mother Gayle joined the police force: longreads.com/2026/08/25/the-b

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                                                                                    The lost golden age of language diversity

                                                                                    Tens of thousands of languages may have existed between 1,000 and 3,000 years ago - and their decline began well before European colonial expansion

                                                                                    by Damian E. Blasi, Claire Bowern, Russell D. Gray and Sandra Jacob

                                                                                    mpg.de/26871018/the-lost-golde

                                                                                    Books about Comparative linguistics at PG:
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                                                                                    The Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure (1857–1913). "F. Jullien Genève", maybe Frank-Henri Jullien (1882–1938) The photo shows Saussure in profile, in high collar, cravat, dark jacket, with a distinctive mustache and side-parted hair.

                                                                                    Alt...The Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure (1857–1913). "F. Jullien Genève", maybe Frank-Henri Jullien (1882–1938) The photo shows Saussure in profile, in high collar, cravat, dark jacket, with a distinctive mustache and side-parted hair.

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                                                                                      RE: wandering.shop/@tansy/11715500

                                                                                      Please support Tansy's new book "Charity Shop World," so she can continue bringing to light all these dark corners of the world that we'd never know about otherwise.✊🏾

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                                                                                        To Begin the World Again

                                                                                        Thomas Paine, America’s Leveller

                                                                                        by Brooke Allen

                                                                                        hedgehogreview.com/issues/the-

                                                                                        Common Sense by Thomas Paine at PG:
                                                                                        gutenberg.org/ebooks/147

                                                                                        Title page of Common Sense. It outlines the four subjects covered: the origin of government, monarchy and hereditary succession, the state of American affairs, and America's ability for independence — with a handwritten owner's name ("W. Hamilton") inscribed at the top.

                                                                                        Alt...Title page of Common Sense. It outlines the four subjects covered: the origin of government, monarchy and hereditary succession, the state of American affairs, and America's ability for independence — with a handwritten owner's name ("W. Hamilton") inscribed at the top.

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                                                                                          one of the things about buying books online, i tend not to look at the page count when i'm picking out a book

                                                                                          which is fun, i like long books and all, but i have ah... acquired a few that are gonna take a hot minute to get through...

                                                                                          featuring barnaby for scale

                                                                                          photo of my youngest cat, a white with black spots lil guy, laying in front of three pretty dang thick and pretty dang old edition books: The Making of the Atomic Bomb from Richard Rhodes; The Satanic Verses from Salman Rushdie, and And The Band Played On by Randy Shilts

                                                                                          Alt...photo of my youngest cat, a white with black spots lil guy, laying in front of three pretty dang thick and pretty dang old edition books: The Making of the Atomic Bomb from Richard Rhodes; The Satanic Verses from Salman Rushdie, and And The Band Played On by Randy Shilts

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                                                                                            Most Challenged Books

                                                                                            Every year, the American Library Association compiles a list of the books most frequently targeted by censors based on reports from the field and media coverage.

                                                                                            ala.org/bbooks/frequentlychall

                                                                                            Banned books at PG:

                                                                                            gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf

                                                                                            Stacks of books bound by string that are haphazardly thrown into a large pile

                                                                                            Alt...Stacks of books bound by string that are haphazardly thrown into a large pile

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                                                                                              What three female figures in the Bayeux tapestry reveal about medieval women

                                                                                              by Natasha R. Hodgson

                                                                                              The women of the Bayeux tapestry tell a story as compelling and important as the main depiction of the battle.

                                                                                              theconversation.com/what-three

                                                                                              Books about Bayeux tapestry (including La Tapisserie de la Reine Mathilde by A. Levé) at PG:
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                                                                                              Queen Edith by the deathbed of King Edward from the Bayeux tapestry. A scene from the Bayeux Tapestry, also known as the Tapestry of Queen Matilda, and formerly as the “Telle du Conquest” (meaning “Canvas of the Conquest”), is an 11th-century embroidery that has been inscribed on UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register since 2007. This is a section of the famous Bayeux Tapestry (Scenes 27-28), depicting King Edward the Confessor on his deathbed. The Latin inscription reads that King Edward, lying in bed, speaks to his faithful followers, and then shows his death and preparation of his body for burial.

                                                                                              Alt...Queen Edith by the deathbed of King Edward from the Bayeux tapestry. A scene from the Bayeux Tapestry, also known as the Tapestry of Queen Matilda, and formerly as the “Telle du Conquest” (meaning “Canvas of the Conquest”), is an 11th-century embroidery that has been inscribed on UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register since 2007. This is a section of the famous Bayeux Tapestry (Scenes 27-28), depicting King Edward the Confessor on his deathbed. The Latin inscription reads that King Edward, lying in bed, speaks to his faithful followers, and then shows his death and preparation of his body for burial.

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                                                                                                Manuscript fragments hiding in plain sight shed light on medieval Guernsey’s literary life

                                                                                                Researchers say texts from 12th to 15th centuries ‘hint at a culture which has not even been imagined’

                                                                                                by Dalya Alberge

                                                                                                theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/a

                                                                                                Books about Medieval Manuscripts at PG:
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                                                                                                Title: Illuminated Manuscripts Author: John W. Bradley A leaf from a medieval illuminated manuscript featuring two columns of dense Latin Gothic script framed by a decorative vine-and-leaf border with small illuminated initial letters throughout.

                                                                                                Alt...Title: Illuminated Manuscripts Author: John W. Bradley A leaf from a medieval illuminated manuscript featuring two columns of dense Latin Gothic script framed by a decorative vine-and-leaf border with small illuminated initial letters throughout.

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                                                                                                  RE: flipboard.com/@golemde/golem-q

                                                                                                  So. Und ich rufe dazu auf, Bücher bei denen das Copyright abgelaufen ist, sowohl im Internet-Archiv, als auch bei Wikipedia hochzuladen.

