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(PortSpa Fanfiction) Letters Written in 1808

Disclaimer: This is Hetalia fan fiction. I do not own anything.

Pairing: Portugal/Spain

For convenience, I use human names for nations in this fiction. Portugal is Pedro, Spain is Antonio, Arthur is England, Francis is France, and Miguel is Brazil. The story background is at the beginning of the Peninsular War (1807–1814). These letters are between Antonio, Pedro, and Arthur.

Special thanks to (in alphabetical order):

Portuguese beta reader: Alice

Portuguese and Spanish translator: BA

Spanish beta reader: soyuncalimero

English beta reader: shark

Madrid, 26 de marzo, 1808.

 Estimado Pedro:

 ¿Cómo te va recientemente? Ha sido un tiempo de inquietud, y espero que todo esté bien contigo. Se dice que antes de que el ejército de Bonaparte invadiera Lisboa, ya te habías ido con la familia real portuguesa a Brasil con éxito. Espero que esto sea verdad, porque el lejano Nuevo Mundo es mucho mejor que la península, golpeada por la guerra.

 Por favor, perdóname por haber perdido el contacto contigo por tanto tiempo, y cuando recibas esta carta, por favor, no te burles de un tonto como yo. Te escribo esta carta únicamente por dos razones: te ruego perdón, y quiero decirte cuánto te echo de menos. Debes odiarme inmensamente por unirme a Francis para invadir tu país. Éramos vecinos y hermanos, pero ahora nos hemos convertido en extraños y enemigos.

 Sin embargo, antes de enfadarte de tal manera que te haga lanzar esta carta al fuego, te suplico que sigas leyendo con paciencia, para que puedas entender el motivo por el cual te traicioné y me uní a Francis Bonnefoy. Tal vez aún recuerdes que hace dos años, en un baile de máscaras celebrado en el Palacio Real de Madrid, a pesar de que sólo tú habías sido invitado, trajiste a Arthur contigo. Ibas vestido como el rey inglés, Carlos II, y él como la princesa portuguesa Catarina de Braganza. Probablemente pienses que en el baile nadie os reconoció, pero ocurrió que yo también me vestí de reina (Isabel de Castilla), así que fui capaz de reconoceros inmediatamente entre la multitud. Sabía que siempre habías querido ser un gallardo caballero, así que me disfracé de mujer para ser tu pareja de baile y, al mismo tiempo, mantener a otras damas lejos de ti. No obstante, para mi gran decepción, fuiste acompañado por Arthur de principio a fin, y bailaste exclusivamente con él, ignorándome por completo. Al ver a mi viejo enemigo pretendiendo ser una chica del mismo modo que yo, con la diferencia de que él era capaz de acercarse a ti mientras yo no podía, me sentí mucho menos que tu "amigo para siempre" del otro lado del mar, aunque siempre había sido tu hermano vecino desde nacimiento.

 Esa noche, mi corazón se llenó de celos y frustración, lo que me hizo perder la cabeza. Corrí hacia un jardín, donde me encontré con Francis. Me consoló, criticando la ciega Diosa del Destino que suele elegir los amantes equivocados para las personas, porque tú y yo habíamos sido hechos el uno para el otro. Agregó que como este amante erróneo era su enemigo, él debía ayudarme a alejarte de Arthur. Por un tiempo, Francis fue ciertamente muy amable y fiel a mí. Además de ti, nunca he conocido a nadie que me entendiera tan bien y se preocupara de mi con todo su corazón. Finalmente, atraído por sus dulces palabras, acepté unirme a él.

 ¡Ay, qué tonto fui! Lloré mi corazón delante de él, porque no podía ganarme tu corazón. Fue la primera vez que mostré mi debilidad a alguien aparte de ti. Aun así, por esta inesperada excepción, acabé aprisionado en la trampa tendida por Francis. Hace dos días, el ejército francés asaltó Madrid; nuestro rey se vio obligado a abdicar, y creo que el hermano de Napoleón pronto llevará la corona española en su lugar. No es hasta ahora que al fin me doy cuenta de que, aunque Francis me había prometido su asistencia en ganar tu cuerpo y alma, lo único que deseba en realidad era la totalidad de la Península Ibérica — quiere una administración unificada del continente, para poder derrotar la nación al otro lado del Canal. Usando España como trampolín, Francia puede obtener Portugal sin mayor obstáculo. Era demasiado tarde para darme cuenta de que Francis no fue realmente amable conmigo, porque sólo tiene a Arthur en mente.

 Espero que estés en Brasil ahora. No te culparé aunque el pequeño Miguel esté ahora mismo en tus brazos, porque la situación en toda la Península es realmente terrible: las plagas y los desastres naturales están por todas partes; las personas no tienen alimentos que comer ni ropas que llevar; uno de los ejércitos era tan pobre que ni siquiera podía permitirse el suministro militar más básico, como un conjunto completo de uniformes. ¡A penas puedo imaginar lo difícil que debe ser tu vida si es que sigues en Lisboa! Lo más probable es que actúes como yo: a pesar de que sólo quede un pedazo de pan en casa, cuando veas niños hambrientos pasando por debajo de tu ventana, se lo darás sin dudarlo.

 Como naciones, no tenemos más remedio que estar siempre al lado de nuestro pueblo, porque la voluntad de la gente es nuestra propia voluntad. El pueblo español consideró al ejército francés como invasor cuando Murat asaltó Madrid, y creo que pronto las revueltas contra los franceses se extenderán por todo el país. Voy a unirme a mi gente para luchar contra Francis. En lo profundo de mi corazón, sé que me encuentro en un estado miserable para combatir, pero he decidido pelear con mi gente hasta el último suspiro. No te preocupes por mí, Pedro — soy una nación, no caeré fácilmente.

 Si realmente has leído mi carta hasta el final, entonces gracias a Dios, espero que ahora hayas entendido las verdaderas razones por las que te he traicionado e invadido Portugal. Sinceramente ruego por tu perdón, si no, me mataré por las tonterías que he hecho. Sabes, la causa de todos estos eventos es porque te quiero tantísimo que no quiero que nadie te aleje de mí. ¿Estás sorprendido por mi repentina confesión? Después de todo, desde el final de la Unión Ibérica, nunca te he llamado mi "hermano", y nunca me has reconocido como tu "irmão". Sin embargo, siempre he sido capaz de sentir el vínculo entre tú y yo que hace que mi vida no pueda prescindir de ti, y en un momento tan vital, me hace extrañarte incluso más.

 Mi querido hermano, por favor perdóname.

 Cordiales saludos,

 Antonio.

 P.S. Por favor, envía mis saludos a Miguel y hazle saber que le ruego que te mantenga en Brasil. Puedo manejar la situación en la Península solo.

  Lisboa, 3 de Abril de 1808

 Caro António,

 Acabei de ler a sua carta. Na verdade, eu estive sempre em Lisboa nestes últimos dias. Felizmente, o carteiro é um conhecido meu, caso contrário a sua carta teria circunavegado o mundo antes de me ter alcançado.

É verdade que já não nos contactamos há muito tempo. Não é de admirar que você não saiba muita coisa sobre o meu paradeiro e que eu pouco saiba da sua situação atual. Fiquei surpreendido quando me contou na sua carta o quão miserável está mas já que teve algum tempo para me escrever e mostrar que tem saudades minhas e que sente a minha falta, não acho estará assim tão mal. Tem de aguentar. Encontrarei uma solução.

Infelizmente, não me deu outra alternativa a não ser ter de o perdoar. Nem toda a gente tem a pouca sorte de ter um irmão mais novo tão parvo como você.

 Sinceros cumprimentos,

Pedro

    Lisbon, April 3rd, 1808.

 Dear Arthur,

 How are you? Is the weather in England getting better? Spring has arrived earlier than Easter in Lisbon, but I have no mood, or rather, no place for flower appreciation. Last time when you visited me, you told me that you liked the golden daffodils in my backyard, for they reminded you of William Wordsworth’s poem. However, I was unable to keep them for you. This year, shortly before the flowers could come out, I gave the daffodils including their roots to hungry street urchins. Please forgive my messy handwriting, for I cannot resist my hand from shaking when I am writing this letter. I cannot continue describing the terrible situation in Lisbon after it has been occupied by Napoleon’s army. What makes me even more worried is the worse situation in Spain.

 Just now, I received a letter from Antonio. Although Antonio and I are brothers and neighbours, out of a misunderstanding, we had lost contact for a long time. Yet now he has got off his high horse to write to me for my forgiveness, which means that the threat is hanging over his head. In his letter, he frankly admitted his faults: he desired me so much that he was caught into cunning Francis’ trap. He finally realized that Francis’ true purpose is not to help him to gain me, but to occupy the whole Iberian Peninsula. Once the whole Continent is under the control of France, Francis will obtain enough power to defeat you. As for the final purpose of Francis, I have never doubted, for, as far as I know, he has been always against you.

 And now my little Brother is badly hurt. Last week, Madrid was invaded by the French army, the King was forced to abdicate, and Spain is enslaved by France. Antonio told me that Spain had already been tortured by plagues and natural disasters for many years, economy was severely damaged, people are without food and clothes, and yet what little is left is pillaged by the French army. My Brother stands with his people, trying desperately to fight against their enemy. Nonetheless, they cannot even afford a set of military uniform, let alone guns and cannons.

