Alison
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“And he supposes me travell’d to Poland;
For so I have strew’d it in the common ear,
And so it is receiv’d.”
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For so I have strew’d it in the common ear,
And so it is receiv’d.”
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December 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
“And he supposes me travell’d to Poland;
For so I have strew’d it in the common ear,
And so it is receiv’d.”
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For so I have strew’d it in the common ear,
And so it is receiv’d.”
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“Nay, not as one would say, healthy;
but so sound as things that are hollow: thy bones are hollow; impiety has made a feast of thee.”
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but so sound as things that are hollow: thy bones are hollow; impiety has made a feast of thee.”
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December 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“Nay, not as one would say, healthy;
but so sound as things that are hollow: thy bones are hollow; impiety has made a feast of thee.”
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but so sound as things that are hollow: thy bones are hollow; impiety has made a feast of thee.”
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“What figure of us, think you, he will bear?
For you must know, we have with special soul
Elected him our absence to supply;
Lent him our terror, dressed him with our love,
And given his deputation all the organs
Of our own pow’r. What think you of it?”
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For you must know, we have with special soul
Elected him our absence to supply;
Lent him our terror, dressed him with our love,
And given his deputation all the organs
Of our own pow’r. What think you of it?”
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December 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
“What figure of us, think you, he will bear?
For you must know, we have with special soul
Elected him our absence to supply;
Lent him our terror, dressed him with our love,
And given his deputation all the organs
Of our own pow’r. What think you of it?”
#thebard_problemplays
For you must know, we have with special soul
Elected him our absence to supply;
Lent him our terror, dressed him with our love,
And given his deputation all the organs
Of our own pow’r. What think you of it?”
#thebard_problemplays
December 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
“What figure of us, think you, he will bear?
For you must know, we have with special soul
Elected him our absence to supply;
Lent him our terror, dressed him with our love,
And given his deputation all the organs
Of our own pow’r. What think you of it?”
#thebard_problemplays
For you must know, we have with special soul
Elected him our absence to supply;
Lent him our terror, dressed him with our love,
And given his deputation all the organs
Of our own pow’r. What think you of it?”
#thebard_problemplays
Anthony Powell, Writer, #BornOnThisDay in 1905, in Westminster, London
“Literature illuminates life only for those to whom books are a necessity.” (‘The Valley of Bones’)
📸 Antony Armstrong-Jones (January 16, 1978)
“Literature illuminates life only for those to whom books are a necessity.” (‘The Valley of Bones’)
📸 Antony Armstrong-Jones (January 16, 1978)
December 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
“Sir Valentine,
Thou art a gentleman, and well deriv’d;
Take thou thy Silvia, for thou hast deserv’d her.”
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Thou art a gentleman, and well deriv’d;
Take thou thy Silvia, for thou hast deserv’d her.”
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December 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“Sir Valentine,
Thou art a gentleman, and well deriv’d;
Take thou thy Silvia, for thou hast deserv’d her.”
#twogents_2025
Thou art a gentleman, and well deriv’d;
Take thou thy Silvia, for thou hast deserv’d her.”
#twogents_2025
December 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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December 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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“Amen, amen! go on, good Eglamour,
Out at the postern by the abbey-wall;
I fear I am attended by some spies.”
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Out at the postern by the abbey-wall;
I fear I am attended by some spies.”
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December 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
“Amen, amen! go on, good Eglamour,
Out at the postern by the abbey-wall;
I fear I am attended by some spies.”
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Out at the postern by the abbey-wall;
I fear I am attended by some spies.”
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“I will not look upon your master’s lines:
I know they are stuff’d with protestations,
And full of new-found oaths; which he will break,
As easily as I do tear his paper.”
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I know they are stuff’d with protestations,
And full of new-found oaths; which he will break,
As easily as I do tear his paper.”
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December 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM
“I will not look upon your master’s lines:
I know they are stuff’d with protestations,
And full of new-found oaths; which he will break,
As easily as I do tear his paper.”
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I know they are stuff’d with protestations,
And full of new-found oaths; which he will break,
As easily as I do tear his paper.”
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“Go, get thee hence, and find my dog again,
Or ne’er return again into my sight.
Away, I say: Stay’st thou to vex me here?”
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Or ne’er return again into my sight.
Away, I say: Stay’st thou to vex me here?”
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December 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
“Go, get thee hence, and find my dog again,
Or ne’er return again into my sight.