                                                                                                  Bei Wikipedia gehören solche Bücher eigentlich in wikisoure.org. Da gibt es aber eine eher spezielle Community, die wrwartet, dass Uploader auch beim Korrekturkesen mitmachen.

                                                                                                  Bis vor ein paar Jahren hat eine non-binäre Person PDFs aus dem Internetarchiv nach Wikipedia importiert. Aber nach 2 millionen von 6 millionen geplanten imports wurde die person gedoxxt und hat das projekt verlassen.

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                                                                                                    New 3”x 3” stickers available in the shop!The poem is “Become”, one of my favorites from Library on Fire. nihtgengapress.com/product/bec. Free shipping in the US!

                                                                                                    WHAT CHOICE DO I HAVE IN THE DEEPEST DARK, BUT TO BECOME THE STARS?

                                                                                                    Alt...WHAT CHOICE DO I HAVE IN THE DEEPEST DARK, BUT TO BECOME THE STARS?

                                                                                                      [?]Jesus Michał von Gentoo 🏔 (he) » 🌐
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                                                                                                      I've read Douglas Preston's "The Blasphemy" and it was pretty good.

                                                                                                      The synopsis is that the US government has built the largest particle accelerator ever, in the remote area of Arizona, and a small team of scientists are about to get it running. However, as it is about to reach full power, they suddenly start losing output and a mysterious "greetings" appears on the main screen. Suspecting prank malware, they decide not to report it upstairs but to resolve it themselves. However, with no progress and suspiciously piling up problems, an ex-CIA operative is sent to investigate, under the cover of liaison tasked with improving the relations with the local Navajo people. On top of that, a lobbyist wanting to see their contract renewed engages with a televangelist to put some pressure on the project.

                                                                                                      The book sets a mystery quite really, and keeps you caught in it to the very end. It's also packed with action. You get annoyed by politics, corruption and fundamentalism. You get mystified by the philosophical and theological problems. At some point, you just keep reading to see how the events unfold.

                                                                                                      Apparently it's a part of Wyman Ford series, but the story is self-contained.

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                                                                                                        The Best Psychological Horror Books
                                                                                                        recommended by Tabitha Potts

                                                                                                        fivebooks.com/best-books/the-b

                                                                                                        At PG:

                                                                                                        "The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner"

                                                                                                        gutenberg.org/ebooks/2276

                                                                                                        "Carmilla"

                                                                                                        gutenberg.org/ebooks/10007

                                                                                                        The black-and-white cover of "Carmilla" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu shows two girls in the woods, both wearing Victorian clothing. The girl on the right stands with long light hair, while the girl on the left, who has dark hair, might be sitting.

                                                                                                        Alt...The black-and-white cover of "Carmilla" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu shows two girls in the woods, both wearing Victorian clothing. The girl on the right stands with long light hair, while the girl on the left, who has dark hair, might be sitting.

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                                                                                                          "Hallo" said Piglet, "What are you doing?" "Tracking something" said Winnie-the Pooh very mysteriously. "Tracking what?" said Piglet, coming closer. "That's just what I ask myself. I ask myself, What?"

                                                                                                          Winnie-the-Pooh

                                                                                                          ~A. A. Milne (18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956)

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                                                                                                            In which 'Winnie-the-Pooh' turns 100

                                                                                                            by Samantha Balaban

                                                                                                            npr.org/2026/08/22/nx-s1-56970

                                                                                                            Winnie-the-Pooh at PG:
                                                                                                            gutenberg.org/ebooks/67098

                                                                                                            On the cover of Winnie-the-Pooh there are two drawings. Below the title and the author's name, there's a picture of a boy and four rabbits trying to pull a small bear out of a hole on a grassy slope. The boy has taken hold of the bear's paws. He leans back and tugs. The rabbits line up behind him, pulling at the boy's waist. Above the title, in the upper right corner of the cover, is the second picture. It shows the same bear hanging from a string that's attached to a balloon, which is floating off into the sky. The bear is surrounded by a swarm of insects.

                                                                                                            Alt...On the cover of Winnie-the-Pooh there are two drawings. Below the title and the author's name, there's a picture of a boy and four rabbits trying to pull a small bear out of a hole on a grassy slope. The boy has taken hold of the bear's paws. He leans back and tugs. The rabbits line up behind him, pulling at the boy's waist. Above the title, in the upper right corner of the cover, is the second picture. It shows the same bear hanging from a string that's attached to a balloon, which is floating off into the sky. The bear is surrounded by a swarm of insects.

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                                                                                                              My new book is out!

                                                                                                              In Drift is a romance that does not follow the usual patterns. The characters question the whole relationship drama, explore their feelings, express their love without falling into the trap of owning each other, and try to find their own little spot in the world.

                                                                                                              A book about people who are weird and vulnerable and do not fit in, but are lucky enough to find each other.

                                                                                                              drift.t3x.org/in_drift/

                                                                                                              The cover of the book "In Drift", depicting the silhouette of a female dancer against an abstract background. The dancer stands on the toes of one leg, the opposite foot touches the knee. She stretches one arm up and the other up and to the side. The pose looks light and effortless.

                                                                                                              Alt...The cover of the book "In Drift", depicting the silhouette of a female dancer against an abstract background. The dancer stands on the toes of one leg, the opposite foot touches the knee. She stretches one arm up and the other up and to the side. The pose looks light and effortless.

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                                                                                                                Rare 300-Year-Old Book by Forgotten Dutch Master Resurfaces

                                                                                                                The Van Eeghen Drawing Book, newly donated to the Rijksmuseum, holds works attributed to Rombout van Uylenburgh, the cousin of Rembrandt's wife.