 Arthur, my dear Friend, you have brothers too. Even though frictions could hardly be avoided among family members who live together under the same roof, family members are family members after all. If we do not love our family, we are incapable of loving others too. Antonio and I are not merely brothers, but also twins. Believe it or not, we have telepathy since birth. No matter how far away, I can somehow sense both his pleasure and pain. When we were small children, one day Antonio broke his leg, and I was able to feel his pain from miles away, which made me unable to walk for a whole month. Now my writing hand is shaking again--Antonio must have been injured in the battle of Madrid against the French. He did not tell me about his injury less I might get worried, but he can never conceal anything from me. I have only Antonio as my twin Brother--I am Antonio, he is always in my mind--if I lose him, I will lose my own being.

 Even if you do not sympathize with my Brother for the sake of our ‘forever alliance,’ please think about yourself: if the power of France continues to spread all over Europe, it would be too late to sustain him. Since the beginning of this year, the Spaniards all over the country have shown their courage and competence in the fierce battles against French invaders, many of them having witnessed the return of the brave Antonio during the Age of Discovery. Being the brother who understands him best, I believe Antonio will defeat Francis, and turn all the French invaders away from the Peninsula. Such future will surely be realized. What he is in need is just a little help from a foreign friend in the aspects of human resource and finance, for even King Arthur cannot win a battle without the aid of his Knights of the Table Round, and Spain needs help to face such a strong enemy.

 Dear Arthur, I know that my little Brother had offended you before, it was all due to his childishness and thoughtlessness. Please, for my own sake, forgive and help my poor little Brother. All he needs is just a little help, and I promise you that he will win the war against France. My dear old Friend, you are the only one that I can rely upon, otherwise I can find no solution for helping him.

 I can only send some small gifts to you in a hurry. I will pay your kindness wholeheartedly in the near future.

 Looking forward to your reply.

  Yours sincerely,

 Pedro

  London, April 10th, 1808.

 My dear Pedro,

 Thank you very much for your letter and your gifts. I appreciate Portuguese wine--they are always with high quality. And the painting, titled ‘Allegory to the allegiance between Portugal, England and Spain,’ is stunningly beautiful. Aren’t there three of us in this picture?

 The English weather is still bad, not suitable for a stroll on the seaside at all. In London, it was sunny in the early morning, but when I went out, it suddenly hailed, making passers-by scurry into shops--this was quite ridiculous. The English enjoy talking weathers, for the English weather is too bad, and therefore we all long for warm and sunny places. For me, Portugal is the heaven on earth. During the long, cold winter, every time when I think of the soft golden sand in Lagos, my heart will be filled with comfort and pleasure. What makes me miss Portugal even more is the delicious food you usually make for me: I could sail for Portugal anytime only for food.

 However, after reading your letter, I suddenly realized that everything is past. I can hardly imagine that my chef and old Friend has nothing to eat, and his beautiful homeland is destroyed by war. It saddens me deeply.

 You asked me to help your Brother, which I accept, but I have a condition: you must let me help you first. For I know, your situation is no better than your Brother’s. Your King abandoned you to escape to Brazil, which means the Portuguese administration is shifted from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro, and you become Miguel’s colony. You asked me to save Antonio instead of worrying yourself--I totally understand how much you love him, even though you always deny it. However, this time, I really worry about you--please let me help liberate Portugal from that villain.

 In addition, if England wants to fight battles on the Continent, the English army must have a standing point first. Please allow our army to land on Portugal so that we can proceed to a larger battle.

 I am going to discuss the plan further with Duke Wellington. I will write to you later.

  Yours faithfully,

 Arthur

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Quotes for Friday July 28,2017

Ability quotes Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.--John Henry Newman Ability is of little account without opportunity.--Napoleon Bonaparte Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.--Lou Holtz Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.–-John Wooden Ability without honor is useless.--Marcus Tullius Cicero All of us are, to some extent, victims of what we are. We are not limited by our imaginations, but by our ability to do what we imagine. We are not too often limited by our abilities as much as by circumstances. And we are not as often limited by our circumstances as much as by the lack of the will to respond.--Dee Bowman (That's Life!) Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.--Norman Vincent Peale Creativity is essentially a lonely art. An even lonelier struggle. To some a blessing. To others a curse. It is in reality the ability to reach inside yourself and drag forth from your very soul an idea.--Lou Dorfsman Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.--Roy L. Smith Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.--John Wooden Every man is born with the ability to do something well. This is what the Lord intended him to do. Using that ability - what life is all about.--Gracie Allen ~~~~~~ Beauty quotes Beauty I have learned from the ugly, charity from the unkind, and peace from the turmoil of the world.--Frederick Ward Kates Beauty is at once the ultimate principle and the highest aim of art.--Goethe Beauty is at the heart of God, and the beauty that we see — and even create — is like the trailing wake from God's hand across the ocean of the universe. This is why, in attending to beauty, we become open to the mystery of God.--Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki Beauty is everywhere to he or she who would behold it. When God reigns supreme in the consciousness of man, the tiniest blade of grass speaks of God's beauty.--Frater Achad Beauty is God's handwriting.--Charles Kingsley Beauty is in the heart of the beholder.--Al Bernstein Beauty is no quality in things themselves: it exists merely in the mind which contemplates them.--David Hume ("Of the Standard of Taste" Four Dissertations) Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.--Khalil Gibran Beauty is one of the rare things that do not lead to doubt of God.--Jean Anouilh (Becket) ~~~~~ Christianity quotes In a world full of people who couldn't care less, be someone who cares more. ~Author Unknown ~ Be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud. ~Maya Angelou~ Don’t let those who take advantage of your generosity stop you from being generous. ~Author Unknown ~ The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.~Edmund Burke~ "Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are." - -John Wooden We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak. ~Epictetus~ Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out. ~Frank A. Clark~ By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach. ~Winston Churchill You cannot do a kindness too soon for you never know how soon it will be too late. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson~ You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you. ~John Wooden~ ~~~~~~ Encouragemennt quotes The pessimist borrows trouble; the optimists lend encouragement.--William Arthur Ward Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up.--John C. Maxwell Set your sights high, the higher the better. Expect the most wonderful things to happen, not in the future but right now. Realize that nothing is too good. Allow absolutely nothing to hamper you or hold you up in any way.--Eileen Caddy Shout praise, whisper blame. Sow encouragement, reap enthusiasm.--Michael Rawls Sometimes the best helping hand you can give is a good, firm push.--Joann Thomas Taking an interest in what others are thinking and doing is often a much more powerful form of encouragement than praise.--Robert Martin That's what's wrong with the world--people don't compliment other people enough. They would change the world if they did.--Sister Gervase (in What is a Calling? by Novak) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kindness quotes kindness and love are the best parts of a person's life. Seneca Wherever there is a human being, there is a chance for a kindness. James M. Barrie Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others, cannot keep it from themselves. Harold Kushner When you carry out acts of kindness you get a wonderful feeling inside. It is as though something inside your body responds and says, yes, this is how I ought to feel. Barbara De Angelis Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver. William Wordsworth That best portion of a good man's life; his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. George Sand Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness. Cicero There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness. ~~~~~~~~~~~ Zig Ziglar quotes Every choice you make has an end result. Don't become a wandering generality. Be a meaningful specific. Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude. You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win. Remember that failure is an event, not a person. People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily. If you don't see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner. It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.

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Dancing with the Daffodils

Dancing with the daffodils more or less is my life motto. During our English literature class we encountered a poem by William Wordsworth. The poem was called ‘Daffodils’. I may be wrong, but I think we were discussing romantic poetry that day. I almost immediately forgot the poem as soon as the class was over, however those two last sentences stuck with me. ’And then my heart with pleasure fills. And dances with the Daffodils.’ I really liked those sentences. Not for the meaning of the words, but because it sounded beautiful. Romantic even. It was like admiring a painting because of its colors rather than for what it portrays. Some years later I came across a shop that sold the most beautiful notebooks I had ever seen. And no this is not some exaggeration, it is true, those notebooks are gorgeous. They were also rather expensive, so that limited my choices to the sale section. Among those, I found a little blue notebook. Not too big, not too small. It was lined with gold and text was stamped into the cover. Also there was a big signature on it. On the sticker it said that it was a letter of mister Wordsworth in which he mentions his poem ‘Daffodils’. I have to assume this is true, for the handwriting is undecipherable. I experienced a flashback to my English classes and soon after made the decision that this notebook would be the one to go home with me. Back at home it seemed only to make sense to dedicate the first pages of the notebook to mr. Wordsworth’s poem. I googled the poem, printed it and copied it into the notebook. Now that I read the poem again, I kind of fell in love with it. I really like photography, both enjoying looking at photos and taking them. I especially love photos of nature. Impressive mountains, vast lakes, misty mornings and stunning sunsets. And here was this poem that was like looking at the most beautiful photo. A photo that was created not with a camera, but by words. I loved it, and so it deserved a special place of honor at our toilet (yeah, do not even ask. The poem is still there, right next to our birthday calender). I wandered lonely as a Cloud That floats on high o'er vales and Hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden Daffodils; Beside the Lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:- A Poet could not but be gay In such a jocund company: I gazed—and gazed—but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude, And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the Daffodils.

The notebook eventually was given a purpose. Every evening, before going to bed, I would write down the day and date followed by what made me happy that day. It turned out that it often were the small things. Laughing with colleagues, watching the sunset, unexpected daytrips. The small and  unexpected soon filled my little notebook of happiness. It was only later that I realized how much the purpose of the notebook suited the poem that was written on the first two pages. The poem describes such a normal scene. A bunch of flowers somewhere in a field next to the water. However, the poem makes it seem as if those 'bunch of flowers’ are the most magical thing ever to happened to him. Only afterwards he realized how beautiful it was and happy it made him.

