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Category Archives: Autobiographies
The Elopement
or How the Cowboy Baronet acquired a nickname Guest Post 16. How often have you picked up an old book particularly an autobiography, long out of print, and been so taken with the story that you have thought “why has … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Autobiographies, Books, Guest Posts, History, Travel
Tagged Adventure, Cowboys, Genille Cave-Brown-Cave
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Blanched Bones or Human Life?
Snippets 211. When visiting a country such as Italy, with so much to take in of historical interest, it is perhaps all too easy to only have eyes for the ancient ruins and ignore everything else. The following inspirational quote is … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Autobiographies, Books, History, Inspiration, Memoirs, Snippets, Travel
Tagged Art, Baedeker, Italy, Lady Harriet Jephson, Ruskin
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Japanese Artistic Talents
Snippets 206. Recently we have been looking at a few choice quotes from Notes of a Nomad, by Canadian author Lady Harriet Julia Jephson, published in 1918. For the most part it is a journal of her travels, but it starts in … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Canada, Japan, Lady Harriet Jephson, Notes of a Nomad
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The Captain’s Table
Guest Post 15. Captain Ernest Hyatt was a seafarer, master mariner and adventurer who also served in what was then the Royal North-West Mounted Police and had roughed it in the tropic, temperate and arctic zones and fought in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, Ernest Hyatt, Rudyard Kipling
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“A Few Extra Glasses”… Fire!
Snippets 172. The following quote is taken from Memoirs of Joseph Shepherd Munden, a biography of a well-known actor during the late 18th and early 19th Centuries, famed for his comedy performances. His biography was written by his son Thomas. … Continue reading
Posted in 18th Century, 19th Century, Autobiographies, Books, England, History, Law, Memoirs, Snippets
Tagged Joseph Shepherd Munden, Rights of Man, Thomas Paine
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A Childhood Injustice
Snippets 171. Childhood can be a tough time, but it is made exponentially worse by a teacher who abuses his position. In the days of corporal punishment, this problem could be magnified hugely for children. In the following quote from … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Autobiographies, Books, Education, History, Memoirs, People, School, Snippets
Tagged Heinrich Heine
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Inspired by the Past
Snippets 159. Christian Johann Heinrich Heine was a German lyric poet, whose words were set to music by composers including Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann. In his memoirs, published posthumously in 1884, he mentions his uncle, who was a source … Continue reading
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Tagged Chevalier, Heinrich Heine, Mount Moriah, Simon von Geldern
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Drunken Actors
Snippets 145. In almost every generation there has been an actor who is known for turning up drunk to work. They often became famous for it, and all the more popular. In Thomas Munden’s biography of his father, well-known actor … Continue reading
Posted in 18th Century, 19th Century, Autobiographies, Books, England, History, Humor, Humour, Memoirs, Snippets
Tagged George Frederick Cooke, John Edwin the Elder, Joseph Shepherd Munden, Theatre
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The Struggling Actor
Snippets 144. Joseph Shepherd Munden was a well-known actor during the late 18th and early 19th Centuries, known principally for his comedy performances. His son Thomas wrote his very entertaining biography, Memoirs of Joseph Shepherd Munden. The following anecdotes concern … Continue reading
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Tagged Joseph Shepherd Munden, Theatre
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Windows into History 