History
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History
On both days, the extraordinary beauty of the flame arising from the funeral pile was noticed. The weather was beautifully fine. The Mediterranean, now soft and lucid, kissed the shore as if to make peace with it. The yellow sand and blue sky intensely contrasted with one another: marble mountains touched the air with coolness, and the flame of the... See more
Clay Franklin Johnson • Gothicized, Glamourized, Mythologized: The Funeral of Percy Bysshe Shelley — Gothic Keats Press
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Leigh Hunt describes P.B. Shelley’s funeral. Source: https://tinyurl.com/k3cfab6s
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Though the letters are written one after the other and the "X" and "P" not combined in a monogram, these are known as Chi-Rho pages.
Chi Rho
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You wretched, dear, resplendent thing.
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Edison's Eve, Gaby Wood
Culture and Imperialism
An exploration of the cultural and literary manifestations of imperialism in 19th and early 20th century Britain and France, and its relationship with the formation of national identity.
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Culture and Imperialism, Edward Said.
Ashmole was born on 23 May 1617
Elias Ashmole
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My birthday buddy.
You must go down into the world of mortals like a ray of light, like a shower of refreshing rain; you must illuminate it like Apollo, shake it to its depths and give it a new life like Zeus, otherwise you are not worthy of your heaven.
Alan Cardew • Lord Byron: The Perils and Glories of a Classical Education
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Hölderlin, Held.
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