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The King of Thule, hero of Goethe's poem of the king who kept to his dying day a golden goblet in memory of the beloved from whom he had parted for ever, vividly embodied by the brush of Pierre Jean van der Ouderaa, could not but have been an inspiration

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When One Tries Too Diligently to Keep Pace with the Times

NB! · The East · Monarchies · Observations · Mores

I do not know what exactly is going on, presumably some seasonal ceremony, but this procession with the King and Queen of Thailand looks very solemn and stylish, apart from the absolute relic of the ryndas with their parasols, of course

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This Is Genuinely VERY Frightening

A fig tree's foliage hangs down from a stone vault inside an ancient structure, with a park and houses visible beyond.

NB! · Archaeology · Observations · Nature

A fig tree grows upside down in the Baiae Baths Archaeological Park on the Bay of Naples

A fig tree that grows upside down. The Archaeological Park of the Baths of Baiae, on the shore of the Bay of Naples. The tree is about 20 years old. Such an unusual fig

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A MASKED BALL, NO LESS!

NB! · Science · People · Humour

Anthropologists Joke, or How Could One Not Love Alexander Kozintsev

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A Very Modern Item from the Women's Gazette, August 1918

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Portrait of a Three-Year-Old Boy in a Ruffled Gorget, with a Large Hat, a Parrot and a Little Dog

Portrait of a three-year-old boy in a ruffled gorget, with a large hat, a parrot and a little dog. 1644. So small, and already weary of the conventions of this mortal world

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A Poster Against Appalling Electrification, 1900

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Thank you for voting for the package of constitutional amendments

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