Away, I say: Stay’st thou to vex me here?”
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Or ne’er return again into my sight.
Away, I say: Stay’st thou to vex me here?”
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“O, ‘t is a foul thing when a cur cannot keep himself in all companies!”
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December 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
“O, ‘t is a foul thing when a cur cannot keep himself in all companies!”
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“Thyself hast lov’d; and I have heard thee say,
No grief did ever come so near thy heart
As when thy lady and thy true love died,
Upon whose grave thou vow’dst pure chastity.”
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No grief did ever come so near thy heart
As when thy lady and thy true love died,
Upon whose grave thou vow’dst pure chastity.”
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December 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
“Thyself hast lov’d; and I have heard thee say,
No grief did ever come so near thy heart
As when thy lady and thy true love died,
Upon whose grave thou vow’dst pure chastity.”
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No grief did ever come so near thy heart
As when thy lady and thy true love died,
Upon whose grave thou vow’dst pure chastity.”
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“Then to Sylvia let us sing,
That Sylvia is excelling;
She excels each mortal thing,
Upon the dull earth dwelling:
To her let us garlands bring.”
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That Sylvia is excelling;
She excels each mortal thing,
Upon the dull earth dwelling:
To her let us garlands bring.”
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December 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“Then to Sylvia let us sing,
That Sylvia is excelling;
She excels each mortal thing,
Upon the dull earth dwelling:
To her let us garlands bring.”
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That Sylvia is excelling;
She excels each mortal thing,
Upon the dull earth dwelling:
To her let us garlands bring.”
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“Come, go with us, we’ll bring thee to our crews,
And show thee all the treasure we have got;
Which, with ourselves, all rest at thy dispose.”
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And show thee all the treasure we have got;
Which, with ourselves, all rest at thy dispose.”
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December 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
“Come, go with us, we’ll bring thee to our crews,
And show thee all the treasure we have got;
Which, with ourselves, all rest at thy dispose.”
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And show thee all the treasure we have got;
Which, with ourselves, all rest at thy dispose.”
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“Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you;
If not, we’ll make you sit, and rifle you.”
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If not, we’ll make you sit, and rifle you.”
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December 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
“Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you;
If not, we’ll make you sit, and rifle you.”
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If not, we’ll make you sit, and rifle you.”
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“Even now about it: I will pardon you.”
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December 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
“Even now about it: I will pardon you.”
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Speed: “Item, She doth talk in her sleep.”
Launce: “It’s no matter for that, so she sleep not in her talk”
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Launce: “It’s no matter for that, so she sleep not in her talk”
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December 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Speed: “Item, She doth talk in her sleep.”
Launce: “It’s no matter for that, so she sleep not in her talk”
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Launce: “It’s no matter for that, so she sleep not in her talk”
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“Thus, for my duty’s sake, I rather chose
To cross my friend in his intended drift,
Than, by concealing it, heap on your head
A pack of sorrows, which would press you down,
Being unprevented, to your timeless grave.”
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To cross my friend in his intended drift,
Than, by concealing it, heap on your head
A pack of sorrows, which would press you down,
Being unprevented, to your timeless grave.”
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December 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
“Thus, for my duty’s sake, I rather chose
To cross my friend in his intended drift,
Than, by concealing it, heap on your head
A pack of sorrows, which would press you down,
Being unprevented, to your timeless grave.”
#twogents_2025
To cross my friend in his intended drift,
Than, by concealing it, heap on your head
A pack of sorrows, which would press you down,
Being unprevented, to your timeless grave.”
#twogents_2025
“His words are bonds, his oaths are oracles;
His love sincere, his thoughts immaculate;
His tears, pure messengers sent from his heart”
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His love sincere, his thoughts immaculate;
His tears, pure messengers sent from his heart”
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December 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
“His words are bonds, his oaths are oracles;
His love sincere, his thoughts immaculate;
His tears, pure messengers sent from his heart”
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His love sincere, his thoughts immaculate;
His tears, pure messengers sent from his heart”
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“O, know’st thou not, his looks are my soul’s food?”
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December 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
“O, know’st thou not, his looks are my soul’s food?”
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“Thou shalt never get such a secret from me but by a parable.”
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December 2, 2025 at 11:05 AM
“Thou shalt never get such a secret from me but by a parable.”
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November 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
“A fine volley of words, gentlemen, and quickly shot off.”
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November 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM
“A fine volley of words, gentlemen, and quickly shot off.”
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