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women and what men really want
One argument that will never be satisfactorily resolved concerns the rival claims of nature and nurture as cause for villainy. Are villains, like poets, born and not made? Nature and nurture must both have a part to play, and there … Continue reading
SOMETIMES ITS BETTER TO FORGET
Not every man is a legend in his own time but Giacomo Casanova (1724-1798) achieved legendary status well before his death, living long enough to be a “consultant’ on the first production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni. Soldier, scholar, lawyer, physician, … Continue reading
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MORE THAN DANDY, RANDY and EYE CANDY
”Generous to a fault, Casanova plied his lovers with money and expensive gifts, whether or not he could afford it. And his generosity did not stop at the bedroom door. He understood the intricacies of the female orgasm, believed that … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur Machen, Arthur Symons, Ben Crawford, Ben Crawford The New York Times, Casanova, Casanova Syndrome, Count Waldstein, Denis Diderot, Fragonard, Franz Liszt, Gerald Mendelsohn, Giacomo Casanova, Havelock Ellis, Haverlock Ellis, Heath Ledger, Hector Berlioz, Ian Kelly, Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, Jean Laforgue, John Mallard William Turner, Judith Summers, Kitty Fisher, Lady Harrington, Laura Clifford, Lennard J. Davis, Lorenzo Da Ponte, Marianne Faithfull, Niccolo Paganini, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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