Daily FortunesFeb 25, 2013
The last thing one knows in constructing a work is what to...
The last thing one knows in constructing a work is what to put first.
-- Blaise Pascal
The Least Perceptive Literary Critic
The most important...
The Least Perceptive Literary Critic
The most important critic in our field of study is Lord Halifax. A
most individual judge of poetry, he once invited Alexander Pope round to
give a public reading of his latest poem.
Pope, the leading poet of his day,...
The Least Successful Collector
Betsy Baker played...
The Least Successful Collector
Betsy Baker played a central role in the history of collecting. She
was employed as a servant in the house of John Warburton (1682-1759) who had
amassed a fine collection of 58 first edition plays, including most of the
works...
The lovely woman-child Kaa was mercilessly chained to the cruel...
The lovely woman-child Kaa was mercilessly chained to the cruel post of
the warrior-chief Beast, with his barbarian tribe now stacking wood at
her nubile feet, when the strong clear voice of the poetic and heroic
Handsomas roared, 'Flick your Bic, crisp that chick,...
The lunatic, the lover, and the poet,
Are of imagination...
The lunatic, the lover, and the poet,
Are of imagination all compact...
-- Wm. Shakespeare, "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
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