As I am writing this I should actually be writing my dissertation. However, I feel like there is no better moment to write this than now. Currently with all the stress of an internship, dissertation and a student job in the evenings/weekend, I keep feeling like I have no time left to enjoy life a little more. In those moments when I feel stressed out, I try to focus on those small things that make me smile, the small things that I enjoy. The small things that make me happy, but that are so easily overlooked. Once I received a little note block from my aunt. The block was put inside a little cover with a text on it. The text said (literally translated) “Let many small things make your day great.” Back then I never realized that it is indeed a combination, a accumulation of the small things that make me such a happy and positive person. I try as much as I can to consciously experience those little moments and consciously enjoy those little things. And to me, that is exactly what the poem by Wordsworth is about. In time, dancing with the daffodils has unconsciously become my life motto. And this blog, this blog is just an electronic, online version of that little blue notebook. It is a way to stand still in the middle of the chaos that life sometimes can be and focus on the many small things that I enjoy in my everyday life.

#daffodils #blog #happiness #poem #little things #william wordsworth #wordsworth #literature #poetry

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Quotes for Wednesday January 4,2017

God quotes God doesn't owe us anything- yet in His grace, He still gives us good things. - Billy Graham Only God can fully satisfy the hungry heart of man." - Hugh Black "The world will never starve for want of wonders." - Gilbert Keith Chesterton "Beauty is God's handwriting." - Charles Kingsley Our God is at home with the rolling spheres, And at home with broken hearts." - M. P. Ferguson "If God shuts one door, he opens another." - Irish Proverb God loves you just the way you are, but he refuses to leave you that way.  He wants you to be just like Jesus." - Max Lucado ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hope quotes Submitted by Louise E. Johnson It takes courage to have hope. Martin Luther Everything that is done in the world is done by hope. Norman Cousins The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started. Samuel Smiles Hope is the companion of power, and mother of success; for who so hopes strongly has within him the gift of miracles. Ovid My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope. Aristotle Hope is a waking dream. Terence While there's life, there's hope. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kindness quotes Seneca Wherever there is a human being, there is a chance for a kindness. James M. Barrie Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others, cannot keep it from themselves. Harold Kushner When you carry out acts of kindness you get a wonderful feeling inside. It is as though something inside your body responds and says, yes, this is how I ought to feel. Barbara De Angelis Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver. William Wordsworth That best portion of a good man's life; his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ability quotes Ability will never catch up with the demand for it. Geoffrey Gaberino The real contest is always between what you've done and what you're capable of doing. You measure yourself against yourself and nobody else. Robert Half There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe  Our work is the presentation of our capabilities. Ralph Waldo Emerson Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. Andrew Carnegie  No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor. Francis Bacon  Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study. Red Auerbach  Just do what you do best. Zig Ziglar You are the only person on earth who can use your ability. Stevie Wonder We all have ability. The difference is how we use it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Achievement quotes Whatsoever the mind has ordained for itself, it has achieved. Seneca I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement.  Ovid Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit. Napoleon Hill The hardest thing is to get started, but the really hardest thing is to finish. Yogi Berra ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Adventure quotes Johann Friedrich Von Schiller  Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing. David Grayson  Adventure is not outside man; it is within. G. K. Chesterton An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered. Laurence Sterne A large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by him who interests his heart in everything. Lucius Annaeus Seneca One should count each day a separate life. Robert F. Kennedy  Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

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Dove Cottage, Museum at Wordsworth Grasmere

Dove Cottage Lake District building, Museum at Wordsworth Grasmere Architecture, Photo, Architects

Dove Cottage & Museum at Wordsworth Grasmere

14 Sep 2020

Dove Cottage, Wordsworth’s former Lake District home

Exhibition, interpretation & wayfinding: Nissen Richards Studio ; Basebuild architect: Purcell

Nissen Richards Studio creates new interpretation for Dove Cottage and the Museum at Wordsworth Grasmere,

together with branding, wayfinding, graphic and exhibition design

As part of Reimagining Wordsworth, the 2020 celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the birth of the great English Romantic poet, William Wordsworth, Wordsworth Grasmere has unveiled the first phase of a re-imagined visitor journey at Dove Cottage, Wordsworth’s former Lake District home. The newly-expanded Museum on the site, showcasing many of Wordsworth’s original manuscripts, will open in spring 2021 in a second phase of the project. Exhibition design and interpretative overview throughout is by Nissen Richards Studio whilst, in a separate commission, Nissen Richards Studio has also created a new Wordsworth Grasmere identity, encompassing all aspects of the site under the aegis of its governing charitable body, The Wordsworth Trust.

‘Reimagining Wordsworth is a celebration of people, poetry and place, of great literature, created by remarkable people in an inspirational landscape. By reimagining who we are, what we do and what we offer, we are bringing Wordsworth’s story into the 21st century and reaching out to a broader audience. Our new name – Wordsworth Grasmere – reflects this transformation, and the fundamental importance of our location’, Michael McGregor, Director of The Wordsworth Trust commented.

The Wordsworth Trust and Dove Cottage

The Wordsworth Trust was originally set up in the late 19th century, when Dove Cottage, William Wordsworth’s home from 1799 -1808, came up for sale. The cottage has always been associated with Wordsworth, as the place he wrote his most famous poems. The poet also lived in several other Cumbrian locations, including Cockermouth, where he was born in 1770; Allan Bank near Grasmere, where he moved directly after Dove Cottage and Rydal Mount near Ambleside, where Wordsworth lived from 1813 up until his death in 1850 at the age 80.

The Scope of Works

When Dove Cottage was originally purchased, the on-site museum was located within a single room of the cottage. More land and buildings were subsequently acquired and the site now encompasses Dove Cottage, the Museum and the Jerwood Centre, created at the turn of the millennium and housing a world-class collection of Wordsworth manuscripts – as well as a number of supporting buildings, gardens and a car park.

The Museum, located in a former coach house, will re-open in phase two of the project. Nissen Richards Studio has created the interpretative approach that has shaped the site and the exhibition design throughout. The overall brief to Nissen Richards Studio was to create Wordsworth Grasmere’s new exhibition design and interpretation, wayfinding and signage, including some elements of interior design, as well as branding, graphics and the art-direction of most of the project’s AV elements, including films by renowned documentary-maker Nick Street and sound designs by specialist sound designer Carolyn Downing.

The new wayfinding system devised by Nissen Richards Studio for the site uses panels of local slate, with slate-clad metal frames for larger, freestanding pieces. The wayfinding wording is an etched and ink-filled graphic in a Soleil Regular typeface, accompanied where necessary by images from a grid of consistent and easily-comprehensible pictograms. These will allow instant interpretation by the hugely-international range of visitors Wordsworth Grasmere attracts, with the pictograms indicating, for example, visiting times, walking distances, closed areas and rain- and sunshine-friendly paths.

The Refurbishment of Dove Cottage

A number of changes had been made to Dove Cottage since Wordsworth’s time, incorporating both furniture from later in his life and a number of fitted fixtures from a later period. Part of the new project’s scope was to strip back any furniture that felt out of place in order to create a more honest treatment for the Grade-I-listed cottage.

‘Our approach to the design’, Nissen Richards Studio Director Pippa Nissen explained, ‘was not to replicate the original state, but to intimate and evoke its past history. New furniture, commissioned from local craftsmen with specialist historic knowledge, has been built in the style of the period and now sits alongside real, surviving furniture. An object-based treatment – including a wonderful resource from the period in the form of Dorothy Wordsworth’s Grasmere journal – has been combined with film and sound design commissions to suggest a lived-in and humble home, where extraordinary writing took place.’

Nissen Richards Studio’s interpretational approach was to create a film that visitors see first, in which the cottage is full of life, working with film-maker Nick Street. This kicks off the visitor journey in the old stables, just before entry to the cottage, and sets the stage. The film ensures that visitors’ minds are full of images already as they explore the cottage further and the film also influenced the approach to the refurbishment of the cottage, which represents moments from another time, but has also been designed in fragments to allow the visitors’ imagination to fill the gaps. As visitors move to the upstairs rooms, this changes further to allow for more discussion before they transition out into the garden.

The ground floor of the cottage is made up of three main rooms – the downstairs lodging room, back kitchen and the main kitchen, a busy and domestic family space, where, increasingly, thinking and writing happened as time went on, although Wordsworth wrote in the majority of rooms in the house at some stage. The back kitchen and pantry are filled with cooking jars and the kind of foods that would have been used at the time.

‘The concept is for visitors to explore the cottage using all their senses’, Elin Simonsson, Head of Interpretation at Nissen Richards Studio explained, ‘effectively becoming ‘Wordsworthian’ as they pass through the space, walking where William and Dorothy walked, sitting where they sat, ascending the same staircase, seeing through the same windows. The house doesn’t feel like a polished historic house setting, but rather a home that is lived in. All around are the traces of human life: a book left open on a table; an open journal; unfolded letters; a chair set at an angle; leftover crumbs on a plate – even dishes next to the sink. We really want visitors to feel a connection with the Wordsworths from the moment they enter Dove Cottage.’

