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• A Sin of Omission in the Omission of Sin

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 153
  As I gradually work my way to the final chapters of Men, Women and Pianos , Arthur Loesser’s effort to cast a social history of life in both Europe and the United States around the role that the piano played in that social life, it occurred to me that there is a significant gap in his account of that role at ...
  5 days ago

• "Le bon Dieu est dans le détail."

  
  Blogut — Authority: 573
  “Le bon Dieu est dans le détail.” - Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880)
  6 days ago

• The Wuthering Expectations Best of 2009

  
  Wuthering Expectations — Authority: 465
  Three extra-large Humiliations were crossed off my list: Walden , The Scarlet Letter , and The Flowers of Evil , all highly rewarding.  Lets set those aside, though.  Some fleeting highlights: 1. Thoreau recommends the "rich sweet cider" of the frozen-thawed apple.  "Your jaws are the cider-press."  ("Wild ...
  1 week ago

• The Three Requirements for Happiness

  
  EppsNet: Notes from the Golden Orange — Authority: 137
  To be stupid, and selfish, and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness; though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless. — Gustave Flaubert
  2 weeks ago

• December 12 in history

  
  Homepaddock — Authority: 551
  On December 12: 627 Battle of Nineveh : A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II ’s Persian forces, commanded by General Rhahzadh . Heraclius and his son Heraclius Constantine on a Roman coin 1769 French explorer Jean François Marie de Surville first sights New ...
  2 weeks ago

• Daily Routines of Writers and Philosophers

  
  A Piece of Monologue: The Online Journal of Rhys Tranter — Authority: 125
  I have always been fascinated by the daily rituals and routines that govern peoples everyday lives. Daily Routines  has compiled a wide and varied selection of such rituals, taken from interviews and biographies of some of the worlds most distinguished writers and thinkers. It makes for fascinating reading - even ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Magnificent Mrs Tennant | Book review

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Miranda Seymour enjoys a detailed insight into the daunting life of a Victorian hostess Gertrude Tennant, a centenarian born in 1818, was one of those formidable 19th-century hostesses whose names surface today primarily due to their unremarkable encounters with other, more eminent, Victorians. Heavy-browed and ...
  5 weeks ago

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