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earthquakes and lots of …bonking

Aftershocks. James Boswell’s infidelities. Henry Fielding. The general social and gaming scene of Georgian England from the royal family down to the masses. It was bawdy, it was bad, and despite the consternations of a William Hogarth it was so … Continue reading

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FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY STING LIKE A WASP

”Destined for a high-flown career in the church, he was inducted as a novice priest and introduced to the most influential people in the city, but the pleasures of Venice assailed him at every turn, and, as he later admitted, … Continue reading

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MARRIED TO TEMPTATION

”Marriage without love, is the Compleatest Misery in life. Besides, I must say, it is to me utterly unlawful, and entails a Curse upon the persons, as being wilfully perjured, invoking the Name of GOD to a falsehood, which is … Continue reading

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