February 2011
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Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of...
– Thomas H. Huxley (1825-1895)
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dolly mopper. A womanizer (c.1880’s); ob.
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Television? The word is is half Latin and half Greek. No good can come of it.
– Charles Prestwich Scott Politician & writer (1846-1932)
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sticky-fingered. thievish; covetous. From c.1870
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edbuziak asked: Hello again... Nice car shot,but I think you have a typo! "Lester" Jaguar should be "Lister" ;-)
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to smash the teapot. To break one’s pledge of absistence: urban lower classes’ (-1909) ob. 2. To lose the priviledge of tea: prison c: from c.1880.
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It’s nice to be eccentric as one can do what one likes.
– Edward Bawden Artist (1982)
edbuziak asked: Salut - Your 1950s Glamor Girl illustration is actually initialed "DW" not "CW". The initials are never clear on his illustrations, but the artist's name was David Wright.
Regards, Ed.
Regards, Ed.
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The chief & most monstrous characteristic of our time is that the methods of...
– Eric Gill Typographer, sculptor, essayist (1882-1940)
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If I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend my life driving...
– Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
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If I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend my life driving...
– Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)