:::::: Praise for the author: "And it's stupid that you aren't making money from them if you give them to anyone because the only thieves would be them." - PT
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C.A. Johns, The Forest Trees of Britain
Really enjoying reading about how much money Pitti consistently borrowed, lost, and won back in his decade-long career as a “professional gambler” at the gaming tables of dukes and princes.
THE PEOPLE IN THE STREETS
(via Jacob Abbott’s wonderfully illustrated Makers of History: Richard III)
Front cover from Winter pictures, by Edward. Whymper, London, not dated (c. 1875?).
(Source: archive.org)
Giuseppe Arcimboldo, The Librarian (1566) | When I first saw this image, I thought it must have been something from the early 20th century.
Magazine Magazine
Great dapper Lapham he
Founded a Quarterly
Based it in books.
Here they are searching these
Pages besmirching they’re
Finding these readings all
Hidden in nooks.
Having exhausted his supply of audiobooks, Gary resorted to extreme measures in an attempt to get his books to talk.
I might have to implement this; perhaps even purée some Edward Gibbon and then pour it into my ear.
