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The Twain https://t.co/xWWVhBl0aE
'On the east coast facing east -
On a west coast facing west...' < #WorldPoetryDay
Born #OTD 1846, Kate Greenaway, #English writer and children's book #illustrator https://t.co/vvqdih5T2q < #womensart
Were Life and Death two sides of the same coin? https://t.co/XMzZoICCaI
Died #OTD 1820 #British North #American artist, Benjamin West, renowned for famous historical and biblical scenes https://t.co/yCfQTk6OZ2 < #art
Isaac's servant tying the bracelet on Rebecca's arm
A Formidable Adversary https://t.co/Sypyt6wH2f 'Scalding blood surged back into his veins. He was alive! The sun in all its Indian summer glory was coming up! He was being given a second chance!' < #Georgian #historical #biographical
Posing For Posterity: Pompeo Batoni and The Grand Tour https://t.co/QaWaYzhLCN #art #portraits #GrandTour #eighteenthcentury
'His parents, on the whole, were glad rather than sorry about his coming, his father observing that at least here was a little mendicant who could be offset against tax...' https://t.co/c991Za231d < #OTD 1800 #GeorgianEra
“Why, faith!” cried Dora, “be hanged to that! I’d lace his port with jalap of an evening. He’d be sure to spend the night in the closet!” https://t.co/KIMUTsc8iY < Early #19thCentury
A Curious Herbal: Gorgeous Illustrations from Elizabeth Blackwell's 18th-Century Encyclopedia of Medicinal Botany https://t.co/y9RV5Pk8eZ via @brainpicker < #histmed
"He cast off a certain damsel of the Court there and then. If Mary was Perdita, he was to be Florizel. But, of late, I fancy there’s a change in the wind. Mrs Robinson takes her position a shade too seriously..." https://t.co/odeDJUSCCN #18thcentury #London