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Edgar Allan Poe looks like a cartoon about himself

Edgar Allan Poe looks like a cartoon about himself. The writer died on 7 October 1849, and yet his works seem far more modern than that. Edgar Allan was found in a gutter in Baltimore, and for four more days he lay in hospital, reportedly because of a brain tumour.

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When You Can Finally Afford Comfort-Class Housing

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If you are in Paris and don't know what to do with yourself..

If you are in Paris and don't know what to do with yourself.. Yes, in the mornings I am a great dreamer

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Have You No Shame Before the Guests, Jupiter!

Have you no shame before the guests, Jupiter! New gods never come to mortals naked. Jupiter, Juno, Minerva. Roman sculptures. Most probably grave goods. Weißenburg Roman Museum.

Aerial view of a densely built town among mountains and slopes, with roads curving around the houses.

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The Sicilian town of Centuripe, built on a mountain ridge in the shape of a human figure

A view of the Sicilian town of Centuripe, spread across the mountains in the shape of a man. Or perhaps one might simply turn into a bird?

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When You Step Off the Bus Brimming with Noble Dignity

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What a lovely hat you have, with ghosts on it: is that Balenciaga?

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A Task from a Fourth-Form Russian Language Olympiad

A task from a fourth-form Russian language olympiad. Lyudmila Stefanovna gave her assessment

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The Duchess of Cambridge, but judging by the outfit and the neck, the Duchess of Cornwall

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If we are speaking of dynastic weddings, then as regards the very recent marriage of another Romanov descendant, Prince Rostislav, of the line of Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolayevich, youngest son of Emperor Nicholas I…

The Nobility Assembly reports that it is troubled by invitations sent out in the names of the couple, in which Prince Rostislav Romanov is styled Son Altesse Impériale (His Imperial Highness). The nobles are sounding the alarm: the prince possesses no such title! The letter of 6 September runs roughly

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A Letter from the Russian Nobility Assembly Expressing Its Displeasure at Rostislav Rostislavovich Romanov's Proclaiming Himself an Imperial Highness in the Invitation to His Own Wedding

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Wedding of Georgy Romanov and Rebecca Bettarini set for 1 October in Saint Petersburg

Not Yet Married, and the Mother-in-Law Is Already Settling into Your Forebears' Two-Room Flat. Rebecca Bettarini, also known as Victoria Romanovna, the bride of our partially recognised claimant to the headship of the Russian Imperial House, George Mikhailovich Romanov, with her mother Carla Cacciatore Bettarini outside