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“Digressions, incontestably...are the life, the soul of reading...”
Laurence Sterne, whimsical Irish clergyman & author of The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, born #OTD 1713.
@NPGLondon @LSterneTrust
A philosopher produces ideas, a poet poems, a clergyman sermons, a professor compendia and so on. (https://t.co/M2j5VirNxF)
My favorite combination is these two (not a romantic relationship).
Isn't a vampire and a clergyman a good combination?
An Alphabet full of Illustrators...F is For...Ethel Farmiloe...married to a Clergyman in London some of her most celebrated work depicted some of the slum children from her husband's Parish in Soho: always with humour and sympathy#ForgottenChildrensBooks #BookIllustrationOfTheDay
An Alphabet full of Illustrators...F is For...Ethel Farmiloe...married to a Clergyman in London some of her most celebrated work depicted some of the slum children from her husband's Parish in Soho: always with humour and sympathy#ForgottenChildrensBooks #BookIllustrationOfTheDay
An Alphabet full of Illustrators...F is For...Ethel Farmiloe...married to a Clergyman in London some of her most celebrated work depicted some of the slum children from her husband's Parish in Soho: always with humour and sympathy#ForgottenChildrensBooks #BookIllustrationOfTheDay
tfw you are a but humble clergyman but the king and queen of the country keep tempting you
#setleth #claudeleth #setlaude
Kate Greenaway published A Apple Pie in 1886 as an illustrated rhyme book to teach children the alphabet. First mentioned in writing in 1671 by clergyman John Eachard, the rhyme is probably much older. The first printed versions appeared in the mid C18th. #FolkloreThursday/1
Velith 'assisting' a fellow clergyman of hers, done by @NoillArt!
#RIP #OTD in 1968, clergyman, iconic figure in the African American civil rights movement, Nobel Peace Prize, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., assassinated on the balcony of room 306, Lorraine Motel in Memphis TN, age 39. MLK National Historic Site, Atlanta https://t.co/QLIAmC0L44
Birds in the park: A Child's first book about birds, by a Country Clergyman.......1860, from BHL/Uni Toronto......https://t.co/BrSAjiPtcS
“I want your hidden look, your real smile — that lonely, mocking smile your cool mirror knows.”
— Jorge Luis Borges, from Two English Poems Selected Poems: 1923-1967
📷 Germaine Dulac - The Seashell and the Clergyman (1928)
#Otd 1768: Death (54, in London) of #Clonmel, Co #Tipperary's Laurence Sterne. CofE clergyman & novelist e.g. 'The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman', 'A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy', & sermons/memoirs https://t.co/f2Ma3s0wIe https://t.co/6kSVdoxVZV
"A woman once said to me, 'Any religion that is to be any good to one must be one they make for themselves,' - and it is so. She, curiously, was a clergyman's wife."
Artist & writer Kate Greenaway, born #OTD 1846; she is remembered for her wonderful literary art.
A selection of woodcuts from a book entitled 'The History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents', published in 1658.
Most of this three-volume compilation is comprised of the zoological works of the English clergyman Edward Topsell. More here: https://t.co/gkMFmBqWj2
Illustrations for Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, English logician, photographer, clergyman and author #bornthisday in 1832
Golden age illustrations by John Tenniel, Arthur Rackham, Mabel Lucie Attwell and A.E. Jackson
Irish novelist and clergyman Laurence Sterne was born #OTD in 1716.
Books by Sterne at PG:
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#Otd 1713: Birth in #Clonmel, Co #Tipperary of Laurence Sterne. Anglican clergyman & novelist e.g. 'The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman', 'A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy', & sermons/memoirs. https://t.co/6kSVdoxVZV https://t.co/f2Ma3s0wIe