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In addition to the sketches Graham and I wrote for the show, Connie helped me with a couple, the first time we had ever worked together. One of them drew on her amusement at the way in which the English upper class avoided the pronoun ‘I’, as though there were something vulgar about using it. I’d already noticed that using ‘one’ instead of ‘I’ seem
... See moreJohn Cleese • So, Anyway...: The Autobiography
an age so limited and vulgar as our own, an age grossly carnal in its pleasures, and grossly common in its aims....
Oscar Wilde • The Picture of Dorian Gray
Edmund turned for a moment to carefully lower the barrel of brandy down into the hands of the boatman, and Anna was certain she saw him suppress a slight smile. Then he looked back at Charles with a face that gave nothing away, and said, “Sure if we were, it would be our own business and none of your own.” Then he held out his hand toward Anna. She
... See moreSusanna Kearsley • The Firebird
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Stefan Grentzelius • 5 cards
I daresay I must call this my home – though truly there never was so dank and drear a place – though Essex being flat and featureless at least has in its favour the kind of skies which all my life I have sought – I confess to having been surprised by affection for my husband – this dreadful emotion roused by discovering that he has commissioned a r
... See moreSarah Perry • Enlightenment
Oscar wild, The Decay of Living (p.55)
“[Fogs] have become the mere mannerism of [cliche], and the exaggerated realism of their method gives dull people bronchitis. Where cultured catch an affect, the uncultured catch cold.”
‘Dorian Gray’.
Sarah Waters • Tipping The Velvet (VMC Designer Collection)
“These are two things that I have always observed to be in singular accord: supercelestial thoughts and subterranean conduct.”