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This beautiful sheet shows the metamorphosis of the gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) that a century later would become an It was made by the Dutch naturalist Johannes le Francq van Berkhey. collection

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2021-03-02

Wading through an index & struck by successive entries for Robert Walpole:
entertains a large company
description of house & estate
illness of
unpopular (due to the Excise)
mobbed
burnt in effigy
The life of an in 6 movements

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2021-02-23

RT : Captain Arthur Gardiner felt dishonoured by association with disgraced Admiral Byng. In 1758, commanding HMS Monmouth he cleared his name in battle with one of the most powerful French ships afloat. https://t.co/ahVzPcQroB

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2021-02-23

Captain Arthur Gardiner felt dishonoured by association with disgraced Admiral Byng. In 1758, commanding HMS Monmouth he cleared his name in battle with one of the most powerful French ships afloat. Click: https://t.co/cx1W5f35Hr

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2021-02-19

After execution of Admiral Byng in 1757 his flag-captain, Arthur Gardiner, felt dishonoured. Commanding HMS Monmouth in 1758 he cleared his name in battle with one of France's most powerful French ships. Click: https://t.co/cx1W5f35Hr

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2021-02-17

Definitely caricatured, but satirists in the often depicted postilions wearing enormous boots.
may have more insights.

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2021-02-11

"that some of our ministers can neither dance nor sing, would not be a reproach to them, if they had but somebody with them that could": guidance on suggesting all political negotiations should conclude with a dance-off?

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2021-02-09

diplomats were human: in 1727 Lord Waldegrave wrote from Paris to his contact back in hoping that his last dispatch "did not show the influence of

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2021-02-05

Happy This placard patterned paper is from our 1774 edition of the The Seasons, written by James Thomson.
https://t.co/O19KDVTxJv

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2021-02-02

Cashmere Shawls in the 1700 and 1800s - were first introduced in Europe around the late 1700s. Learn more about the the Kashmir shawl craze and about the popularity of them. https://t.co/9HFoSsYFTw

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2021-01-17

16Jan1749 Bottle Conjuror was supposed to appear on stage at the New Theater in Haymarket, when he didn't a riot ensued. Learn more: https://t.co/0Oe5q5AYpK

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2021-01-17

Anecdotes about the Woman Known as Madame de Staël - There are many anecdotes about the woman known as Born Anne Louise Germaine Necker in Paris, France, but of Swiss origin, Madame ... https://t.co/D4nxdCXoWg

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2021-01-11

Banyans: Garments that 18th Century Gentlemen Loved - were garments that became popular with gentlemen in the They were oriental in style being influenced by Persian and Asian clothing and called ... https://t.co/c4objmLGYa

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2021-01-09

Jean-Marc Nattier, an acclaimed 18th-century portraitist, was known for his mythological style, painting women in imagined costume that was only loosely based on fashionable trends, as is true in his 1750/60 Portrait of a Woman. Read more!

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2020-12-22

Humorous Clauses Proposed for The of 1753 - The Marriage Act of 1753 was enacted to require a formal ceremony of marriage because clandestine marriages achieved by crossing over the Scottish ... https://t.co/1vHpjjpbXR

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2020-11-19