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Word of the Day: Spang
Wodehouse auto-reblog.
spang \spang, adverb:
directly, exactly: The bullet landed spang on target.
He had been knocked spang out of his Keds.
— Stephen King, Different Seasons, 1983“And you say Stephanie has hidden this notebook in Daddy’s cow-cream?” “Plumb spang in the cow-creamer.”
— P.G. Wodehouse, The Code of the Woosters, 1938Spang is an Americanism of uncertain origin. It first entered English in the 1830s.
(via astudyinsherlockiana)
Color signatures of novels’ visual content by Jaz Parkinson. More. Looks like it may be possible to order prints, and even make requests!
(I just finished reading The Road and I can’t believe there is even THAT much color.)
(Source: jbphotookc)
Shakespeare USPS 5-cent stamp 1964 by fantomaster on Flickr.
Via Flickr:
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) postal stamp released in Stratford, CT on August 14, 1964. 123,245,000 issued.
I see that the fashion wears out more apparel than the man.
—Much Ado About Nothing, William Shakespeare (via gentlemansaccoutrements)
William Henry Ireland Shakespeare forgeries exhibit ticket (by Catablogger)
SHAKESPEARE, works (1913) Midsummer’s Night Dream on Flickr.
Via Flickr:
Fore-Edge Painting of Shakespeare and A Midsummer’s Night Dream
The Exile Bibliophile: Adventures in Book Collecting
Design idea for storing your curiosities.
Paul Contant’s Cabinet, from Les oeuvres de Jacques et Paul Contant père et fils…, (Poitiers, Julian Thoreau & la vefve d’Antoine Mesnier, 1628)
Illustrator John Falter grew up in a family of clothiers, and would create a series of novelty ties, some of which actually went into production. These sketches are currently on exhibit at the Nebraska Museum of History.
VintageInspiration
Beautifully remastered and edited footage of the Edwardian era in Britain & Ireland.
