Category Archives: miscellany
cancellation of the past
Just got an email from Amazon with “A new book by Benjamin Franklin” in the Subject field. True,The Art of Virtueis not really a book by Franklin, more like a collection of his various moral pieces, but it’s strange to … Continue reading
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survive another year
couldn’t resist the temptation (original at http://www.explosm.net/comics/2281/) happy new let’s just survive the year, everyone! yours, beggingscholler
Googlespeak
Was just looking for the full text of the “Act for punishment of rogues, vagabonds and sturdy beggars” (39 Eliz.) on Google, and the Revd. Spellchecker kindly suggested I might mean ‘study beggars’. A new term, I say, fresh out … Continue reading
