December 2010
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Auld Lang Syne
Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And auld lang syne!
Chorus.-For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne. We’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet, For auld lang syne.
And surely ye’ll be your pint stowp! And surely I’ll be mine! And we’ll tak a cup o’kindness yet, For auld lang syne. For...
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Added International Shipping options to the store!
Only 19 shirts left!
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Song
Love and harmony combine, And around our souls intwine, While thy branches mix with mine, And our roots together join.
Joys upon our branches sit, Chirping loud, and singing sweet; Like gentle streams beneath our feet Innocence and virtue meet.
Thou the golden fruit dost bear, I am clad in flowers fair; Thy sweet boughs perfume the air, And the turtle buildeth there.
There she sits and feeds...
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18th Century Zombies - Found on etsy! Plemon Studios has some great work, and I love these portraits of our Founding Fathers.
Zombie George Washington
Zombie Thomas Jefferson
Zombie Benjamin Franklin
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18th Century in the News: Gulliver's Travels Movie...
An amusing review of the new movie starring Jack Black; over at the New York Times.
I obviously hope you would choose the book over this far stretch of a movie.
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To Winter
O Winter! bar thine adamantine doors: The north is thine; there hast thou built thy dark Deep-founded habitation. Shake not thy roofs, Nor bend thy pillars with thine iron car.
He hears me not, but o’er the yawning deep Rides heavy; his storms are unchain’d; sheathed In ribbed steel, I dare not lift mine eyes; For he hath rear’d his sceptre o’er the world.
Lo! now the...
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December 25, 1776
“During the American Revolution, Patriot General George Washington crosses the Delaware River with 5,400 troops, hoping to surprise a Hessian force celebrating Christmas at their winter quarters in Trenton, New Jersey. The unconventional attack came after several months of substantial defeats for Washington’s army that had resulted in the loss of New York City and other strategic...
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To Mrs. Dewes Delville, 21 Dec. 1745 Many flying reports we have had of the entire defeat of the rebels, but there is no stress to be laid on ship news; besides the rumour of one day is contradicted by the next. I have answered all your letters; never was one more welcome than that which brought the account of my brother’s being with you at Gloucester. I had terrified myself extremely on his...
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December 21, 1799
“William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy move into Dove Cottage in Westmoreland, England, not far from the home of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Wordsworth and Coleridge had been good friends and colleagues since they met, in 1795. Their collaboration flourished, and in 1798 they published Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems, launching the Romantic movement. The book, which included...
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Major General Alexander Campbell of Monzie - Sir Henry Raeburn
“Known as the Scottish ‘Reynolds,’ Raeburn enjoyed a flourishing career in portraiture. His more than 700 portraits captured the likenesses of leading figures and prominent people of Scotland in a bold and direct style. Scottish born, Campbell fought in the American colonies and was with General Burgoyne when he...
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“But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flow’r,
its bloom is...”
– Robert Burns
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Gift Guide for the 18th Century Enthusiast:
Tin Plates from The Frick. These plates are adaptations of 18th Century designs. Would make Spring picnicking very elegant!
The White Lady by kirby. This pretty abstract piece has the perfect hint of 18th Century style.
Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion and Furniture in the Eighteenth Century - This one is definitely on my wishlist. I’ve...
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