Frightened Actress Malibran Faces Her Father’s Demands
T P s Weekly recounts Malibran the remarkable singer and actress who faced a brutal demand from her father Garcia at age sixteen to perform Otello with six days notice. Her terror, the staged struggle, and her later escape reveal a rare talent for losing herself in others emotions rather than acting.
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Forced to Eat Books and Manuscripts Across Ages
An Italian writer notes biblophagia as a curious cause of book destruction. Historical tales tell two papal delegates forced to eat a papal bull, a creditor’s note eaten after signing for debt, and others who swallowed manuscripts or pamphlets under threat, with varying torments and punishments.
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Verbal Chiropody and a Jest at a Child’s Name
A pastor visiting a parishioner asks the name of a bright wagon winner. The mother reveals the child is Cornelia but prefers Flia. The minister quips a joke about a painless extraction of a Corn, noting the name’s classic link to Lamb.
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Fifth Monarchy Men religious sect origins
The Fifth Monarchy Men formed during Charles I's era asserting that the four ancient empires Assyrian Persian Babylonian and Roman would be restored with a fifth monarchy led by Christ.
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