Create accountLogin

Recent searches

No recent searches

Search options

Only available when logged in.
oslo.town is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
An online home for the people of Oslo, Norway 🇳🇴 but a gateway to the world.

Administered by:

Server stats:

228
active users

oslo.town: AboutStatusProfiles directoryPrivacy policy

Mastodon: AboutGet the appKeyboard shortcutsView source codev4.3.6

#literature

140 posts94 participants2 posts today
The Vulgar Tongue<p>DUNAKER. A stealer of cows and calves.</p><p>A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)</p><p>--<br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/dictionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictionaries</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/slang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slang</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span></p>
A Sweet Gentleman<p>Ok, hear me out on this one.<br>Dragons hoarding gold to sleep on it.</p><p>We assumed dragons are greedy bastards like us Humans.<br>BUT</p><p>When you're a creature with a mass of thousands of tons you need a bit more than memory foam to sleep comfortably don't you think?</p><p>Gold is a soft, ductile material, a good heat conductor (keeps you cool) and stays untarnished (perfect for century-long naps).<br>Nothing to do with greed, dragons just want a good mattress!</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dragon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dragon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/heroicFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heroicFantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sleep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sleep</span></a></p>
Stan Carey<p>"If only he had been able to think of her, he would not have needed to dream of her." —Samuel Beckett, Murphy</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/SamuelBeckett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SamuelBeckett</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IrishLit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IrishLit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IrishLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IrishLiterature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a></p>
The Vulgar Tongue<p>TO WADDLE. To go like a duck. To waddle out of Change alley as a lame duck; a term for one who has not been able to pay his gaming debts, called his differences, on the Stock Exchange, and therefore absents himself from it.</p><p>A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)</p><p>--<br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/dictionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictionaries</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/slang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slang</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span></p>
Project Gutenberg<p>"The strong man is strongest when alone."<br>Tell, Act I, sc. iii</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> in 1804.</p><p>The first performance of Friedrich Schiller's play Wilhelm Tell takes place at Weimar under the direction of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tell_(play)" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_</span><span class="invisible">Tell_(play)</span></a></p><p>William Tell at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2782" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">gutenberg.org/ebooks/2782</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/theatre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theatre</span></a></p>
Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág<p>In advance of the April <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/AtoZChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtoZChallenge</span></a> I wrote another blog post. This one is about the epics that have women heroes, but I won't include them in the series in April. </p><p>To read the list, and the reasons why, visit the blog:<br><a href="https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2025/03/womens-epics-to-z-stories-i-wont-be.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com</span><span class="invisible">/2025/03/womens-epics-to-z-stories-i-wont-be.html</span></a></p><p>(And if anyone has any suggestions for getting translations for some of these, that would be great 😉 )</p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/WomensEpics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensEpics</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/epics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epics</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>folklore</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/storytelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storytelling</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mythology</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/blogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
The Vulgar Tongue<p>QUICK AND NIMBLE. More like a bear than a squirrel. Jeeringly said to any one moving sluggishly on a business or errand that requires dispatch.</p><p>A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)</p><p>--<br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/dictionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictionaries</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/slang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slang</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span></p>
A Sweet Gentleman<p>Yesterday I read about Japan's sidewalks producing electricity through people walking on their tiles.</p><p>I was certain I read about it before and indeed, the French author Alphonse Allais had already thought of sidewalks using people's steps to produce electricity... in 1896!</p><p>Actually this guy predicted a number of future technology, always as a joke.<br>One more proof that science is nothing without imagination (and humor).</p><p><a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2008/12/21/editorials/walking-the-body-electric/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2008/</span><span class="invisible">12/21/editorials/walking-the-body-electric/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/green" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>green</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>Today is the Day of the Book Smugglers in <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Lithuania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lithuania</span></a>, commemorating those who evaded the 1864-1904 ban on Lithuanian-language books in the Russian Empire <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/lithuania/?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/travel/lithu</span><span class="invisible">ania/?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a></p>
