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Poetry, plays, history of Shakespeare.
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TS Eliot on Shakespeare
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T. S. Eliot set out his measurements of a classic as “maturity of mind, maturity of manners, maturity of language, and perfection of the common style.”
He thought Chaucer and Shakespeare were a little too rough around the edges
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Alphonso Ferrabosco
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Prince Henry and Shakespeare’s Sonnets.
Peter Nockolds, May 25, 2013
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. King Henry VI, Part i Act 5, Scene 5
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SUFFOLK: Margaret shall now be queen, and rule the king;... more »
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PACATUMQUE REGET
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Prince Henry and Shakespeare’s Sonnets.
Peter Nockolds, May 25, 2013
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. A Garden *of HeroICAl DEVISes*
or Henry Peacham's Minerva Britanna
Epigramma Authoris.... more »
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Richard III Found in Untidy Lozenge-Shaped Grave
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Richard III was casually placed in a badly prepared grave -- suggesting gravediggers were in a hurry to bury him
The grave was 'too short' at the bottom to receive the body conventionally
Someone is likely to have stood in the grave to receive the body -- suggested by the fact the body is on one side rather than placed centrally... more »
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ALL HAPIENESS
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, Osiris Fragment by Julie Noterman
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<<In ancient Egypt, the goddess Isis reigned over the Earth, over
creation and death. She had a son Osiris who was torn to pieces by
his war-like brother SET. In his wrath, SET scattered the parts over... more »
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Today's lesson - how to make your own on usenet
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Do you want people to read your posts?
Or do you just want to piss off your fellow NG members by provocatively mashing your own post into theirs?
If the former then STOP putting carets (">") at the START of EVERY LINE.
CARETS = PREVIOUS POST
i.e.
ONE CARET: ">" = ONE PREVIOUS POST
TWO CARETS ">>" = TWO PREVIOUS POSTS... more »
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Queen Elizabeth's spy network
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I believe I read, that some records were kept by the spy network of Queen Elizabeth, and if so, what sorts of records exist?
marc
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