                                                                                                                by Vittoria Benzine

                                                                                                                news.artnet.com/art-world/rijk

                                                                                                                Books about Dutch art at PG:
                                                                                                                gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?q

                                                                                                                A highlight of the Van Eeghen Drawing Book, titled Announcing to the Shepherds. Photo: courtesy of Rijksmuseum. This is a monochromatic blue-toned drawing depicting what appears to be a religious or biblical scene, showing an angel appearing in the clouds above shepherds and their flock, surrounded by cherubs, with sheep and cattle visible in the foreground landscape below.

                                                                                                                Alt...A highlight of the Van Eeghen Drawing Book, titled Announcing to the Shepherds. Photo: courtesy of Rijksmuseum. This is a monochromatic blue-toned drawing depicting what appears to be a religious or biblical scene, showing an angel appearing in the clouds above shepherds and their flock, surrounded by cherubs, with sheep and cattle visible in the foreground landscape below.

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                                                                                                                  The coeds of 1894

                                                                                                                  In the 1890s, MIT alumnae weren’t expected to have meaningful careers. The women of the Class of 1894 proved that assumption wrong.

                                                                                                                  By Mackenzie White

                                                                                                                  technologyreview.com/2026/06/2

                                                                                                                  Books in Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics at PG:
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                                                                                                                  Marion Mahony Griffin and Walter Burley Griffin gardening in the backyard of "Pholiota", Heidelberg, Victoria, 1918.

                                                                                                                  Alt...Marion Mahony Griffin and Walter Burley Griffin gardening in the backyard of "Pholiota", Heidelberg, Victoria, 1918.

                                                                                                                    [?]Paria sans portefeuille » 🌐
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                                                                                                                    "What truly binds together this movement is a desire for freedom from, if not total control over, nation-states; a belief in the superiority, either innate or engineered, of a superior class of elite coders and engineers; and a complete rejection of any conception of social responsibility or equality under the law."

                                                                                                                    Ali Winston reviews @gilduran 's : Fascism and the War on Democracy

                                                                                                                    thebaffler.com/latest/revenge-
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                                                                                                                      The Other Anguissolas: Four Forgotten Renaissance Women Painters Take the Spotlight

                                                                                                                      Everyone knows Sofonisba Anguissola. Now, her overlooked artist sisters are getting their due at a new exhibition in Oslo.

                                                                                                                      by Jo Lawson-Tancred

                                                                                                                      news.artnet.com/art-world/sofo

                                                                                                                      Books about Art, Renaissance at PG:
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                                                                                                                      The artist's sisters are depicted in The Game of Chess, 1555. National Museum in Poznań. Lucia (left), Minerva (right) and Europa (middle) Anguissola playing chess. The painting depicts three of the artist's sisters playing chess together, with an elderly servant woman looking on from the right, set against a landscape background.

                                                                                                                      Alt...The artist's sisters are depicted in The Game of Chess, 1555. National Museum in Poznań. Lucia (left), Minerva (right) and Europa (middle) Anguissola playing chess. The painting depicts three of the artist's sisters playing chess together, with an elderly servant woman looking on from the right, set against a landscape background.

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                                                                                                                        The Errant Translator: Field Notes

                                                                                                                        Artist and translator Sawako Nakayasu considers a multiplicity of approaches to translations.

                                                                                                                        wordswithoutborders.org/read/a

                                                                                                                        Books about French fiction -- Translations into English at PG:
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                                                                                                                        Stein in her Paris studio, with a portrait of her by Pablo Picasso, and other modern art paintings hanging on the wall (before 1910). Gertrude Stein sits on a sofa in her Paris studio, wearing a dark robe, with a book open on her lap. The walls around her are covered with Cubist paintings, and directly above her hangs Picasso's iconic portrait of her. A small table with drawers and decorative objects stands to her right.

                                                                                                                        Alt...Stein in her Paris studio, with a portrait of her by Pablo Picasso, and other modern art paintings hanging on the wall (before 1910). Gertrude Stein sits on a sofa in her Paris studio, wearing a dark robe, with a book open on her lap. The walls around her are covered with Cubist paintings, and directly above her hangs Picasso's iconic portrait of her. A small table with drawers and decorative objects stands to her right.

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                                                                                                                          wacoca.com/media/742052/ 【予約開始】たいせつなあの子に、とっておきの一着を。SNSで大注目のクリエイターが手がけるキッズニット本『KIDS KNIT BOOK　たいせつなきみに編むニット』が9月14日（月）発売！ – MANTANWEB（まんたんウェブ）

                                                                                                                          【予約開始】たいせつなあの子に、とっておきの一着を。SNSで大注目のクリエイターが手がけるキッズニット本『KIDS KNIT BOOK　たいせつなきみに編むニット』が9月14日（月）発売！ - MANTANWEB（まんたんウェブ）

                                                                                                                          Alt...【予約開始】たいせつなあの子に、とっておきの一着を。SNSで大注目のクリエイターが手がけるキッズニット本『KIDS KNIT BOOK　たいせつなきみに編むニット』が9月14日（月）発売！ - MANTANWEB（まんたんウェブ）

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                                                                                                                            pod welcomes critic to talk about his book, : The Media's Complicity in the Destruction of , all royalties from which go to Middle East Children's Alliance

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                                                                                                                              The Lost Vocabulary of Whaling - A forensic glossary

                                                                                                                              AFTER 250 YEARS OF EXPLOITATION, what remains is a graveyard of vocabulary and tools.

                                                                                                                              By Sarah Sax
                                                                                                                              Art By Ella Frances Sanders

                                                                                                                              orionmagazine.org/article/the-

                                                                                                                              Books about Whaling at PG:
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                                                                                                                              Title: Sea Monsters Unmasked, and Sea Fables Explained Author: Henry Lee An engraving depicting whaling, showing several large whales spouting water at the ocean's surface, with small whaling boats and a larger ship visible in the background.