Sound designer Carolyn Downing has created a soundscape for the scheme that reverberates all around the ground floor, breathing life into the home and creating a sense of the real lives lived here. As the visitor proceeds, they hear subtle snatched sounds, as if from the next room or coming in through the window, creating a rich picture of everyday life and including children playing and muffled conversations, utilising a variety of voices and local accents.

‘Carolyn’s beautiful and sophisticated patchwork of sounds has been carefully programmed and balanced so that visitors won’t hear the same thing in the same way twice’, Pippa Nissen commented. ‘The sounds, which also include running water or a floor being brushed, recorded in the cottage, offer further textured fragments and complement the earlier film experience perfectly.’

This impressionistic sense of the house and its history is built on further as visitors go upstairs and discover the first objects on display, including a journal belonging William’s beloved sister, diarist, poet and writer Dorothy Wordsworth, in the sitting room, where furniture also includes an original sofa and chair from the Wordsworths’ tenure (either at this or a later home). The various objects were acquired by The Wordsworth Trust with Nissen Richards Studio working on their staging, creating ‘cluster stories’ to serve as conversation points for the Dove Cottage guides. Dorothy’s journal, for example, sits within a writing desk designed by Nissen Richards Studio, which opens to reveal the journal’s showcase.

The new Wordsworth Grasmere branding

The new logotype for Wordsworth Grasmere has been designed by Nissen Richards Studio with the purpose of preserving Wordsworth’s heritage and his innovative approach to poetry. The classic and the contemporary are brought together through bespoke characters initially inspired by Baskerville, the typeface designed by John Baskerville and used to print the first Wordsworth editions.

‘Our primary typeface is Soleil, an inclusive sans-serif based on modernist ideas of simplicity, clarity and reduction to essential forms’, Candy Wall, Associate Graphic Designer at Nissen Richards Studio explained. ‘The identity is in a friendly and contemporary lower case, with GRASMERE capitalised in Sans Serif.’

The unique ligature of the logo represents inspiration, connection and poetry and references the handwritten manuscripts and printed editions of the collection. The bespoke ligature is inspired by a set of glyphs taken from the first edition of Wordsworth and Coleridge’s Lyrical Ballads, forming part of an instruction from Wordsworth to his printer. The identity, which was designed to be as inclusive as possible and to appeal to a broad audience, also features a marque that suggests the stain of ink and the echo of handwriting. Bespoke ink shapes enrich the brand and introduce a sense of poetry, with a classic, handmade quality, as if belonging to a Wordsworth manuscript. Each shape has a unique feel and has been created especially for this identity.

The colours of the identity are inspired by the Lake District and paintings by English Romantic masters. The contrast between light and dark colours is a direct reference to the landscapes reflected in the lakes and the atmospheric paintings of Wordsworth’s period.

The tone of voice for the identity system was defined as ‘welcoming, passionate, ambitious and relevant’, whilst expressing the core mission of the site, which is to bring poetry to life, inspire an admiration of nature, evoke the power of human stories and the aspiration to be ‘Wordsworthian’, underlining the great poet’s revolutionary life and attitudes. The branding ties in with the graphic design throughout the Museum galleries, so that the approach to the interpretation and designs is seamlessly integrated.

‘The new brand that Nissen Richards Studio have designed for Wordsworth Grasmere perfectly captures the essence of Wordsworth’s legacy. It is contemporary and inspirational with a timeless feel and will be invaluable in helping us to shape a new identity for our organisation. We couldn’t be happier with it!’ said Emily Burnham, Marketing and Communications Manager at The Wordsworth Trust.

Grizedale Forest Resource Centre – Building Information

Exhibition, interpretation & wayfinding: Nissen Richards Studio

Branding: Nissen Richards Studio

Photographer: Gareth Gardner

Introductory film: Nick Street

Sound designer: Carolyn Downing

Basebuild architect: Purcell

About Nissen Richards Studio

Nissen Richards Studio works with many of the world’s greatest cultural institutions. Comprised of architects, graphic designers, film-makers, animators and interpretation experts, the studio currently has live projects in the UK, Europe and the Far East and won the Best Exhibition Design Award at the Design Week Awards 2019 for its ‘Life in the Dark’ project at the Natural History Museum in London, as well as the Gold and Silver awards in the Pop-Ups, Display, Exhibit & Set Design category of the London Design Awards 2019 for projects for the Wallace Collection and Historic Royal Palaces.

Founded in 2010 by Pippa Nissen and Jim Richards, the studio’s particular combination of skills lies in its respect for all the voices involved in a project; its willingness to experiment, its unique storyboarding process and its particular fusion of architecture and theatre design. Our clear systems of thinking, working and communicating, together with our boundless curiosity about the world, translate into beautifully-designed spaces for people to come to, be stimulated by, enjoy and remember.

www.nissenrichardsstudio.com

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Do you know that there are 15 versatile ways to engrave the ring of your choice? Here we go about, exploring the possibilities one by one:

Promise rings Instead of just mentioning ‘I promise’ on the promissory ring, you can include the actual vow behind the promise. Say for instance ‘I promise to marry you’ or ‘I promise to be close to you forever’

What is your romantic signature? You may have a quote or a phrase, you want to hold on to, until death does apart. What is that special romantic vow common between the two of you? You can include simple phrases like ‘Forever’ or ‘Eternity’ on the band itself.

Or choose something like ‘You have my heart worn on your finger’. ‘I hold you and you hold me’ can also be a forever statement, you can engrave on the ring. Diamond engagement rings can have laser inscriptions done in a hassle-free manner.

Take to middle-age inscriptions Some of the plays of Shakespeare have a very strong romantic bond between the lover boy and the girl. The feel is often represented in the form of a romantic one-liner. You can choose similar inscriptions engraved on your band. A classic example can be something like ‘All I accept and thee I choose’ or ‘Hope is the life of love’. You can choose a similar age-old connotation that truly represents the overwhelming bond between the two of you.

Romantic language adds to the romantic quotient You can use foreign languages to express your love in a more romantic way. French, Italian, and Latin are languages that truly metamorphoses your love. ‘Joie Sans fin’ means Joy without end in French. Mon Coeur est a Vous means ‘My heart is yours’ in French. Semper amemus is a phrase in Latin which means ‘Let us always love’.

Why not try with your own mother tongue? If you speak Chinese, Japanese or even Jewish, the romantic message can be done in your own native tongue.

Nicknames add to the fun If you have your own nicknames engraved on the ring or have each other’s nicknames engraved on two rings, the feel is going to be wonderful between the two of you.

Sign them up with love You can sign the rings with your own handwriting. Calligraphy teaches you how to portray flourishing signatures. The signed rings can add oodles of love.

Initials and wedding date You can have your partner’s initials and the wedding dates engraved on diamond engagement rings, meant for the two of you. Apart from adding a personalized touch, you will never forget your anniversary date.

Movie quotes You must have watched a truly romantic movie together. The movie quote promotes a strong and a powerful message of love. If there is a great movie quote you would love getting connected with, why not have one engraved on your band itself?

Fingerprints unveil magic You can secretly ask her to ink her fingerprints on a piece of paper. You can take her fingerprints to the engraver to have these etched on to the ring. What a fabulous way of expressing love?

Want to have a line of poetry? Take a line of poetry from Shakespeare, Cummings or William Wordsworth. The line of poetry must signify the love you have for one another.

Picture-based engraving If you have a scenic spot that brings out the nostalgic moments you had spent between the two of you, why not have the pictorial infographic of the location engraved on the band itself?

Love your family If you were raised by your grandparents or uncles, you can honor the love you have for them. This is can be done by having their names engraved on the ring.

Display the story of how you met Do you have a unique story to tell based on how both of you met each other for the very first time? You can have it done like this. “At the School Carol meet- 18/05/2000”. The engraved feel implies both of you met each other at the School Carol meet on the 18th of May 2000.

Engrave the stone itself Gemological Institute of America or GIA can have a romantic message laser-inscribed on the stone itself. The message is invisible to the naked eye but it remains a true romantic secret between the two of you.

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Jan. 3, 2018: Columns

My New Year's Resolution is to try to actually finish someth

By KEN WELBORN

Record Publisher

           Every year many folks make resolutions, most of which involve their health or getting along with others, and, if the truth be known, they know there is no way they will keep them up before they ever make them.

           Sad, but true. And, yes, I have been guilty of the same thing year after year.  So this year, let's lay out a few resolutions that can be kept, even by someone as weak-willed as me.  

*Do more of what you like to do, to balance the things you have to do.

*Listen more.

*Walk more.

*Stop eating processed and prepackaged foods.

*If you snack, make it fruits and nuts.

*Don't snack at night. See above.

*Play with your dog (or other pet) every day--without fail.

*Take the stairs, not the elevator.

*Buy local whenever possible.

*Be complimentary of others.

*Recycle.

*Don't gossip.

*Eat a good breakfast.

*Always carry some cash.

*Be loyal.

*Make a stranger feel at home.

*Be on time.

*Do not litter.

*Preserve history.

*Fall asleep reading, not watching television.

*Speaking of sleep, most of us need seven hours.

*Handwrite a note to someone.

*Use a pretty stamp. See above.

*Even better, collect stamps as a hobby.  See above.

*Keep things simple whenever possible.

*Don't take your cell phone into meetings.

*Be thankful for every day.

*Make eye contact when speaking to someone.

*Volunteer.

*Stay in touch with those you love.

*And, with those you like.

*Recycle.  I know I said that already, but once more for my daughter, Jordan.

*Become better organized.

*Be thankful for the things that go your way.

