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The names of the English have changed. Before the invasion of William I the common names were those such as Leofwine, Aelfwine, Siward and Morcar. After the Norman arrival these were slowly replaced by Robert, Walter, Henry and of course William.
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Peter Ackroyd |
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When the city was described as pagan, it was partly because no one living among such urban suffering could have much faith in a god who allowed cities such as London to flourish.
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Peter Ackroyd |
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The most sacred truths of the faith are given full material reality, leading up to that moment when Christ himself becomes present at the altar. This was marked by the moment of elevation when the priest held up the host, become by a miracle the body of Jesus. At that instant candles and torches, made up of bundles of wood, were lit to illuminate the scene; the sacring bell was rung, and the church bells pealed so that those in the neighbou..
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faith
religion
holy-mass
eucharist
liturgy
saints
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As the Great rise by degrees of Greatnesse to the Pitch of Glory, so the Miserable sink to the Depth of their Misery by a continued Series of Disasters. Yet it cannot be denied but most Men owe not only their Learning to their Plenty, but likewise their Vertue and their Honesty: for how many Thousands are there in the World, in great Reputation for their Sober and Just dealings with Mankind, who if they were put to their Shifts would soon l..
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Peter Ackroyd |
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There is no real origin for anything. Everything just exists. Everything just exists in order to exist.
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origin
exist
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Peter Ackroyd |
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The fall of Venice was just a change in its historical identity. We cannot say that it was a disgrace or triumph, because we do not know who in the end is triumphant and who is disgraced.
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Peter Ackroyd |
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The less you see, the more you can imagine.
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see
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Peter Ackroyd |
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The air itself is one vast library, on whose pages are for ever written all that man has ever said or woman whispered.
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postmodernism
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Peter Ackroyd |
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VANNBRUGGHE. But the bounds of the Mind are yet unknown: we form our Judgments too much on what has been done without knowing what might be done. Originals must soar into the region of Liberty. DYER. And then fall down, since they have Wings made only of Wax. Why prostrate your Reason to meer Nature? We live off the Past: it is in our Words and our Syllables. It is reverberant in our Streets and Courts, so that we can scarce walk across t..
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Peter Ackroyd |
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Everybody needed news. Everybody wanted news. News was known as 'hot'. It was a society of conversation so that rumour and gossip passed quickly through the streets. At times of more than usual excitement papers and pamphlets were dropped in the street and were eagerly snatched up and passed from hand to hand. Anonymous publications, without a printer's imprint, were widely circulated. One owner of a coffee-house trained his parrot to squaw..
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Peter Ackroyd |
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It was a business that engaged a significant part of the nation; the wool was given to village women to comb and to spin before being sent to the weaver; to this day, an unmarried woman is known as a spinster.
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Peter Ackroyd |
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When the first sarsen stone was raised in the circle of Stonehenge, the land we
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Peter Ackroyd |
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It is characteristic of Dickens who, when he grasps the wrong end of the stick, never fails to belabour everyone in sight with it.
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Peter Ackroyd |
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It was not simply the effect of an epigram but, rather, the product of a fertile mind and keen observation. Wit was the currency of the court of Charles II.
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Peter Ackroyd |
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So on 6 February 1685, the new king, James II, ascended the throne in the face of sustained and organized opposition from Shaftesbury and the Whigs. He was fifty-two years of age and in vigorous health. He had already proved himself to be determined and decisive; he had remained faithful to his Catholic beliefs despite every attempt to persuade him otherwise. He was more resolute and more trustworthy than his brother, but he lacked Charles'..
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Peter Ackroyd |
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A woman is a deep Ditch, said he, her House inclines to Death and her Paths unto the Devil
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woman
women
devil
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Peter Ackroyd |
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the Gulphe in which truth lies is bottomless and it will wash over whatever is thrown into it.
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Peter Ackroyd |
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Una de las grandes maldiciones del genero humano es la de temer cuando no hay nada que temer, contesto. Este animo supersticioso y amigo de los presagios desarma los corazones de los hombres, ablanda su coraje y hace que ellos mismos atraigan las desgracias sobre sus cabezas.
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human-wisdom
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Peter Ackroyd |
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Well,' said Hawksmoor. 'It's a theory and a theory can do no harm.