                                                                                                                              Alt...Title: Sea Monsters Unmasked, and Sea Fables Explained Author: Henry Lee An engraving depicting whaling, showing several large whales spouting water at the ocean's surface, with small whaling boats and a larger ship visible in the background.

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                                                                                                                                "Literature, like youth, is wasted on the young."

                                                                                                                                that's true:5
                                                                                                                                no it isn't:33
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                                                                                                                                  Some of the most trusted political voices in 18th-century Britain were fictional – why this tradition lives on

                                                                                                                                  by Adam J Smith

                                                                                                                                  A fictional astrologist, parrot, Chinese philosopher and midwife wrote biting and sought after political satire in the 18th-century.

                                                                                                                                  theconversation.com/some-of-th

                                                                                                                                  Books about Political satire at PG:
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                                                                                                                                  Playwright and novelist Eliza Haywood, by George Vertue, 1725. The engraving shows her in an ornate oval frame decorated with a ribbon bow at top, with her name inscribed below, and credits "Parmentier pinx." (painter) and "Vertue sculp." (engraver).

                                                                                                                                  Alt...Playwright and novelist Eliza Haywood, by George Vertue, 1725. The engraving shows her in an ornate oval frame decorated with a ribbon bow at top, with her name inscribed below, and credits "Parmentier pinx." (painter) and "Vertue sculp." (engraver).

                                                                                                                                    [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                                    GAMBADOES. Leathern cases of stiff leather, used in Devonshire instead of boots; they are fastened to the saddle, and admit the leg, shoe and all: the name was at first jocularly given.

                                                                                                                                    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                    Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GAMBADOES. Leathern cases of stiff leather, used in Devonshire instead of boots; they are fastened to the saddle, and admit the leg, shoe and all: the name was at first jocularly given. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                    Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GAMBADOES. Leathern cases of stiff leather, used in Devonshire instead of boots; they are fastened to the saddle, and admit the leg, shoe and all: the name was at first jocularly given. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                      [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                                      Hi!, I'm a bot posting selections from Francis Grose’s 1785 “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue”, a compilation of slang terms, the coded language of the underclass and the demi-monde.

                                                                                                                                      [18th-century-content warning: possible racism, animal cruelty, homophobia, sexism, slut-shaming. Let me know of any problems.]

                                                                                                                                      Montage of dictionary items posted by this account

                                                                                                                                      Alt...Montage of dictionary items posted by this account

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                                                                                                                                        An historian, Nicole von Germeten, on the male code of honor in the Spanish Empire c.1600:

                                                                                                                                        "In theory, honor was a burden to a man, a moral standard to maintain and to protect the reputation of himself and his household, but in practice, men might act immorally as long as they did not attract too much publicity.

                                                                                                                                        "Honor was not a code that elite men lived by or aspired to, but something invoked after the fact [if they were prosecuted]."

                                                                                                                                        She also discusses some men who acted admirably (in my opinion), such as a governor who legally intervened to protect an enslaved woman who was tortured by her "owner." But interestingly, the governor didn't cite honor as his justification for doing something good; while the torturer did cite honor, since (in his view) the woman had to be punished for violating sexual norms.

                                                                                                                                        Fascinating stuff!

                                                                                                                                          [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                                          SPARKING BLOWS. Blows given by cocks before they close, or, as the term is, mouth it: used figuratively for words previous to a quarrel.

                                                                                                                                          A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                          @histodons

                                                                                                                                          Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): SPARKING BLOWS. Blows given by cocks before they close, or, as the term is, mouth it: used figuratively for words previous to a quarrel. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                          Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): SPARKING BLOWS. Blows given by cocks before they close, or, as the term is, mouth it: used figuratively for words previous to a quarrel. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                            On That Disgraceful, Disreputable, (Wonderful) Form of Punctuation: The Parenthesis

                                                                                                                                            Florence Hazrat on the Contentious History of a (Perfect) Literary Tool

                                                                                                                                            lithub.com/on-that-disgraceful

                                                                                                                                            Books about Punctuation at PG:
                                                                                                                                            gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/5

                                                                                                                                            Title: Punctuation personified or, pointing made easy Author: Mr. Stops This is a children's book illustration, showing a fantastical figure whose body is constructed entirely from punctuation marks (commas, parentheses, exclamation points, question marks, brackets, quotation marks, an ampersand-like symbol, and asterisks) with a human head, floating hand holding a small book, positioned before two children seated on a decorative sofa within an ornate curtained stage setting.

                                                                                                                                            Alt...Title: Punctuation personified or, pointing made easy Author: Mr. Stops This is a children's book illustration, showing a fantastical figure whose body is constructed entirely from punctuation marks (commas, parentheses, exclamation points, question marks, brackets, quotation marks, an ampersand-like symbol, and asterisks) with a human head, floating hand holding a small book, positioned before two children seated on a decorative sofa within an ornate curtained stage setting.

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                                                                                                                                              Submerged memory: C.S. Lewis and the art of forgetting

                                                                                                                                              by Henry Oliver

                                                                                                                                              commonreader.co.uk/p/submerged

                                                                                                                                              More information about C.S. Lewis:
                                                                                                                                              en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._S._Le

                                                                                                                                              The undergraduates of University College, Trinity term 1917. A black-and-white studio portrait photograph of a young man, likely a university student, wearing a suit jacket, white collared shirt, and dark tie. He has neatly combed dark hair and a serious expression.

                                                                                                                                              Alt...The undergraduates of University College, Trinity term 1917. A black-and-white studio portrait photograph of a young man, likely a university student, wearing a suit jacket, white collared shirt, and dark tie. He has neatly combed dark hair and a serious expression.

