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Elegant Skating Positions from a Manual of 1830
Elegant skating positions from a manual of 1830. What is a rink without a hat and an umbrella?
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Gaston of Orléans was also a naturalist: here is part of his collection at Blois, where he laid out a botanical garden in which the eminent botanists Robert Morison and Paul Reneaulme worked on the classification of plants
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Gaston of Orléans, brother of Louis XIII, his revolts and loss of the regency
In royal history I like the heroes of the supporting roles. Gaston d'Orléans (1608-1660), for example, who was called the only brother of the king, Louis XIII. In fact Marie de' Medici had another son, Nicolas, or the prince without a name, who lived for four
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For the last week and a half I have been writing every day, sorting through old notes, editing and so forth
For the last week and a half I have been writing every day, sorting through old notes, editing and so forth. When I say old notes, I mean, for example, the field journals of the 1920s and 1930s from the Mongolian expedition and curious jottings on the Russian explorers of
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A cat of soft-paste porcelain from the Saint-Cloud manufactory of the late seventeenth century has simply found out what she is worth
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Interestingly, Salkinson was born in that same Shklov which gave the world so many famous Jews
Interestingly, Salkinson was born in that same Shklov which gave the world so many famous Jews. By the age of 29 he was already living in England, had converted to Christianity and had even become a missionary. He is known for his translations of Milton's "Paradise Lost&
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In 1878
In 1878 Isaac Salkinson translated "Romeo and Juliet" into Hebrew as "Ram and Yael". Not long ago a copy of this edition, popular in the 19th century, was sold at a Jewish auction for $290, against a starting price of $100
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Socrates of Ephesus
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A week of leave, taken to finish my first work since the dissertation, has come to an end
A week of leave, taken to finish my first work since the dissertation, has come to an end. I never did finish: there are 4 chapters written, and 8 in draft. Is that not a tragedy! Do get distracted along with me: https://clck.ru/AWjYs
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In the Year of the Rooster, Sleeping in a Bed with Roosters Promises Vigour and Good Omens, Especially One from the Eighteenth Century
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Scientists at the University of Oregon discover a new species of ant, Aethiocarenus burmanicus, with a triangular head and bulging eyes that could look backwards
Scientists at the University of Oregon have discovered a new species of ant, Aethiocarenus burmanicus, with a triangular head and bulging eyes that could look backwards. The ant was found in amber 100 million years old
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At Woodstock, Elizabeth scratched with a diamond on a window pane: "much suspected by me, nothing proved can be, quoth Elizabeth the prisoner"
At Woodstock, Elizabeth scratched with a diamond on a window pane: "much suspected by me, nothing proved can be, quoth Elizabeth the prisoner". I have not seen it myself, but this is what the autograph of Elizabeth I looks like