*Take nothing and no one for granted.

*Make visitors welcome, they will remember.

And finally, a few health tips:

*Wash your hands often.

*Keep your fingers out of your mouth.

*Do not, repeat, DO NOT, blow your nose.

           These are just a few, very doable resolutions for you to ponder.  And, I also want to take this opportunity to proudly promise everyone I love, or care about, or just know; that I resolve to remain sober for another year.

            All the best to everyone for 2018!

   I hope you fail…

By LAURA WELBORN

           The Sunday after Christmas (or many of the the big holidays) are typically low attended in church services.

           After all the excitement of a holiday it has always seemed a low time in the week that follows.  If we think of Christmas as the birth of the son of God then how does this relate to what we do after the celebration?   What does God dream for us to do? The same thing he sent his son to do? What are we willing to do to make the world less harsh, less unkind?

           Sometimes our job is to just show up after the excitement of a holiday with a spirit of generosity and willingness towards kindness to all.   It is easier for me to do this when things are going well, harder when I am struggling. But when I think back on the last year, I reflect on the words of Chief Justice John Roberts at his son's ninth-grade commencement address:

           He told his audience that most commencement addresses typically wish you good luck and extend good wishes.  Instead he said: "I hope you will suffer betrayal, because that will teach you the importance of loyalty.

           "Sorry to say, but I hope you will be lonely from time to time so that you don't take friends for granted.

           "I wish you bad luck, again from time to time so that you will be conscious of the role of chance in life, and understand that your success is not completely deserved and that the failure of others is not completely deserved either.

           "And when you lose, as you will from time to time, I hope every now and then your opponent will gloat over your failure. It is a way for you to understand the importance of sportsmanship.

           "I hope you will be ignored so that you know the importance of listening to others, and I hope you will have just enough pain to learn compassion.

           "Whether I wish these things or not, they're going to happen.  And whether you benefit from them or not will depend upon your ability to see the message in your misfortunes."  

           These are the realities that we all will face in the course of a full life and how to anticipate them and learn from them becomes the real challenge.  But along the way it becomes important to acknowledge the kindness we receive from others.  Acknowledging the role others play in our lives helps us feel grateful and helps others feel special which are all keys to the road of kindness and compassion. Write it down and then send it- so others reap the benefit of the effect their kind act had.  

           When I review 2017 I am now looking at my trials and tribulations in a whole new light.  Where did I grow and who was there to pick me up?  Did I keep showing up with grace and kindness?  So bring it on 2018 and while I hope for a year filled with successes I will look at the messages and opportunity for growth in the things that do not go my way.  Anticipation of things not going as I would like just gives me the ability to intentionally find the message.

           Happy New Year, may you have just enough trials to keep you humble and kind.

   “ The Road Not Taken” ; check your bags at the door  

By HEATHER DEAN

Reporter/Photojournalist

           You say it's time to write about my new years resolutions??? So, yeah, about that...

           I have an addiction to coffee mugs (and the coffee that goes in them) and books. Real books. Books made of paper and glue.

           Everywhere I go in my travels I take a book, and plan to come back with at least one new one. Among my favorite writers are those in the transcendentalist movement- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Margaret Fuller, "Uncle Walt" Whitman, Robert Frost, William Wordsworth- as well as  Lord Alfred Byron, and Oscar Wilde to name a few.

           One major tenet of transcendentalism is that man shall go against the main-stream choice, if the other is more pleasing to him. The writers reflect ideals, intuition, and our ability to connect with untainted nature.  

           One of my favorite coffee mugs is one that not only is extra large sized and holds three regular cups of coffee, but that has an excerpt from "The Road Not Taken", by Robert Frost.         "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference."  

           His sporadic venture into the wilderness, and the societal realization that he undergoes while there,  the whole "choose your own path" , was something that   spoke to me, even as a youngling.

           I've always wondered what I would be when I grew up (still working on that), what kind of person I would become in later life, what life experiences would be the fleeting images I would see on my death bed (As an aside, I do not plan on having any regrets while lying there, even though this past year has been the most trying and heartbreaking yet.) and how people would remember me.

           So, yeah, about that... It's that time of year again: Everyone that follows the Roman calendar has made New Years resolutions, promises to themselves to do better, be better, yadda yadda yadda.  Here's the thing- "To thine own self be true" doesn't mean anything if you don't have the salt to take an honest look, and stand your ground against yourself.

           The only resolution I have ever cared to make, and keep, is "always take the road less traveled." It gives me pause to reflect and therefore, perspective in the human condition. "And that, has made all the difference."

           So go ahead.   Take a step in the direction of the transcendentalists.  When  people want to walk along side you- and many will- let them, regardless of whether they stay on your path or not. Just make them carry their own baggage, no matter how fond you are of them. Because you , my darling human, are not responsible for anyone else's resolutions, regrets, or life lessons.  

   The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

By EARL COX

Special to The Record

           Have you ever stopped to consider that tiny Israel is one of the most contested pieces of real estate in the world and that more news happens in Israel than just about any place else in the world?  The news in Israel changes almost minute by minute.  The morning news report is obsolete by lunchtime. For this reason, recapping what has taken place in Israel over the course of this past year would be too difficult for a short article but here are a few of the highlights.

           This past year for Israel has been a raucous one. Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu has had to skillfully wend his way politically through innuendoes and accusations against his wife, Sara, for the misuse of public funds and personally for corruption in two cases; allegedly for accepting significant gifts from two businessmen and the second involving a deal with a newspaper in exchange for favorable coverage. Even so, Israelis are not quite ready to count Mr. Netanyahu out.  He is currently serving the longest consecutive term of any Israeli prime minister and he is generally trusted by the Israeli public to keep them safe in a region surrounded by hostile neighbors.  Will he be able to weather the storm of accusations?  Only time will tell but he is clearly a survivor.    

           Internal politics aside, Israel is making do with the best a democratic government can offer. It upholds basic fairness for all citizens alike regardless of religion, race or creed. Like any democratic country the government makes hard decisions and at other times, concessions, to various groups and agencies to improve evenhandedness in policy.  It may come as a surprise to many that Arab Muslims who are Israeli citizens have the same rights and privileges as Jewish Israeli citizens yet the world points its finger at Israel and calls it an apartheid state.  This is clearly fake news.

           There are other countries which have the same issues of national sovereignty as Israel but fortunately for them they do not have double standards imposed on them as does Israel by the European Union, the United Nations, radical Muslims and academics all who seem ignorant to the facts.  Israel's connection to the land dates back more than 3000 years and new supportive archeological evidence is uncovered almost daily. Any Palestinian claim to Jerusalem which pre-dates the Jews is simply more fake news.  

           A towering problem for Israel this year was the supposed disruption of the status quo on the Temple Mount. The lies and fabrications of Muslim radicals are not worthy of comment because of the clear facts seen on videos and in photographs. United States Congressmen, pastors and others have personally observed the intimidation and false accusations of radical Muslims. After all, if what the Muslims contend is true then why do they not want security cameras in place to film any alleged disruption of the status quo?  

           Palestinian radicalism has led to stabbings and the utilization of vehicles to plow down many innocent people in Israel causing widespread killings and injuries; that these criminals are as young as eleven years old speaks to the brainwashing of once innocent Palestinian children by government led officials and even their own parents who, themselves, are encouraged to be anything but peacemakers. How is Israel to handle such scandalous, vicious attacks which can occur anywhere and at any time? Prevention involves profiling and the Israelis have honed this skill making it almost a science.  With the same horrors now happening in other countries, the world could learn much from Israel in how to keep people safe.    

           At a time in history not seen since Israel's rebirth in 1948, Jews from around the world are moving to Israel in record numbers.  This should come as no surprise as anti-Semitism is again on the rise. Even as close to home as Charlotte, North Carolina a Jewish family was terrorized when they awoke to find a swastika painted on their garage door the morning after they put up Hanukkah decorations.  In the first six months of 2017 there were 15 reported anti-Semitic incidences in North  Carolina alone.

           It is estimated that by 2026 more than 160,000 French Jews will have made Aliyah to Israel. I single out France because they recently created a department of government whose sole responsibility is to investigate French Jews. The function of this department is to track French Jewish money in order to know where it is invested and who owns land in Israel.  Hard to believe that in this day and age a government could actually set up an entire department tasked with targeting a specific group based on religious beliefs.

Israel, along with countries which previously had nothing to do with the Jewish state, are broaching alliances for their common benefit against radical Islamists. These are noteworthy as Israel moves into the unpredictable future.

           On another note, the Jewish-Christian relationship is better than it has ever been and is continuing to grow stronger.  Both Jews and Christians are recognizing that our commonalities are greater than our differences.

           While there is still more to be done, Israel is always on the cutting edge which is why it has earned the nickname as "the startup nation."  This tiny country has been blessed with very smart people who have developed advanced systems of detection and deterrence of terrorists attempting to cross the border and rockets launched into Israel are successfully destroyed while still in the air.  Israel has made significant advancements in the fields of science, medicine, cyber technology and agriculture to name only a few. And while we all benefit from Israel's advancements, developments and achievements, the world fails to give Israel the credit she rightly deserves.

           Finally, the President of the United States has proclaimed that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.  Even though he stopped short of saying ALL of Jerusalem is the capital of the Jewish people, he at least made a step in the right direction and eight other countries are now following suit. After all, Jerusalem was claimed as Israel's capital by King David more than 3000 years ago.