                                                                                                                                                [?]Philosophics » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                I chat about chapters 1 & 2 of Stoner by John Williams
                                                                                                                                                youtube.com/watch?v=HIezmXemJOc

                                                                                                                                                  [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                  SHARP. Subtle, acute, quick-witted; also a sharper or cheat, in opposition to a flat, dupe, or gull. Sharp's the word and quick's the motion with him; said of any one very attentive to his own interest, and apt to take all advantages. Sharp set; hungry.

                                                                                                                                                  A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                  @histodons

                                                                                                                                                  Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): SHARP. Subtle, acute, quick-witted; also a sharper or cheat, in opposition to a flat, dupe, or gull. Sharp's the word and quick's the motion with him; said of any one very attentive to his own interest, and apt to take all advantages. Sharp set; hungry. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                  Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): SHARP. Subtle, acute, quick-witted; also a sharper or cheat, in opposition to a flat, dupe, or gull. Sharp's the word and quick's the motion with him; said of any one very attentive to his own interest, and apt to take all advantages. Sharp set; hungry. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                    [?]דאָס איז נישט קיין פּײַפּ » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                    @dukepaaron@babka.social

                                                                                                                                                    " has been delighting us for years, ever since the algorithm gods placed her adorable felt “” pennant on our feeds. Since then, the , and has brought so much into our lives through her and the many ’s she’s and .

                                                                                                                                                    Suzy’s newest might be the most exciting yet: “The Art of Jewish Joy” comes out this week and includes 50 to celebrate Jewish and . (Plus, we’re partnering with Suzy and her co-author on a card-making class — learn more here!)

                                                                                                                                                    We asked Suzy to share the things that bring her Jewish joy, and not surprisingly, her answers are as delightful as her art."

                                                                                                                                                    kveller.com/what-brings-suzy-u

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                                                                                                                                                      [?]WIST Quotations » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                      A quotation from Montesquieu

                                                                                                                                                      To delight in reading is to trade life’s dreary moments for moments of pure joy.
                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                      [Aimer à lire, c’est faire un échange des heures d’ennui que l’lon doit avoir en sa vie contre des heures délicieuses.]

                                                                                                                                                      Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689–1755) French political philosopher
                                                                                                                                                      Pensées Diverses [Assorted Thoughts], # 1632 / 1143 (1720-1755) [ed. Guterman (1963)]

                                                                                                                                                      More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montesquieu/78314/

                                                                                                                                                      Montesquieu quote

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                                                                                                                                                        [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                        KINCHIN. A little child. Kinchin coes; orphan beggar boys, educated in thieving. Kinchin morts; young girls under the like circumstances and training. Kinchin morts, or coes in slates; beggars' children carried at their mother's backs in sheets.

                                                                                                                                                        A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                        @histodons

                                                                                                                                                        Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): KINCHIN. A little child. Kinchin coes; orphan beggar boys, educated in thieving. Kinchin morts; young girls under the like circumstances and training. Kinchin morts, or coes in slates; beggars' children carried at their mother's backs in sheets. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                        Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): KINCHIN. A little child. Kinchin coes; orphan beggar boys, educated in thieving. Kinchin morts; young girls under the like circumstances and training. Kinchin morts, or coes in slates; beggars' children carried at their mother's backs in sheets. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                          "Passo tempos, passo silêncios, mundos sem forma passam por mim."

                                                                                                                                                          "I pass times, I pass silences, formless worlds pass me by."

                                                                                                                                                          The Book of Disquiet

                                                                                                                                                          ~Fernando Pessoa

                                                                                                                                                          en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando

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                                                                                                                                                            R.K. Hegelman on Fernando Pessoa, “an extreme and singular figure in a modern poetic tradition that views poems not just as texts, but as gnostic vehicles of self-annihilation and worldly renovation.”

                                                                                                                                                            poetryfoundation.org/articles/

                                                                                                                                                            Books by Fernando Pessoa at PG:
                                                                                                                                                            gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/90

                                                                                                                                                            Photograph of Fernando Pessoa. Pessoa is shown wearing round wire-framed glasses, a mustache, a fedora hat, and a suit with a tie.

                                                                                                                                                            Alt...Photograph of Fernando Pessoa. Pessoa is shown wearing round wire-framed glasses, a mustache, a fedora hat, and a suit with a tie.

                                                                                                                                                              [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                              BUM FODDER. Soft paper for the necessary house or torchecul.

                                                                                                                                                              A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                              @histodons

                                                                                                                                                              Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BUM FODDER. Soft paper for the necessary house or torchecul. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                              Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BUM FODDER. Soft paper for the necessary house or torchecul. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                "The Shortest History of Germany" by the Englishman James Hawes has a central thesis: there are, and always have been, two "Germanies": the one west of the Elbe, originally Roman, then Catholic, then West Germany; and the one to its east, originally Slavic, never conquered by Rome, later protestant and Prussian, then the heartland of nazism, and then East Germany. Even after reunification, the distinction continues.

                                                                                                                                                                German Mastodonners: what do you make of this theory?

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                                                                                                                                                                  RE: ecoevo.social/@benlockwood/117

                                                                                                                                                                  How. Disgusting. 🤮 21st century book burning.

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                                                                                                                                                                  Destroy AI

                                                                                                                                                                  Screenshot from 404 Media bluesky post detailing how they tracked rare books to an Amazon facility where they were scanned for AI models then destroyed

                                                                                                                                                                  Alt...Screenshot from 404 Media bluesky post detailing how they tracked rare books to an Amazon facility where they were scanned for AI models then destroyed

                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Pseudo Nym » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                    @404mediaco nailing it again. Tracking order of to be consumed by for training.

                                                                                                                                                                    404media.co/we-tracked-a-shipm

                                                                                                                                                                    The logo for the group splitting the books is a cartoonishly evil looking dinosaur raptor about to (apparently) tear a book apart.