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theory
science
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Peter Ackroyd |
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the writing of history is often another way of defining chaos. There is in fact a case for saying that human history, as it is generally described and understood, is the sum total of accident and unintended consequence.
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Peter Ackroyd |
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History is about longing and belonging. It is about the need for permanence and the perception of continuity. It concerns the atavistic desire to find deep sources of identity.
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Peter Ackroyd |
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Everything grows out of the soil of contingent circumstance. Convenience, rather than the shibboleth of progress of evolution, is the agent of change. Error and misjudgment therefore play a large part in what we are pleased to call the 'development' of institutions. A body of uses and misuses then takes on the carapace of custom and becomes part of a tradition.
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Peter Ackroyd |
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The cure for tonsillitis was inspired. 'Take a fat cat, skin it, draw out the guts and take the grease of a hedgehog and the fat of a bear ... All this crumble small and stuff the cat, roast it whole and gather the grease and anoint the patient therewith.
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Peter Ackroyd |
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The root of narcissism lies in anxiety, and the fear of fragmentation, which may be assuaged by the sight of the reflection.
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Peter Ackroyd |
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Ah,' Arthur cried out, 'I have never known one month of repose since I took up the crown. I have lost the key to contentment.
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Peter Ackroyd |
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The land was left vacant, and fewer men were available to defend it. So the Angles, and the Saxons, moved westward. Anglo-Saxon civilization was created by a pandemic.
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Peter Ackroyd |
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In the end the natives would be so mixed and mingled with the new settlers that the term Saxon or Angle ceased to have any meaning. All would become English.
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Peter Ackroyd |
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The financial penalties for murder, for example, were graded according to the 'worth' of the victim. It was a harsh and divisive society, only made possible by the continuous exploitation of the unfree.
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Peter Ackroyd |
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Chaplin left the Keystone studios on a Saturday night in December after cutting his last film, without bidding farewell to any of his erstwhile colleagues; he spent Sunday in his room at the Los Angeles Athletic Club and on the following day he turned up for work at the Essanay Studios in Niles, California. Of course, everyone at Keystone knew about his imminent departure, but he could not bring himself to make a speech or shake hands. He j..
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personality
groups
introversion
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Peter Ackroyd |
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name for Manchester was Mamucio, after the
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Peter Ackroyd |
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there are no haunted houses...only haunted people
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Peter Ackroyd |
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Sexuality was a fluid, infinitely malleable and indefinite condition. It permeated the streets of London like the smell of pies and sweetmeats.
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Peter Ackroyd |
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The body of Saint Mark, supposedly preserved in the basilica was the central point of the configuration between the ducal palace, the market, and the Arsenal. This was the sacred geometry of Venetian power.
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Peter Ackroyd |
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Is there not something more glorious about making music than making war?
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Peter Ackroyd |
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The quickness of his hand was determined by the quickness of his eye.
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Peter Ackroyd |
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Those who pursue the process of living are those who create the history
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Peter Ackroyd |
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He could not bear to part with his paintings because they were an aspect of his being.
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Peter Ackroyd |
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The writing of history is often another way of defining chaos.
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Peter Ackroyd |
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It is one of the attributes of capitalist enterprise that an object is no longer significant for its essence but for its exchange value.
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Peter Ackroyd |
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A large proportion of Venetians worked in the textile industry. There were the lace-makers, their eyesight ruined by their labour. Children, from the age of five, were enrolled in the trade. The exquisite refinement of the art, prized by the rich matrons of Europe, can be measured in human suffering.
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Peter Ackroyd |
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In the old wild days of the world there was a king of England known as Uther Pendragon; he was a dragon in wrath as well as in power.
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Peter Ackroyd |
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There is one person who can save you, sire.' 'Who is that?' 'Merlin. The great magician. He is the man who made the abbey church of Derby disappear into the earth. He will know how to heal you. He will find a cure.' 'Bring him before me. Let him work his magic on my poor bones.
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Peter Ackroyd |
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There then followed a period of disturbance and danger. There were many lords in this land who longed to be king, and who were prepared to do battle for the crown of England. So Merlin visited the Archbishop of Canterbury. 'Call together all the nobles and knights of the realm to London, reverend sir,' he said to him. 'Tell them to assemble in the city by Christmas Day, on pain of excommunication. They will witness a miracle, I assure you o..
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Peter Ackroyd |
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He had the satisfied countenance of a man who has never succeeded in boring himself.
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