November 2, 2009
von Melanie Grundmann
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The kingdom of the roués has been taken from them; and we do not suppose that there was ever a moment at which libertinism was so much below par in the great world as at the commencement of the year … Weiterlesen
November 1, 2009
von Melanie Grundmann
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‘Qui refute, muse !’ says a French adage. I do not remember ever refusing anything, except the Consulship of Sierra-Leone, and a proffered journey in my friend Archdeacon P.’s carriage, which was going down to Yorkshire at the tail of … Weiterlesen
Dezember 30, 2008
von Melanie Grundmann
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Si quis nunc quœrat, quo res hœc pertinet? ¡lluc: Dum vitant stulti vitia, in contraria currunt. Malthinus tunicis demissis ambulat — —-Uter est insanior horum? Hor. What in the name of Phaeton is this vehicle rolling quickly along St. James’s … Weiterlesen
April 19, 2008
von Melanie Grundmann
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I CANNOT better exemplify the truth of the above lines, or more pointedly prove that what is a pillow of thorns to one is a bed of roses to another, than by copying literally a letter of a young relation, … Weiterlesen