                                                                                                                                                                    You can't make this stuff up.

                                                                                                                                                                      [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                      TO DAWB. To bribe. The cull was scragged because he could not dawb; the rogue was hanged because he could not bribe. All bedawbed with lace; all over lace.

                                                                                                                                                                      A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                      @histodons

                                                                                                                                                                      Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TO DAWB. To bribe. The cull was scragged because he could not dawb; the rogue was hanged because he could not bribe. All bedawbed with lace; all over lace. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TO DAWB. To bribe. The cull was scragged because he could not dawb; the rogue was hanged because he could not bribe. All bedawbed with lace; all over lace. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                                        [?]דאָס איז נישט קיין פּײַפּ » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                        @dukepaaron@babka.social

                                                                                                                                                                        "An has been elected as of the Association of America for the first time.

                                                                                                                                                                        was elected at the 88th annual meeting and will serve as president for the 2026–2027 year.

                                                                                                                                                                        is a . She is currently Professor Emerita of and also the Rabbi Stanley M. Kessler Distinguished Professor of New Testament and at the University for and Peace.

                                                                                                                                                                        She has or co-authored over twenty ..."

                                                                                                                                                                        jpost.com/diaspora/article-905

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                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                          35 Hilarious Reading Memes for Bookworms Who Have No Shelf-Control

                                                                                                                                                                          rd.com/list/reading-memes/

                                                                                                                                                                          Open books stack up from the floor.

                                                                                                                                                                          Alt...Open books stack up from the floor.

                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Longreads » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                            "Do we lose something when we no longer get lost?"

                                                                                                                                                                            Shayla Love for The New Yorker: newyorker.com/news/annals-of-i

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                                                                                                                                                                              Discover more fascinating calligraphy & illumination titles in our catalogue!

                                                                                                                                                                              Of the Just Shaping of Letters by Albrecht Dürer:
                                                                                                                                                                              gutenberg.org/ebooks/37103

                                                                                                                                                                              Writing and Drawing Made Easy, Amusing and Instructive by William Chinnery:
                                                                                                                                                                              gutenberg.org/ebooks/44815

                                                                                                                                                                              The Art and Craft of Printing by William Morris:
                                                                                                                                                                              gutenberg.org/ebooks/31596

                                                                                                                                                                              Illumination and Its Development in the Present Day by Sidney Farnsworth:
                                                                                                                                                                              gutenberg.org/ebooks/48157

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                                                                                                                                                                                Library ‘illuminates’ art of calligraphy at downtown branch

                                                                                                                                                                                Spokane Public Library is celebrating the art of lettering with local author and illustrator Karyn Jeffrey.

                                                                                                                                                                                By Rachel Baker

                                                                                                                                                                                spokesman.com/stories/2026/aug

                                                                                                                                                                                Books about Calligraphy at PG:
                                                                                                                                                                                gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/3

                                                                                                                                                                                Writing & Illuminating, & Lettering Author: Edward Johnston Contributor: A. E. R. Gill Illustrator: Noel Rooke This is a calligraphy instructional diagram, showing pen angle technique and letterforms for a broad-edge/straight pen script.

                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...Writing & Illuminating, & Lettering Author: Edward Johnston Contributor: A. E. R. Gill Illustrator: Noel Rooke This is a calligraphy instructional diagram, showing pen angle technique and letterforms for a broad-edge/straight pen script.

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                                                                                                                                                                                  Nothing is Boring. Arnold Bennett's Self Help

                                                                                                                                                                                  And reading advice from John Stuart Mill

                                                                                                                                                                                  by Henry Oliver

                                                                                                                                                                                  commonreader.co.uk/p/nothing-i

                                                                                                                                                                                  Books by Arnold Bennett (including How to Live on 24 Hours a Day) at PG:
                                                                                                                                                                                  gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/859

                                                                                                                                                                                  Bennett in 1928. He is shown seated in what appears to be a study or office, wearing a suit with a mustache, hands clasped in his lap, with a desk covered in papers to his left.

                                                                                                                                                                                  Alt...Bennett in 1928. He is shown seated in what appears to be a study or office, wearing a suit with a mustache, hands clasped in his lap, with a desk covered in papers to his left.

                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                    BOW-WOW SHOP. A salesman's shop in Monmouth-street; so called because the servant barks, and the master bites. See BARKER.

                                                                                                                                                                                    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                                    @histodons

                                                                                                                                                                                    Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BOW-WOW SHOP. A salesman's shop in Monmouth-street; so called because the servant barks, and the master bites. See BARKER. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                                                    Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BOW-WOW SHOP. A salesman's shop in Monmouth-street; so called because the servant barks, and the master bites. See BARKER. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                                      @jlou
                                                                                                                                                                                      Anna's Archive only has PDFs and libgen is broken. Does anyone have an ePub of Property and Contract in Economics: the Case for Economic Democracy by David Ellerman

                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                        @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                                                                                                                                                                        JAKES. A house of office, a cacatorium.

                                                                                                                                                                                        A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                                        @histodons

                                                                                                                                                                                        Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): JAKES. A house of office, a cacatorium. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                                                        Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): JAKES. A house of office, a cacatorium. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                                          Johannes Gutenberg & the Invention of the Printing Press

                                                                                                                                                                                          Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press in the 15th century was one of the most important technological developments of the early modern period.

                                                                                                                                                                                          by Anisia Iacob (from the archives)

                                                                                                                                                                                          thecollector.com/johannes-gute

                                                                                                                                                                                          Check out this fascinating report on the Gutenberg Museum, written by Eric Hellman. (@gluejar )
                                                                                                                                                                                          gutenberg.org/newsletter/

                                                                                                                                                                                          New Inventions of Modern Times ,Nova Reperta, The Invention of Book Printing, plate 4, print, Jan Collaert I, after Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (MET, 34.30(5)). It depicts a busy 16th-century printing workshop showing various stages of the printing process.

