"If one lives in exile, the café becomes at once the family home, the nation, church & parliament,
a desert & a place of pilgrimage, cradle of illusions & their cemetery... In exile, the café is the one
place where life goes on."
~ Hermann Kesten, 1900-1996

[Rudolf Levy, 1924]

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Winslow Homer
The Houses of Parliament (1881), watercolour on paper
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC.

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Homer visited England (1881-2) & painted scenes in Tyne & Wear. He was interested in painting ordinary people working. The Herring Net (1881), Houses of Parliament (1881), Fisherwoman (1882) & Looking over the Cliff (1882). He used a darker palette for this work.

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[Heart-pounding Secretary-Ship Series]

In the case of the Northern Parliament's Belorussiya...♡

Translation/英訳
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Robert Nicholas Fowler, by Théobald Chartran - Vanity Fair, 25 June 1881

He was a member of parliament and Lord Mayor of London. He had ten daughters and one son

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Thomas Vicary (1490-1561) became serjeant surgeon to Henry VIII in 1530, after treating his leg ulcer. Vicary was instrumental in the 1540 Act of Parliament that united barbers and surgeons (and gave the company the right to claim the bodies of 4 executed felons for dissection).

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James II (1685-1688)

The last Catholic king. Continued the House of Stuart’s struggle with Parliament; his belief in absolute power caused trouble. Deposed in the Glorious Revolution, when Parliament invited the Protestant Dutch prince William of Orange to take over.

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Not a day has gone by since the release of Batman and Harley Quinn that I haven't wished this interaction between Floronic Man, Swamp Thing, and the Parliament of Trees was actually in the movie.

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I can’t believe the Chinese government discussed Venti in parliament like that is so funny 😭😭😭

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16 Sept 1643: King's Lynn surrenders to a parliamentary army under the Earl of

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James Macnaghten McGarel Hogg, 1st Baron Magheramorne, by Leslie Ward - Vanity Fair, 15 November 1873

He was a British politician, Member of Parliament, and local government leader.

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We have new in 💀🍼

Someone was lucky enough to buy this little one❤️ at a price of 4.5

Excellent choice! 👏See you in the Parliamentz for the next voting!

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Rees-Mogg wants to abolish paid holidays.

Remind me how many days a year parliament is in recess.

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3rd of a set of 5 by Isaac Fuller 1660s ~Charles II's dramatic escape from Parliamentarian forces following defeat in battle of

As Charles sleeps, Colonel Careless guards taking shelter in oak tree, Boscobel Wood. 

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💀🍼 have you ever voted in the Parliamentz?🗳

Remember that you are the onez with the power to change the future! ❤️

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Eleven years. Parliamentarians sacked Windsor Castle. Executed the Archbishop of Canterbury, William Laud. It got so bad that by the end in 1660 General Monck said to Charles II, the headless king’s son in exile, and said please come back.

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