tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post8598775878105108809..comments2024-03-25T14:54:55.289-04:00Comments on little augury: with my Body I thee worship, and with all my worldly Goods I thee endow.P.Gaye Tapp at Little Auguryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15115534755711063462noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-50484991031311797602012-06-20T22:46:37.017-04:002012-06-20T22:46:37.017-04:00Kaitlin-thanks for the comment. I am fascinated by...Kaitlin-thanks for the comment. I am fascinated by this lady-reminds me of myself a bit! I would love to here some of these pronouncements. Please touch base if you and NB are interested in sharing some of them. best, PGTP.Gaye Tapp at Little Auguryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115534755711063462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-87984429438308004172012-06-17T02:29:12.179-04:002012-06-17T02:29:12.179-04:00My husband Ninian Blackburn's great great step...My husband Ninian Blackburn's great great step granny! His mum had lots of tales about her interesting pronouncementsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15756709610312211140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-23315472006866397122012-03-15T11:26:50.619-04:002012-03-15T11:26:50.619-04:00Gaye, I do so agree with your bookish opinion—old ...Gaye, I do so agree with your bookish opinion—old is good, bios & memoirs even better. The Moseley book is a true find. I had a similar experience a few weeks ago in the used book “shop” (actually 1 shelf in the café) at Carnegie Library. I thought I saw a familiar face on the spine of a book. Indeed it was—Diana Cooper in her yachting cap, with her son John Julius Norwich, on the cover of his memoirs, Trying to Please (for a dollar!!) This week the latest order arrived from my favorite mail order source (ER Hamilton, Bookseller in CT) which included Ann Blainey’s dual bio of Adelaide and Fanny Kemble; the memoirs of Duc de St. Simon; Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years; Peeling the Onion, Gunter Grass’s memoirs; Dancing to the Precipice: Life Lucie de la Tour du Pin by Moorehead; and Watkins, The Gesualdo Hex, about the life of the mysterious Renaissance composer. So this has been my month for dipping into other people’s lives. Does it sometimes seem that the Dead are so much more interesting?Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07044021227952639108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-85379920552219132152012-03-14T08:06:30.400-04:002012-03-14T08:06:30.400-04:00The dowager Duchess' adoption of phrases from ...The dowager Duchess' adoption of phrases from mocking play, like her sister Nancy's, was very astutely "heard" by Dorothy Parker, too, and enjoyed a vigorous life in the drama and cinema of the 1930s, having become popular in American families of some interest in language. I believe there is importance in this, the enrichment of our resources by invention in any particular family. Few rhetorical things are more delightful than the incongruous superlative; the double-take elevates its aborption, and yet its proprietary quality carries a distinct modesty in the assertion. More proof that a gentle wit is an exercise in good manners, but of generosity, too. This posting is fundamentally important and I am very grateful to see it.Laurenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17972899387484460347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-74870822153400396152012-03-14T07:12:44.545-04:002012-03-14T07:12:44.545-04:00Un très beau portrait... Grâce à Dentelline, je dé...Un très beau portrait... Grâce à Dentelline, je découvre avec plaisir ce blog que je vais à présent m'empresser de parcourir...Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10410849750413677477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-32595429608524316412012-03-12T04:24:07.445-04:002012-03-12T04:24:07.445-04:00A great portrait of Mrs. Hammersley, and I think t...A great portrait of Mrs. Hammersley, and I think that Steer was right about the color of the bows. Blue would have been too distracting, and the white is more elegant.Parnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.com