Entries from May 2006 ↓

The Amours of Zeokinizul, King of the Kofirans. Translated from the Arabic of the famous Traveller Krinelbol, by Claude de Crébillon. London: Printed for G. Smith, 1749. Translator unstated.

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A Melody in Silver, by Keene Abbott. Published 1911.

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A Crooked Path, by Mrs. Alexander (Annie French Malone). Published ca. 1890.

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Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects; and Curiosities of Art, by Shearjashub Spooner. Originally published 1853, this is the 1888 edition.

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I have been spending a lot of time proofing an Old English grammar¹ (published in the early 20th century), and while I still can’t read King Alfred’s writings or Beowulf, I have learned something by working through the glossary.

The Old English speakers were obviously secret minimalists.

fāg (fāh), hostile.
fāh (fāg), variegated, ornamented.

And perhaps a bit confused (m. means what you think it does: masculine).

mægðhād, m., maidenhood, virginity.

1. C. Alphonso Smith, Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book; with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary, Fourth Edition.[back]

History of English Humour; with an Introduction upon Ancient Humour, Volume 1 of 2. By Rev A G L’Estrange, published 1878.

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