— Mary Anderson (1859 - 1940), American stage actress
This dress is amazing.
"The Snow Waste"
"Wilt thou chide love that is our second light/Because it shines upon him from my heart/Only a little less than upon thee?"
Always <3
They roamed the streets like lionesses (Elles erraient comme des lionnes).
From Histoire de la Révolution française (History of the French revolution) vol. 1, by Jules Michelet, Paris, 1869.
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My great grandmother, Irene Neville Reynolds (probably taken circa 1911). North Platte, Nebraska.
It has been going on a long time. 1913 or 2013. It doesn’t seem to matter sometimes. Sad.
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Alice Paul, Sept. 3, 1920.
Charlotte Brontë An extremely influential writer and just plain sexy
King Lear and the fool in a storm.
John Gilbert, from The brothers Dalziel, by George and Edward Dalziel, London, 1901.
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Bizarre Victorian fact of the day…
In England in 1849 a coin was issued which was given the nickname the ‘Graceless’ or ‘Godless’ florin. This was because unlike all previous coins it did not carry the traditional inscriptions D.G (Dei Gratia - By God’s Grace) and F.D (Fidei Defensor - Defender of the Faith). A virulent cholera epidemic during that year was blamed on the Godless Florin and as a result the coin was withdrawn from circulation.
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