"How posterity will laugh at us one way or the other! If half a dozen break their necks, and Balloonism is exploded, we shall be called fools for having imagined it could be brought to use. If it should be turned to account, we shall be ridiculed for having doubted."
See, Walpole gets it.
"How posterity will laugh at us one way or the other! If half a dozen break their necks, and Balloonism is exploded, we shall be called fools for having imagined it could be brought to use. If it should be turned to account, we shall be ridiculed for having doubted."
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World Book Day meme
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rushthatspeaks. The book I am currently reading: Ambrose Bierce, Shadows of Blue and Grey. From Grandpa's collection.… -
More Princess Bride references than I planned.
So hi. I haven't been posting much lately because I have either a) been doing other things or b) been collapsing after the doing of other things. And…
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Onwards, Teb. Also, it's like a Martian talking to a Fungo, but I'm still not sure which is who.
I should know by now that "I am up to my elbows in dishwater" is not a good reason to fail to write something down. There was an insight into The…
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