Aphorisms from the great C17th. Jesuit delivered daily by e-mail: "Welcome to Balthasar Gracian's "The Art of Worldly Wisdom" mailing list and website. In the...
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Terry Foreman
thforeman
Aug 1, 2010 6:25 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltasar_Gracián seems to work....
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robinsonmf
Aug 4, 2010 10:42 am
Haddock, Sir Richard (c.1629–1715), naval officer, was the eldest of the four sons of William Haddock (c.1607–1667) and his wife, Anna Goodlad...
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terry foreman
thforeman
Aug 12, 2010 11:17 pm
*Johannes Gutenberg* may have invented modern printing, but *Michael Hart*invented the e-book. At least that's what Hart's e-mail signature says. Indeed, Hart...
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terry foreman
thforeman
Aug 13, 2010 1:34 am
Broadside tells the story of a newly restored English monarch, Charles II, leading his country into the fiercest trade war in the age of sail. The story shows...
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Susan Thomas
susan.thomas@...
Aug 13, 2010 10:59 am
I watched one of the trailers - it was rather painful. Do let us know what the whole thing is like! A.S. ... -- Kind regards, Susan Thomas Emphron Informatics ...
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terry foreman
thforeman
Aug 13, 2010 3:23 pm
A. Susan, It was a very mixed bag in terms of production values. Well, it's not a feature film. The actor who played Charles II did look like him. Pepys's...
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terry foreman
thforeman
Aug 24, 2010 5:27 am
Because I posted John Evelyn's account of horse-baiting and remarked on English bloo-sports, when I found this story it was only fair to pass it along. The...
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SusannaG@...
susannagatlin
Aug 24, 2010 4:38 pm
Yes, it is still a very strange place! I live in South Carolina; the tape was on our local news yesterday evening. We've always had a problem with...
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robinsonmf
Aug 26, 2010 6:04 pm
Oldenburg, Henry [Heinrich] (c.1619-1677), scientific correspondent and secretary of the Royal Society, was born in the free city of Bremen, Germany, one of...
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terry foreman
thforeman
Aug 26, 2010 6:14 pm
Thank you, Michael, Good get. Terry Foreman...
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terry foreman
thforeman
Aug 29, 2010 6:50 pm
Internet phasing out printed Oxford Dictionary By SYLVIA HUI, Associated Press Writer Sylvia Hui, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 7 mins ago LONDON – It's...
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rajanbarrett
Aug 30, 2010 12:02 am
Well I find it interesting that Sam Pepys mentions his wife burning her hand when she cooks the turkey. It might be interesting if we have an annotation on...
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Richard Histon
rhiston
Aug 30, 2010 10:04 am
Here is an interesting thought. Having been collecting books by/on Pepys for many years (around 50 I think - books not years!), I have widened my reading to...
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Rajan Barrett
rajanbarrett
Aug 30, 2010 10:46 am
Well i need to ask a question about pepys wife that she was married at fifteen and died at  twenty nine. What about her life? ``Education is Cultural Action...
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Phil Gyford
gyford
Aug 31, 2010 11:48 am
http://www.pepysdiary.com/about/archive/2010/08/31/11583.php Pepys in German, zweimal Two big bits of news if you’re a German speaker, or know someone who is...
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Jenny Doughty
britinme
Aug 31, 2010 2:36 pm
A friend of mine is a senior editor at the OED so I forwarded this to him. His response: "News to me: at least I don't think there's been any decision or...
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Mangrove Mike
jm387407
Aug 31, 2010 4:26 pm
So, wie uebersetzt man "coxcomb" auf deutsch?...
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Phil Gyford
gyford
Aug 31, 2010 4:38 pm
Looks like it's just an opinion held by the Oxford University Press's chief executive, rather than a definitive statement from the OED: ...
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robinsonmf
Sep 9, 2010 4:08 am
John Aubrey and the Development of Experimental Science On line synopsis: http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/bodley/about/exhibitions/online/aubrey To 31 Oct 2010,...
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robinsonmf
Sep 10, 2010 7:06 am
Heydon, John (b. 1629, d. in or after 1670), writer on astrology and alchemy, and occultist, was born on 10 September 1629 in Green Arbour, London, the son...
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Nick Balmer
nickbalmer2
Sep 10, 2010 7:12 pm
Hello, Thanks for posting this article. I have been interested in John Heydon for several years. One of my 10 x gt grandfather's, Sir John Baber appears to...
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Susan Thomas
susan.thomas@...
Sep 11, 2010 5:13 am
Thank you very much for posting this link: although I cannot visit the exhibition, the website has much information in depth and detail - fascinating! A.S. ......
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robinsonmf
Sep 23, 2010 3:05 am
Poetry regained: lost Milton work turns up in Oxford archives By Richard Garner, Education Editor Thursday, 23 September 2010 Have you not in a Chimney seen A...
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Susan Thomas
susan.thomas@...
Sep 23, 2010 8:14 am
I'm sure this is not Milton! Fun though - maybe Marvell? A.S. ... -- Kind regards, Susan Thomas Emphron Informatics Level 3 88 Jephson St TOOWONG QLD 4066 ...
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terry foreman
thforeman
Sep 27, 2010 6:24 pm
What the Pepyses and their friends do *NOT* have in their homes...but will very soon after the Diary ends. --------------------------- Couched in History By...
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robinsonmf
Oct 1, 2010 4:18 am
Images from the UK National Archives:- ...
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Phil Gyford
gyford
Oct 4, 2010 9:45 am
The Winding Stair, a play http://www.pepysdiary.com/about/archive/2010/10/04/11709.php ... The fascinating and remarkable story of Edward Mountagu, 1st Earl of...
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terry foreman
thforeman
Oct 12, 2010 5:39 am
Sir Isaac Newton was a towering genius in the history of science, he knew he was a genius, and he didn’t like wasting his time. Born on Dec. 25, 1642, the...
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Phil Gyford
gyford
Oct 15, 2010 9:43 am
http://www.pepysdiary.com/about/archive/2010/10/15/11733.php Keith Wright / Bradford I’m sorry to be writing this, but Keith Wright, who posted annotations...