                                                                                                                                                                                          Alt...New Inventions of Modern Times ,Nova Reperta, The Invention of Book Printing, plate 4, print, Jan Collaert I, after Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (MET, 34.30(5)). It depicts a busy 16th-century printing workshop showing various stages of the printing process.

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                                                                                                                                                                                            Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie Humaine is a Hindu mandala

                                                                                                                                                                                            The 19th-century novelist Honoré de Balzac was Catholic, French to the core and obsessed with the material details of French society. Yet there is something profoundly Hindu in the way he sought to understand the world.

                                                                                                                                                                                            by Harsh Trivedi (from the archives)

                                                                                                                                                                                            theconversation.com/honore-de-

                                                                                                                                                                                            Books by Balzac at PG:
                                                                                                                                                                                            gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/251

                                                                                                                                                                                            Title page of Honoré de Balzac's Cousin Bette (1846). It is showing a woman in dark mourning-style dress sitting on a stool beside a bed, watching over a figure lying beneath the covers in a sparse attic room with exposed wooden beams and a small skylight.

                                                                                                                                                                                            Alt...Title page of Honoré de Balzac's Cousin Bette (1846). It is showing a woman in dark mourning-style dress sitting on a stool beside a bed, watching over a figure lying beneath the covers in a sparse attic room with exposed wooden beams and a small skylight.

                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                              KILKENNY. An old frize coat.

                                                                                                                                                                                              A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                                              Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): KILKENNY. An old frize coat. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                                                              Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): KILKENNY. An old frize coat. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                                                BARTHOLOMEW BABY. A person dressed up in a tawdry manner, like the dolls or babies sold at Bartholomew fair.

                                                                                                                                                                                                A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                                                Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BARTHOLOMEW BABY. A person dressed up in a tawdry manner, like the dolls or babies sold at Bartholomew fair. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BARTHOLOMEW BABY. A person dressed up in a tawdry manner, like the dolls or babies sold at Bartholomew fair. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                                                  The Tragedy of Loving Sylvia Plath

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Sarai Walker on Obsession, Ownership, and Plath Worship

                                                                                                                                                                                                  lithub.com/the-tragedy-of-lovi

                                                                                                                                                                                                  This black-and-white photo of Sylvia Plath shows her from the chest up. She faces left and looks away from the camera. Her short dark hair has bangs, and she wears a shirt or jacket with wide lapels.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Alt...This black-and-white photo of Sylvia Plath shows her from the chest up. She faces left and looks away from the camera. Her short dark hair has bangs, and she wears a shirt or jacket with wide lapels.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                    “Worthless Idiot, Donkey Head”
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Parodies of Pedantry on the Renaissance Stage

                                                                                                                                                                                                    By Arnoud S. Q. Visser via @publicdomainrev

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Pompous know-it-alls were once a mainstay of mockery on the Italian stage.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                    Il pedante by Francesco Belo is available at PG:
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                                                                                                                                                                                                    Title page of the book Il pedante by Francesco Belo. It features a profile woodcut portrait of a bearded man within an ornamental frame decorated with foliage, urns, and a small procession scene along the bottom border, along with a library stamp reading "Torino" in the upper right.

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Alt...Title page of the book Il pedante by Francesco Belo. It features a profile woodcut portrait of a bearded man within an ornamental frame decorated with foliage, urns, and a small procession scene along the bottom border, along with a library stamp reading "Torino" in the upper right.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                      Every Novel Is Boring—Until It Isn’t

                                                                                                                                                                                                      With almost every novel I read, I go through the same arc. At first the novel bores me. Then, suddenly, it becomes the most interesting thing in the world.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      by Emma Adler

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                                                                                                                                                                                                      Books about Literary Fiction at PG:
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                                                                                                                                                                                                      Augustus Leopold Egg, The Travelling Companions, 1862, oil-on-canvas, 65.3 × 78.7 centimetres (25.7 × 31.0 in), Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. It depicts two nearly identical young women in matching pale silk dresses seated in a train carriage — one asleep, the other reading — with a Mediterranean coastal landscape visible through the window.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...Augustus Leopold Egg, The Travelling Companions, 1862, oil-on-canvas, 65.3 × 78.7 centimetres (25.7 × 31.0 in), Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. It depicts two nearly identical young women in matching pale silk dresses seated in a train carriage — one asleep, the other reading — with a Mediterranean coastal landscape visible through the window.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                        AWAKE. Acquainted with, knowing the business. Stow the books, the culls are awake; hide the cards, the fellows know what we intended to do.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                                                        Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): AWAKE. Acquainted with, knowing the business. Stow the books, the culls are awake; hide the cards, the fellows know what we intended to do. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): AWAKE. Acquainted with, knowing the business. Stow the books, the culls are awake; hide the cards, the fellows know what we intended to do. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                                                          Deepest dive yet w/ author/illustrator about her book : The Story of the . A sprawling 2-part interview on Daniel Denvir's excellent

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                                                                                                                                                                                                              HANK. He has a hank on him; i.e. an ascendancy over him, or a hold upon him. A Smithfield hank; an ox, rendered furious by overdriving and barbarous treatment. See BULL HANK.