           As the world moves in to a new year, it would do us well to remember that if G-d's Word is true (which it is for certain) then it would be best for all foreign governments to beware not to hurt, touch or attempt to divide the "apple of God's eye" or the land deeded to Israel by God Himself.

   A New Year and a Best Friend

By CARL WHITE

Life in the Carolinas

Frederick the Great, King of Prussia from 1740-1786 reportedly said "The more I see of men, the better I like my dog" he also referred to one of his Italian greyhounds as his best friend. I do not propose to understand all the responsibility and feelings of a monarch; however, I do care greatly for my canine companions, and I have it on competent authority that I am a member of a rather large group.  

In my numerous travels in the Carolinas, I have met many people with four-legged family members. I have gotten to know many of them and when I revisit or call it is common for me to ask of about their wellbeing.

Larry and Ginny in Murrells Inlet share their home with two Jack Russell Terrier's Winston Churchill and Margaret "Maggie" Thatcher. Sometimes more are in residence. During my visits, I have witnessed the value and love shared with their four-legged housemates that can best be described as a family.

Ken and Laura share their home with Powder, a great white long-legged Boxer-Pit mix who is as much family as any human member. Ken says Powder wouldn't bite a biscuit if it were not buttered just right. Ken has a way with words and Powder has a way of touching the hearts of those who meet him.

Wayne and Pam have an extended family of canines, Bernice a Chihuahua and her brother Bilbo; then there is Colt a Chihuahua/Jack Russel mix, who prefers being the alpha in all situations. They often travel with Wayne and Pam on their many adventures. Pam says they are family and when you travel it's nice to have your family with you.

I've written about our four-legged pals before, and I'm likely to do it again. Spot, a terrier blend is the one which provides great comfort to me; I believe he helps bring a bit of calm when most needed. Harvard suggests there are many benefits to canine companionship including the idea that "Just petting a dog can reduce blood pressure and heart rate (while having a positive effect on the dog as well)" I believe this idea to be true as I have benefited from this therapy many times.  

The Chinese calendar has a place for the Dog; and for those born in 2018 they will be an Earth Dog. I'll need to get folk artist Charlie Frye to paint an Earth Dog in honor of our New Year and for the new lives that will surely grow to productive members of our Carolinas. Charlie painted a Rooster for 2017 as it was the year of the Rooster. I find the Chinese calendars interesting because China is one of our worlds ancient societies. The use of animals seems to honor them in some way, and I think that's a nice thing.  

My travels have provided me with opportunities to see and experience many things. I get along with just about everyone, and most animals seem to like me. I think that ability came from my father who loved animals; he was the happiest when a good variety of animals were around.

As it turns out the Chinese say, I was born a Wood Dragon and as the years pass a Carolina dog seems to lessen the pain of life’s splinters.    

Here's to the New Year

  Carl White is the executive producer and host of the award-winning syndicated TV show Carl White's Life In the Carolinas. The weekly show is now in its eighth year of syndication and can be seen in the Charlotte viewing market on WJZY Fox 46 Saturday's at 12:00 noon. For more on the show, visit  www.lifeinthecarolinas.com, You can email Carl White at Carl@lifeinthecaro e

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London: Printed for J. Knapton, in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, E. Curll at the Dial and the Bible, R. Gosling at the Mitre and Crown, both against St. Dunstan’s — Church in Fleetstreet, and A. Bettesworth on London-Bridge, 1714                                                    $1,950   

Duodecimo       6.3 x 3.75 inches       A4, B-D12, E2. 75 pages.   Third edition.             This copy has been recently rebound in full parchment over boards.

Susanna Centlivre was born Susanna Freeman and also known professionally as Susanna Carroll, was an English poet, actress, and

“the most successful female playwright of the eighteenth century”

“A sad lot were all these early feminine intruders into the field of letters, —Aphra Behn, Mrs. Manley, Mrs. Pilkington, and the rest. Mrs. Centlivre was the best of them. Almost the first of her sex to adopt literature as a calling, she may well be regarded as an unconscious reformer, the leader of a forlorn hope against that literary fortress which was so long defended by the cruel sneers of its masculine garrison. She fell upon the glacis. But over her body the Amazons have marched on to victory.” (H. A. Huntington, “Mrs. Centlivre,” Atlantic Monthly, 1882, vol. 49, page 764.

“[Centlivre’s] plays have a provoking spirit and volatile salt in them, which still preserves them, from decay. Congreve is said to have been jealous of their success at the time, and that it was one cause which drove him in disgust from the stage. If so, it was without any good reason, for these plays have great and intrinsic merit in them, which entitled them to their popularity, and besides, their merit was of a kind entirely different from his own.” (William Hazlitt, 1818, “Lectures on the English Comic Writers,” Lecture viii.

The original source for the plot line was Jean Francois Regnard’s “Le Joueur.” The prologue was written by Nicholas Rowe (1674-1718).     The dedication signed: S. Trotter, i.e. Susanna Centlivre.

See  By Elisabeth J Heard   Experimentation on the English Stage, 1695-1708: ‪Routledge, ‪Sep 30, 2015 

ESTC T26857; NCBEL II, 781.

147F         Titus Carus        Lucretius  95-52

B.C.  T.Lucretius Carus His Six Books Of Epicurean Philosophy, Done into English Verse, with Notes. The Third Edition. Demetri, Teq; Tigelli Discipulorum inter jubeo plorare Cathedras; i, Puer, atque meo citus hœc subscribe libello.   

London: Printed for Thomas Sawbridge at the Three Flewer-de-luces in little Britain, and Anthony Stephens Bookseller near the Theatre in Oxford, 1683      $2800

Octavo, 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (π1), A4, b-e4, f2, A-E4, (a)-(g)4, h2.         Third edition.

This copy is bound in original full calf its front joint is cracked at the foot, up to the second band, the rear joint is beginning to crack at either end, but it is completely sound and still quite appealing. The leaves are very clean and fresh, with deep impressions of the type.

This translation was prepared by Thomas Creech (1659-1700). The prefatory material contains commendatory poems by John Evelyn, Nahum Tate, Thomas Otway, and Aphra Behn {Her long poem (7 pages) To the unknown Daphnis appears here for the first time} among others, many of which were added after the first edition. Creech’s Lucretius first appeared in 1682, with certain portions of the text, notably those in the fourth book about the nature of love, left untranslated.

Both Pope and Evelyn praised the translation, and Dibdin says that the editor’s erudition, research, and correctness in this excellent and scarce work are acknowledged by every critic. The influence of Lucretius can be seen in Pope’s ‘Essay on Man.’ Lucretius was also favorite reading of Shelley, Wordsworth, and Tennyson.

“Creech’s translation of Lucretius vied in popularity with Dryden’s Virgil and Pope’s Homer. The son of one of his friends is reported to have said that the translation was made in Creech’s daily walk round the parks in Oxford in sets of fifty lines, which he would afterwards write down in his chamber and correct at leisure. […] When Dryden published his translations from Theocritus, Lucretius, and Horace, he disclaimed in the preface any intention of robbing Creech ‘of any part of that commendation which he has so justly acquired,’ and referred to his predecessor’s ‘excellent annotations, which I have often reprinted in the last century, and was included in the edition of the British poets which was issued by Anderson.” (DNB)               Wing L-3448 Gordon: Lucretius 311c; O’Donnell (Behn) # BB11 ; Keynes (Evelyn) p.258; T.C. II: 6; see Grolier W-P #237 for the first edition.273F

453F         John Dryden     1631-1700

Lucretius a poem against the fear of death. With an ode in memory of the accomplish’d young lady Mrs. Ann Killigrew, excellent in the two sister arts of poetry and painting.

London: H. Hills, 1709.      $980

Octavo      6 1/2 X 4 1/4 inches         Hills’s pirate edition .A8

First edition in this form            Price from imprint: Price One Penny. This copy is bound in full reversed calf.

Killigrew died of smallpox on June 16, 1685, when she was only 25 years old so the question has frequently been raised: is Killigrew so deserving of such an immortalizing Ode by Dryden? Had he even read her poetry to properly determine her skills? Some say Dryden defended all poets as teachers of moral truths, and therefore Killigrew, despite her lack of experience, deserved his praise. However, evidence shows that she might not have been ready to see some of her work published, such as the unfinished poem “Alexandreis,” about Alexander the Great. At the end of the poem, she expresses the feeling that the task was too great for her to take on and she would try to finish it at another time. Then, there is the question of the last three poems that were found among her papers. They seem to be in her handwriting, which is why Killigrew’s father added them to her book. The poems are about the despair the author has for another woman, and could possibly be autobiographical if they are in fact by Killigrew. Some of her other poems are about failed friendships, possibly with Katherine Philips or Anne Finch, so this assumption may have some validity.              Foxon, D458 English Short Title Catalog, ESTCT76294.

  852F         Thomas Halyburton  Edited by Mrs. Janet Halyburton.       1674-1712

Memoirs of the life of the Reverend Mr. Thomas Halyburton. Professor of Divinity in the University of St. Andrews; digested into four parts, whereof the first three were written with his own hand some years before his death, and the fourth is collected from his diary by another hand; to which is annex’d some account of his dying words by those who were witnesses to his death.     

Edinburgh : printed by the heirs and successors of Andrew Anderson, 1715   1150         Octavo      4   6 1/4 in      [8], A O8, P2.     Second edition           Bound in early 19th century full leather with gilt trim and maroon leather title label.Contemporary ownership inscription of Archibald Craw on verso of title page and dated 1729.     This book is Edited by Halburton’s wife Janet Watson and Dedicated to Henretta Campbell.