Metin Seven 🎨<p>Interesting article about my all-time favorite writer, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe…</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/literary-genius-who-was-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thecollector.com/literary-geni</span><span class="invisible">us-who-was-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe</span></a></p><p><a href="https://graphics.social/tags/goethe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>goethe</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/read" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>read</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/article" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>article</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>"He exits, pursued by a bear."<br>- William Shakespeare, "The Winter's Tale" (Act 3, Scene 3)</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ShakespeareSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShakespeareSunday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BookChatWeekly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookChatWeekly</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHaunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>31DaysofHaunting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Literature</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Theatre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Theatre</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Theater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Theater</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Book</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Shakespeare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shakespeare</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WilliamShakespeare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WilliamShakespeare</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WintersTale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WintersTale</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Bear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bear</span></a></p>
The Vulgar Tongue<p>BINGO. Brandy or other spirituous liquor. Cant.</p><p>A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)</p><p>--<br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/dictionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictionaries</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/slang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slang</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>Alasdair Maclean’s NIGHT FALLS ON ARDNAMURCHAN (1984) was his only full-length prose work. Hilary Mantel called it </p><p>“…a book like an animated shipping forecast… You hear the ocean and the voice of a salt-laden gale in this sharp, thoughtful, eloquent memoir, which is specific yet not parochial, romantic, reflective, and yet grittily acquainted with the realities of life on the margin.”</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://birlinn.co.uk/product/night-falls-on-ardnamurchan-2/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">birlinn.co.uk/product/night-fa</span><span class="invisible">lls-on-ardnamurchan-2/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/memoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memoir</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/crofting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crofting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Ardnamurchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ardnamurchan</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>Sea and sky. Earth-bound as I am<br>I’ve never yet been able to decide<br>which one I like best…</p><p>—Alasdair Maclean, “Sea and Sky”<br>Published in IN THE WILDERNESS (Gollancz, 1973)</p><p>Alasdair Maclean (1926–1994) was born <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a>, 16 March.</p><p><a href="https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poet/alasdair-maclean/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/p</span><span class="invisible">oet/alasdair-maclean/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Ardnamurchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ardnamurchan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thcentury</span></a></p>
Project Gutenberg<p>Beyond “Dickensian”: 7 Quirky Words Created by Charles Dickens</p><p><a href="https://wordsmarts.com/dickensian-words/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wordsmarts.com/dickensian-word</span><span class="invisible">s/</span></a></p><p>Charles Dickens at PG</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/37" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/37</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a></p>
Project Gutenberg<p>"Il y a aujourd'hui trois cent quarante-huit ans six mois et dix-neuf jours que les parisiens s'éveillèrent au bruit de toutes les clochés sonnant à grande volée dans la triple enceinte de la Cité, de l'Université et de la Ville."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> in 1831.</p><p>Victor Hugo's historical romantic Gothic novel Notre-Dame de Paris, known in English as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, is published by Gosselin in Paris.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunchback_of_Notre-Dame" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunc</span><span class="invisible">hback_of_Notre-Dame</span></a></p><p>Notre-Dame de Paris at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/2610" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">gutenberg.org/ebooks/2610</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a></p>
Project Gutenberg<p>"No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> in 1850.</p><p>Nathaniel Hawthorne's historical novel The Scarlet Letter is published by William Ticknor and James T. Fields in Boston, Massachusetts, where it is set. It sells 2,500 copies in ten days.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scarlet_Letter" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scar</span><span class="invisible">let_Letter</span></a></p><p>The Scarlett Letter at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/33" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">gutenberg.org/ebooks/33</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a></p>
nuagezero<p>Catlit : pretty webpage about cat literature <br>(via naiveweekly) <br><a href="https://aidanquinlan.net/catlit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">aidanquinlan.net/catlit</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cats</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/catlit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>catlit</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/mastocats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastocats</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>H.P. Lovecraft died OTD in 1937; virtually visit where he lived in Brooklyn <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/usa/new-york-hp-lovecraft/?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/travel/usa/n</span><span class="invisible">ew-york-hp-lovecraft/?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/HPLovecraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HPLovecraft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/HPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HPL</span></a></p>
The Vulgar Tongue<p>BRIDGE. To make a bridge of any one's nose; to push the bottle past him, so as to deprive him of his turn of filling his glass; to pass one over. Also to play booty, or purposely to avoid winning.</p><p>A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)</p><p>--<br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/dictionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictionaries</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/slang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slang</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span></p>
ExploreLive feeds
About