                                                                                                                                                                                                              A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                                                              Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): HANK. He has a hank on him; i.e. an ascendancy over him, or a hold upon him. A Smithfield hank; an ox, rendered furious by overdriving and barbarous treatment. See BULL HANK. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): HANK. He has a hank on him; i.e. an ascendancy over him, or a hold upon him. A Smithfield hank; an ox, rendered furious by overdriving and barbarous treatment. See BULL HANK. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                How Emperor Augustus Silenced Rome’s Most Famous Poet

                                                                                                                                                                                                                At the height of his popularity in Rome, Augustus exiled the poet Ovid to the Black Sea. There, the whimsical author produced a striking series of poems.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                Ovid at PG:

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                In this painting by Anton von Werner, Ovid sits on a stone throne set in a shallow, arched niche. He wears a classical toga over his left shoulder and torso, leaving his right shoulder uncovered. He gazes a little to his left. He holds a small rectangular writing tablet in his lap with his left hand. His right hand holds a stylus near his chin. He wears a simple wreath or band on his head, open-toed sandals, and sits with his right leg crossed over his left.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...In this painting by Anton von Werner, Ovid sits on a stone throne set in a shallow, arched niche. He wears a classical toga over his left shoulder and torso, leaving his right shoulder uncovered. He gazes a little to his left. He holds a small rectangular writing tablet in his lap with his left hand. His right hand holds a stylus near his chin. He wears a simple wreath or band on his head, open-toed sandals, and sits with his right leg crossed over his left.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Elvish, Klingon and Pig Latin: what can invented languages teach us about the human brain?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  From pidgins to Tolkien and Esperanto, humans have created entirely new languages for many different reasons.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  By Inka Romero-Ortells Labrada, Jon Andoni Duñabeitia and Manuel Perea

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                  The first stanza of Tolkien's Quenya poem "Namárië", written in his Tengwar script. This shows the first stanza of "Namárië" written in Tengwar, the elvish script created by J.R.R. Tolkien for his Middle-earth languages .

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Alt...The first stanza of Tolkien's Quenya poem "Namárië", written in his Tengwar script. This shows the first stanza of "Namárië" written in Tengwar, the elvish script created by J.R.R. Tolkien for his Middle-earth languages .

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                    These Plays Are Now in the Public Domain. Theatres Should Take Advantage

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    by Chris Peterson

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Books by Noël Coward (Private lives coming pretty soon) at PG:
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Poster from the 1968 Theatre De Lys production featuring a sketch of Coward. It is featuring a caricature illustration of a bald man in a tuxedo smoking a cigarette holder, with cast names listed below including Elaine Stritch and Lea Bowman, directed by Charles Nelson Reilly.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Alt...Poster from the 1968 Theatre De Lys production featuring a sketch of Coward. It is featuring a caricature illustration of a bald man in a tuxedo smoking a cigarette holder, with cast names listed below including Elaine Stritch and Lea Bowman, directed by Charles Nelson Reilly.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                      BEARD SPLITTER. A man much given to wenching.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BEARD SPLITTER. A man much given to wenching. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                        "A novel about rewilding and climate activism in Britain has been named this year’s winner of the Arthur C Clarke award for science fiction.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        When There Are Wolves Again by EJ Swift is an “ambitious study in the power of long-term hope in the face of climate breakdown”, said the award’s director, Tom Hunter."
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                          DUMB WATCH. A venereal bubo in the groin.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DUMB WATCH. A venereal bubo in the groin. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DUMB WATCH. A venereal bubo in the groin. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                            in 1934, the writer Mary Hunter Austin died. She was "one of the early nature writers of the American Southwest, her classic The Land of Little Rain (1903) describes the fauna, flora, and people of the region between the High Sierra and the Mojave Desert of southern California."

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Books by Austin at PG:

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                            The black-and-white photo shows Mary Hunter Austin from the neck up. She wears a cowboy hat, and her long, wavy hair frames her face. She looks serious.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                              In the glow of the candle

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Joseph Wright of Derby put science at the centre of his art. Eclipsed in his lifetime, his work still burns with radical ideas

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              by Charlotte Mullins

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                              The Life and Works of Joseph Wright by William Bemrose is available at PG:
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                              A Philosopher Giving that Lecture on the Orrery, in which a Lamp is Put in the Place of the Sun (1766) by Joseph Wright of Derby. A public lecture about a model solar system, with a lamp—in place of the sun—illuminating the faces of the audience.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Alt...A Philosopher Giving that Lecture on the Orrery, in which a Lamp is Put in the Place of the Sun (1766) by Joseph Wright of Derby. A public lecture about a model solar system, with a lamp—in place of the sun—illuminating the faces of the audience.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                How the Crusaders Turned Gaza into a Medieval Frontier Fortress

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                In the twelfth century, the Crusaders transformed Gaza into a fortified base on the frontier between the Kingdom of Jerusalem and Fatimid Egypt. Its construction isolated Ascalon, intensified the struggle for the region and helped open the way for attacks on Egypt.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                By Steve Tibble

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Map of the Crusader states and Crusader castles. An historical map showing the Crusader states including the Kingdom of Jerusalem, Principality of Antioch, County of Tripoli, and County of Edessa.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...Map of the Crusader states and Crusader castles. An historical map showing the Crusader states including the Kingdom of Jerusalem, Principality of Antioch, County of Tripoli, and County of Edessa.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  CHAPERON. The cicisbeo, or gentleman usher to a lady; from the French.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CHAPERON. The cicisbeo, or gentleman usher to a lady; from the French. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Hi!, I'm a bot posting selections from Francis Grose’s 1785 “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue”, a compilation of slang terms, the coded language of the underclass and the demi-monde.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Montage of dictionary items posted by this account

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      A quotation from Thoreau

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations. Books, the oldest and the best, stand naturally and rightfully on the shelves of every cottage. They have no cause of their own to plead, but while they enlighten and sustain the reader his common sense will not refuse them. Their authors are a natural and irresistible aristocracy in every society, and, more than kings or emperors, exert an influence on mankind.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Walden; or, Life in the Woods, ch. 3 “Reading” (1854)

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @light There are 4 translations at LibriVox:
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Perhaps Thoreau's translation is a good starting point:
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Enjoy it!

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