Halyburton has been regarded as one of the most distinguished Scottish theologians. Hugh Martin described Halyburton and Cunningham as “the two greatest theologians that Scotland has ever produced”. John Duncan regarded him as “a minor John Owen” and classed his Memoirs with Augustine’s Confessions and Bunyan’s Grace Abounding. Obviously much indebted to the English Puritan, John Owen, Halyburton is more plain and popular in style. Among those beyond Scotland who benefited from and highly recommended the Memoirs and other published works of Halyburton are such significant (and varied) figures as George Whitefield and John Wesley, John Newton and Isaac Watts, and Archibald Alexander, first principal of the Princeton Theological Seminary.

Thomas Halyburton was born on December 25th 1674, the son of George Halyburton, minister of Aberdalgie and Dupplin in Perthshire until he was ejected from his charge in 1662 for his adherence to the Covenanted religion of Scotland. In 1676 George Halyburton was denounced by the Privy Council for keeping conventicles and was effectively silenced and in 1682 he died. Mrs. Halyburton and her two surviving children — her married daughter Janet and her son Thomas — fled to Rotterdam, to escape the persecution of the Covenanters. In the changed circumstances brought about by the Revolution, Thomas Halyburton was ordained and inducted to the ministry at Ceres in Fife in May of 1700. In April 1710 he became Professor of Divinity in the New College (St Mary’s), St Andrews. A struggle with ill health characterised most of his ministry and on September 23rd 1712 he died, leaving his wife with six surviving children. The impact of Halyburton’s sermons and theological writings is largely explained by the description given of him in the Preface to one edition of his The Great Concern of Salvation : “one that had the contents of the book written upon his own heart before he preached them to his people and was a living and lively witness and example of the great and grave truths now exhibited to public view”. Even his most technical and controversial work, Natural Religion Insufficient and Revealed Necessary to Man’s Happiness in his Present State, a refutation of Deism [which taught that all that needs to be known of God can be discovered by human reason in the light of nature without special revelation], found much of its impetus in his own spiritual struggle with the atheism of his carnal mind strengthened by Deistic reasonings and in his pastoral concern for others who might be subject to similar conflicts. His other major work, An Essay concerning the Nature of Faith; or, The Ground upon which Faith assents to the Scriptures, is an explanation of the apostle’s determination to preach in such a way “that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God” (1 Corinthians 2: 5). The English philosopher John Locke only accepted aspects of the Christian faith which were “above reason” on the basis of authority verified by reason. For him “reason must be our last judge and guide in everything”. Against Locke Halyburton contends that a God-given faith “looks only at the Lord’s authority…it leans only on the testimony of God, approving itself such to the souls of believers by its own glorious power, whereby, without borrowing help from any other signs, it evidences itself to be the Lord’s word, with a light so strong as carries the soul into an assent”.                 ESTC T148531, shows only one copy in the US

122F         Mary de la Rivière Manley        1663-1724

Secret memoirs and manners of several persons of quality of both sexes. From the New Atalantis, an island in the Mediteranean. 

London: Printed for John Morphew, and J. Woodward, 1709    $4500

Octavo      7 1/2 X4 3/4 inches I. A4, B-Q8, R4.  Second edition.          This jewel of a book is expertly bound in antique style full paneled calf with a gilt spine. It is a lovely copy indeed.

The most important of the scandal chronicles of the early eighteenth century, a form made popular and practiced with considerable success by Mrs. Manley and Eliza Haywood.

Mrs. Manley was important in her day not only as a novelist, but as a Tory propagandist.

Her fiction “exhibited her taste for intrigue, and impudently slandered many persons of note, especially those of Whiggish proclivities.” – D.N.B. “Mrs. Manley’s scandalous ‘revelations’ appealed immediately to the prurient curiosity of her first audience ; but they continued to be read because they succeeded in providing certain satisfactions fundamental to fiction itself. In other words, the scandal novel or ‘chronicle’ of Mrs. Manley and Mrs. Haywood was a successful form, a tested commercial pattern, because it presented an opportunity for its readers to participate vicariously in an erotically exciting and glittering fantasy world of aristocratic corruption and promiscuity.” – Richetti, Popular Fiction before Richardson.

The story concerns the return to earth of the goddess of justice, Astrea, to gather information about private and public behavior on the island of Atalantis. Delarivier Manley drew on her own experiences as well as on an obsessive observation of her milieu to produce this fast-paced narrative of political and erotic intrigue.   New Atalantis (1709) is an early and influential example of satirical political writing by a woman. It was suppressed on the grounds of its scandalous nature and Manley (1663-1724) was arrested and tried.   Astrea [Justice] descends on the island of Atalantis, meets her mother Virtue, who tries to escape this world of »Interest« in which even the lovers have deserted her. Both visit Angela [London]. Lady Intelligence comments on all stories of interest. p.107: the sequel of »Histories« turns into the old type of satire with numerous scandals just being mentioned (e.g. short remarks on visitors of a horse race or coaches in the Prado [Hyde-Park]). The stories are leveled against leading Whig politicians – they seduce and ruin women. Yet detailed analysis of situations and considerations on actions which could be taken by potential victims. Even the weakest female victims get their chances to win (and gain decent marriages) the more desperate we are about strategic mistakes and a loss of virtue which prevents the heroines from taking the necessary steps. The stories have been praised for their »warmth« and breathtaking turns.

Manley was taken into custody nine days after the publication of the second volume of Secret Memories and Manners of several Persons of Quality of Both Sexes, from the New Atalantis, an island in the Mediterranean on 29 October 1709. Manley apparently surrendered herself after a secretary John Morphew and John Woodward and printer John Barber had been detained. Four days later the latter were discharged, but Manley remained in custody until 5 November when she was released on bail. After several continuations of the case, she was tried and discharged on 13 February 1710. Rivella provides the only account of the case itself in which Manley claims she defended herself on grounds that her information came by ‘inspiration’ and rebuked her judges for bringing ‘w woman to her trial for writing a few amorous trifles’ (pp. 110-11). This and the first volume which appeared in May 1709 were Romans a clef with separately printed keys. Each offered a succession of narratives of seduction and betrayal by notorious Whig grandees to Astrea, an allegorical figure of justice, by largely female narrators, including an allegorical figure of Intelligence and a midwife. In Rivella, Manley claims that her trial led her to conclude that ‘politics is not the business of a woman’ (p. 112) and that thereafter she turned exclusively to stories of love.

Delarivier Manley was in her day as well-known and potent a political satirist as her friend and co-editor Jonathan Swift. A fervent Tory, Manley skilfully interweaves sexual and political allegory in the tradition of the roman a clef in an acerbic vilification of her Whig opponents. The book’s publication in 1709 – fittingly the year of the collapse of the Whig ministry – caused a scandal which led to the arrest of the author, publisher and printer. The book exposed the relationship of Queen Anne and one of her advisers, Sarah Churchill. Along with this, Manley’s piece examined the idea of female intimacy and its implications. The implications of female intimacy are important to Manley because of the many rumours of the influence that Churchill held over Queen Anne.                  ESTC T075114; McBurney 45a; Morgan 459.

  684G         John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham WITH   Wharton, Anne 1648-1720 and Anne Finch  (1661-1720) 

A Collection of Poems: Viz. The Temple of Death: By the Marquis of Normanby. An Epistle to the Earl of Dorset: By Charles Montague, Lord Halifax. The Duel of the Stags: By Sir Robert Howard. With Several Original Poems, Never before Printed, By The E. of Roscommon. The E. of Rochester. The E. Orrery. Sir Charles Sedley. } { Sir George Etherege. Mr. Granville. Mr. Stepney. Mr. Dryden, &c.     

London:Ralph Smith 1702                 $2250

Octavo      7 1/2 X 4 1/2 inches         A4, B-U8, W4, X-Z8; Aa-Ee8, Ff4.    Second edition.                  Bound in contemporary panelled calf, raised bands, rebackd, morocco label. a VG copy, being internally very crisp and clean .       A revised and enlarged edition of A Collection of Poems by Several Hands, published in 1693, this itself being an expansion of the first edition of 1672.

In this miscellany are seven Poems by  Anne Wharton .

Anne Wharton, née Lee (born 20 July 1659 at Ditchley Park, Oxfordshire, died 29 October 1685 at Adderbury, Oxfordshire)  She was the posthumous younger daughter of Sir Henry Lee, and a member of a wealthy family. Her mother died not long after her birth. She and her sister Eleanor were brought up at Adderbury House, where they lived with the mistress, mother and grandmother of its owner, the poet and libertine John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, who was Anne Wharton’s uncle. In 1673 she married Thomas Wharton (1648–1715). She paid visits to Paris for her health in 1678 and 1680, as she suffered from eye troubles and convulsions, possibly linked to syphilis. Her husband soon neglected her and they had no children. After her death, Anne Wharton’s brother-in-law, Goodwin Wharton claimed in his autobiography that he had had an affair with her, and that she had had three other affairs – with Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough before her marriage (he bribed a servant to let him into the girl’s room at night) and with “Jack Howe” (probably the Whig politician John Grubham Howe, 1657–1722) in the 1680s – as well as being “lain with long by her uncle, my Lord Rochester.” Her letters to her husband from Paris seem devoted, but when visited her again in Paris, to obtain her signature on some documents to do with her £8000 estate, her ardour seems to have cooled. Anne Wharton’s death, in her sister Eleanor’s house at Adderbury in 1685, was very painful. The poet Robert Gould in an eclogue to the memory of Eleanor, who died in 1691, observes that hers was peaceful one by comparison:

“Think how her sister, dear ‘Urania’ [i. e. Anne], fell, When ev’ry Arte’ry, Fibre, Nerve and Vein Were by Convulsions torn, and fill’d with Pain…”[4]

  A modern critical edition of 34 known works by Anne Wharton was published in 1997

Greer, Germaine; Hastings, Susan, eds. (1997). The Surviving Works of Anne Wharton. Saffron Walden: Stump Cross Books. p. not cited. ISBN 1-872029-25-6.

but at least eleven other poems have been discovered in manuscript since then.[9] Her “Elegy on the Earl of Rochester” appears in the New Oxford Book of Seventeenth-Century Verse (1991)

A Song How hardly I concealed my Tears? How oft did I complain? When many tedious Days, my Fears Told me I Loved in vain.

