Disraeli Phrases Show Borrowed Wit Across Masters
A London Spectator writer lists Disraeli maxims and phrases that seem borrowed from predecessors such as Burke Swift Pope Cicero and Bolingbroke. The piece traces origins of statements like men of light and leading and stateswoman and cites echoes from Rogers Wilkes and Chesterfield.
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London Spectator
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Benecaa
Canning
Duke of Wellington
Vittoria
Shiel
House of Commons
Walter Scott
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Swift
Rogers
Wise doctor answers dumb birth question in old tale
An old lady asks why some children are born dumb. The doctor quips it is due to lacking speech as they enter the world. The tale is told to amuse, with a final laugh about education and words.
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Strand Mawasine
Conical heads and headbinding in Malekula culture
A historical note describes how egg shaped skulls in Haleiila and Malekula were linked to cultural practices. It explains the artificial conical head achieved by binding cords in infancy, comments on infant distress, and notes a woman with a sugar leaf shaped head who married a chief.
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Haleiila
Hebrides
Malekula
National Geographic Magazine
Testimony of Eyewitnesses on Snow Drifts
A quarrel among men in a mackintosh and a cinnamon beard centers on imagined snow drifts. One claims 600 feet high, another 900 feet deep. They argue about where the drifts were located and whether one exaggeration outdid the other.
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Chicago Tribune
Rossetti and Morris On Painting And Craft
Rossetti urged painting for all, saying books are only props for models. Morris embraced the craft, turning to painting and furniture decoration under Rossetti’s influence. A chair backs bore Morris poems, and one piece describes a deep sea fish lamp with a globular light attracting prey in a poetic, symbolic scene.
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Rossetti
Morris
Barbarossa
John Dory
Cor
London Saturday Review
Pig Bone Bracelets of New Hebrides Natives
The natives of the New Hebrides raise pigs for bracelets. They remove the upper canine teeth to allow the lower tusks to grow freely. The teeth spiral and often lie beside the root. rarely the tip circles the root. A complete pig tooth bracelet is highly valued and worn as a wrist ornament or worn on a string around the neck.
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New Hebrides
Pacific Ocean
What He Should Say The Washington preacher and football quips
A Washington Star fragment features a colored preacher asking what more to say after condemning sin and its penalty. A drowsy attendee urges him to end the service. Youth's Companion humor recounts a football tale about headgear and a broken nose.
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Washington
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