But now my Joys as wild are grown, And hard to be concealed: Sorrow may make a silent Moan, But Joy will be revealed.

I tell it to the Bleating Flocks, To every Stream and Tree, And Bless the Hollow Murmuring Rocks For Echoing back to me.

Thus you may see with how much Joy We Want, we Wish, Believe; ‘Tis hard such Passion to Destroy, But easy to Deceive.

Greer & Hastings, The Surviving Works of Anne Wharton, 1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10(a), 20. 182.

Also in this miscellany arms a Poem to Katherine Philips by Roscommon ” an Ode to Orinda”

and an Anonymous “Prologue to Oroonoko”(by A Behn)

and Ann Finch’s  (1661-1720) The SPLEEN

“The physical disability and psychological perturbations of melancholy were well known to one of the foremost women poets of the eighteenth century, Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea. As a victim of the malady, her description of its effects were firsthand and specific, with none of the generalities born of vague knowledge […] Lady Winchilsea begins her best-known poem on the subject, ‘The Spleen’ (1701), by describing the malady as ‘Proteus to abus’d Mankind.’ No one can find the cause of the affliction, she writes, nor can one ‘fix thee to remain in one continued Shape.’ By speaking of melancholy in these terms, Lady Winchilsea is echoing the sentiments of contemporary physicians who frequently compared the disease to Proteus, the shape-changing god of the sea, because its manifestations were always changing, continuously shifting from one part of the body to another, while constantly mimicking other diseases. Underlying its various forms, however, was the notion expounded by the Countess and contemporary physicians alike that melancholy was a mixed malady of body and mind, causing the sufferer physical pain and the psychological disorders of anxiety, grief, and fear without cause.” (Melancholy in Anne Finch and Elizabeth Carter, by John F. Sena) “‘Spleen’ is for Finch both triumph and failure. It is only once the spleen has affected the speaker that she describes her poetry as fallen, decayed failure. But, at the same time, the spleen allows her to assert that she does not wish to be a genteel woman artist, one who makes safe, insipid domestic arts or uncritically draws the monarch’s ‘undistinguish’d Face.’ ‘The Spleen’ returns to the overlap of political religious, and emotional failure in its closing lines with a description of Richard Lower, a physician to Charles II who supported the Whigs in the Popish Plot, sinking beneath the weight of the spleen.” (English Women’s Poetry, 1649-1714, by Carol Barash)

Also in this wonderful book are  among other poems …

The miscellany’s title-poem is a translation by the Earl of Mulgrave of Philippe Habert’s elegy ‘Le Temple de la Mort,’ in spite of the scorn expressed in the publisher’s preface for the French nation, and ‘the Servile way of following their Modes’. An essay on poetry, by J. Sheffield, 1st duke of Buckingham.–Horace: of the art of poetry, by Horatius Flaccus.–An essay on translated verse, by the earl of Roscommon.–Coopers hill, by J. Denham.–The duel of the stags, by R. Howard.–The temple of death, by P. Habert.–Macflecknoe, by J. Dryden; with Spencer’s ghost, by J. Oldham–Lecretius.–The plague of Ahtens (!) by T. Sprat.–The spleen, by A.K. Finch, contess of Winchilsea.–A letter from Italy, by J. Addison together with The mourning muse of Alexis, by W. Congreve.–The Kit-Cats, by R. Blackmore.–The campaign, by J. Addison.–Pastorals, by A. Philips.–Faction display’d, by W. Shippen.–Baucis and Philemon, by J. Swift; as also An ode upon, by W. Dillon, 4th earl of Roscommon.–Muscipula, by E. Holdsworth.            Case 151 (f); Greer & Hastings, The Surviving Works of Anne Wharton, 1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10(a), 20. 182.   Prinz (Rochester) VII,21.*

    767G         Katherine Philips       1631-1664

Letters from Orinda to Poliarchus

London: printed by W.B. for Bernard Lintott, 1705                $4,500

Octavo      6 3/4 X 3 3/4 inches         A-R8 First edition               This copy is bound in original full calf with a coat of arms stamped in gold on the boards,recently rebacked with new spine label.         This is a collection of 48 ( XLVIII) actual letters written by Philips to her patron Sir Charles Cotterell published several decades after her death, there is quit a bit of discussion of the literary culture of the seventh century in Britain. Including insite to Philips writing and reading habits. she often mentions books she is reading and plays which she is working on.

Philips was interested in the epistolary form, she founded the Society of Friendship in 1651 until 1661 was a semi-literary correspondence circle made up of mostly women, though men were also involved. The membership of this group, however, is somewhat questionable, because the authors took on pseudonyms from Classical literature (for example Katherine took on the name Orinda, in which the other members added on the accolade “Matchless.”) It is interesting to see the relations between the female members of the circle, especially Anne Owen, who is known in Philips’s poems as Lucasia. Half of Katherine’s poetry is dedicated to this woman. Anne and Katherine seem to have been lovers in an emotional, if not in a physical, sense for about ten years. Also significant as correspondents and lovers were Mary Awbrey (Rosania) and Elizabeth Boyle (Celimena). Elizabeth’s relationship with Katherine, however, was cut short by Philips’ death in 1664.

In “The Sapphic-Platonics of Katherine Philips, 1632-1664”   Harriette Andreadis

Source:Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 15, no. 1 (autumn 1989): 34-60.

Ms Andreadis, in this essay nicely gives a view of Orinda’s live (and Loves) in relation to her writing by using excerpts from her poems andThese letters;

Early Feminist writing… Susanna Centlivre     1667?-1723 The Gamester: A Comedy. As it is Acted at the New Theatre In Lincolns-Inn Fields By Her Majesty’s Servants.

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Quotes for Tuesday July 11,2017

Dream quotes You can kill the dreamer, but you can't kill the dream. -Martin Luther King Jr. All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. -Walt Disney Build a dream and the dream will build you. -Robert H. Schuller If you can dream it, you can do it. -Walt Disney Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men. -Wolfgang Von Goethe Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. -Harriet Tubman We grow by our dreams. -Woodrow T. Wilson ===== Effort quotes Antoine De Saint-Exupery  The one thing that matters is the effort. William James We forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of daily effort. Robert Collier Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out. Paul J. Meyer  Construct your determination with sustained effort, controlled attention, and concentrated energy. Opportunities never come to those who wait, they are captured by those who dare to attack. Pat Riley  Great effort springs naturally from a great attitude. Napoleon Hill Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit ==== Experience quotes Experience is that marvelous thing that enable you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.--Franklin P. Jones Experience is the name everyone gives to his mistakes.--Elbert Hubbard Experience is what really happens to you in the long run; the truth that finally overtakes you.--Katherine Anne Porter ("St. Augustine and the Bullfight" The Collected Essays and Occasional Writings of Katherine Anne Porter) Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. And experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer.--Randy Pausch (The Last Lecture) Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.--Dan Stanford ===== Gratitude quotes Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. -Melody Beattie The more you recognize and express gratitude for the things you have, the more things you will have to express gratitude for. -Zig Ziglar  Got no check books, got no banks. Still I'd like to express my thanks -- I got the sun in the morning and the moon at night. -Irving Berlin  Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation. -Brian Tracy  Many times a day I realize how much my own life is built on the labors of my fellowmen, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received. -Albert Einstein Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds. -Theodore Roosevelt  We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck. But part of it has got to be forgiveness and gratefulness. -Ellen Goodman  As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. -John F. Kennedy  Write in your heart that every day is the best day of the year. -Ralph Waldo Emerson  ===== Kindness quotes Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty. -Anne Herbert No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another. -Charles Dickens A spark of kindness starts a fire of love. I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again. -William Penn The best portion of a good man's life is in his little nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. -William Wordsworth Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for kindness. -Lucius Annaeus Seneca Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others, cannot keep it from themselves. -James M. Barrie ===== Opportunity quotes Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful for beauty is God's handwriting - a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing.--Ralph Waldo Emerson No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.--Ralph Waldo Emerson One can present people with opportunities. One cannot make them equal to them.--Rosamond Lehmann (The Ballad and the Source) Opportunities are on every hand; what we need is, not a new chance, but clearness of vision to discern the chance which at this very hour is ours, if we recognize it.--Katherine Krieger Opportunities are seldom labeled.--John A. Shedd Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.--Ann Landers Opportunity always looks bigger going than coming.--Anonymous Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.--H. J. Brown, Jr. (A Hero in Every Heart)

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