#18th-century — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #18th-century, aggregated by home.social.
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“The Highlanders… regale themselves with whisky; a malt spirit, as strong as geneva, which they swallow in great quantities, without any signs of inebriation. They are used to it from the cradle…”
—Tobias Smollett, The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (1771)
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I had a bunch of scraps left over from a project, so I figured creating patchwork pockets would be a nice way to use them up.
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Elm Houses: A Story of Two Bransdale Farms
Tucked into a remote part of Bransdale, Elm Houses has a tale worth telling. What is today one tidy holiday cottage surrounded by idle farm buildings was once two entirely separate farms: High and Low Elm House.
On the right stands High Elm House, a long 18th-century range. A lintel stone dated 17 ...https://www.fhithich.uk/2026/05/14/elm-houses-a-story-of-two-bransdale-farms/
#Bransdale #NorthYorkMoors #18thcentury #19thcentury #history
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The latest additions to the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive include poems by Ann Radcliffe and William Lisle Bowles, and facsimiles of works by William Cowper and Oliver Goldsmith.
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Hi!, I'm a bot posting selections from Francis Grose’s 1785 “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue”, a compilation of slang terms, the coded language of the underclass and the demi-monde.
[18th-century-content warning: possible racism, animal cruelty, homophobia, sexism, slut-shaming. Let me know of any problems.]
#FollowFriday #books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #crime #language #slang #18thCentury
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Very excited to launch London Theatre, 1660–1800, an analysis and visualisation framework built on the London Stage Database:
https://londontheatre.prisms.digital/
Features a map of venues, a theatrical calendar, detailed repertoire, cast and role lists, financial information courtesy of Theatronomics, network visualisations, and more.
#c18th #theatrestudies #digitalhumanities #theatre #18thCentury #performingarts
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Frae fields whare Spring her sweets has blawn
Wi’ caller verdure our the lawn,
The Gowdspink comes in new attire,
The brawest ’mang the whistling choir…—Robert Fergusson (1750–1774), “Ode to the Gowdspink”
from The Poetical Works of Robert Fergusson (Glasgow, 1800)#Scottish #literature #Scots #Scotslanguage #poem #poetry #18thcentury #RobertFergusson #Spring #birds #naturepoetry #goldfinch
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Pickering Quaker Meeting House #quakers #Quakerhistory #18thcentury #Yorkshire
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In the late #18thcentury, fears of a demonic secret society bent on destroying religion and government spread rapidly across the US.
⌛️ Last chance to read this archive article for free
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/illuminati-united-states
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Hi!, I'm a bot posting selections from Francis Grose’s 1785 “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue”, a compilation of slang terms, the coded language of the underclass and the demi-monde.
[18th-century-content warning: possible racism, animal cruelty, homophobia, sexism, slut-shaming. Let me know of any problems.]
#FollowFriday #books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #crime #language #slang #18thCentury
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Ossian’s Last Stand?
27 May, online. Tickets from £3.55For over a century after the publication of James Macpherson’s Ossianic epics, controversy raged over their authenticity. In this talk, Prof Dòmhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart will look at how the literary battle lines were drawn on both sides, & how the controversy was fought out, in books, magazines, letters, & reports.
#Scottish #literature #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #Ossian #romanticism #18thcentury #19thcentury
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Wallington Bridge
A photo from last weekend’s jaunt up Northumberland, we called in at Wallington Hall on the way home.
This National Trust property is a sign that one can build a very good name if one is willing to import enough rum and sugar. This truth is not exactly comfortable for those who prefer their history without a side of human suffering.
The Blacketts ...
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There’s a selection of Galt’s works available as free ebooks on @gutenberg_org
6/6https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/588?sort_order=title
#Scottish #literature #satire #politics #politicalfiction #18thcentury #19thcentury #enlightenment #romanticism #JohnGalt
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John Galt’s fictional works – poised between Enlightenment and Romanticism – are sharp political satires & fascinating chronicles of Scottish life. Our INTERNATIONAL COMPANION to Galt is available in print, or online via Project MUSE
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https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/companions/ic5/
#Scottish #literature #satire #politics #politicalfiction #18thcentury #19thcentury #enlightenment #romanticism #JohnGalt
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“Between Whigs and Tories I can make no distinction,—a Tory is but a Whig in office, and a Whig but a Tory in opposition”
—John Galt, THE MEMBER (1832). Described as “the first political novel tout court”, it’s available as an ebook from @canongatebooks
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https://canongate.co.uk/books/228-the-member-and-the-radical/
#Scottish #literature #satire #politics #politicalfiction #18thcentury #19thcentury #enlightenment #romanticism #JohnGalt
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“I was in love with the book. In pure, ignorant defiance of the decree of the Iowa Writing School that controls almost all modern fiction, Galt tells without showing.”
—Ursula K. Le Guin discusses John Galt’s 1821 novel ANNALS OF THE PARISH
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https://www.publicbooks.org/b-sides-john-galts-annals-parish/
#Scottish #literature #satire #politics #politicalfiction #18thcentury #19thcentury #enlightenment #romanticism #JohnGalt #Ursulakleguin
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“[Galt’s] realism is hard-headed, his compassion is tough-minded, his humour contagious but tainted with the sense that chaos and catastrophe are never far away”
—Prof Alan Riach on the fiction of John Galt (1779–1839), born #OTD, 2 May – a 🎂🧵
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#Scottish #literature #satire #politics #politicalfiction #18thcentury #19thcentury #enlightenment #romanticism #JohnGalt
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Kirby Bank — A Hill With a Past
Bluebells pour down the sun-baked flank of Kirby Bank above the plain of Cleveland. Gorse burns yellow across the slopes. Below, the white walls of the Pybus Scout Centre gleam in the spring light. Beyond the green patchwork of fields, Roseberry Topping rises on the far hor ...
https://www.fhithich.uk/2026/05/01/kirby-bank-a-hill-with-a-past/
#Kirby #KirkbyinCleveland #NorthYorkMoors #RoseberryTopping #18thcentury #alum #history #medieval #monastic
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Hi!, I'm a bot posting selections from Francis Grose’s 1785 “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue”, a compilation of slang terms, the coded language of the underclass and the demi-monde.
[18th-century-content warning: possible racism, animal cruelty, homophobia, sexism, slut-shaming. Let me know of any problems.]
#FollowFriday #books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #crime #language #slang #18thCentury
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Rede Bridge: Carrying Nothing But a Grassy Track
Built in 1715, Rede Bridge crosses the River Rede in rural Northumberland with two confident stone arches and a smaller flood arch on the right bank. It is Grade II listed. It is, by any measure, too good a bridge for a field path.
So why build it at all?
The most persuasive answer involves c ...
https://www.fhithich.uk/2026/04/26/rede-bridge-carrying-nothing-but-a-grassy-track/
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I spoke with @[email protected] from GEO Magazin about HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY. Gesa’s interview essay is out in the print edition of the May issue! Online version to come but the print mag is GORGEOUS. 💙📚 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #HAMH
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“William Shakespeare was a powerful influence on Robert Burns… I count as many as 16 references to Shakespeare’s plays in his poetry”
—Prof Gerard Carruthers on the links & commonalities between Robert Burns & William Shakespeare
#Scottish #literature #poetry #drama #RobertBurns #18thcentury #romanticism #Shakespeare #ShakespeareDay
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Hi!, I'm a bot posting selections from Francis Grose’s 1785 “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue”, a compilation of slang terms, the coded language of the underclass and the demi-monde.
[18th-century-content warning: possible racism, animal cruelty, homophobia, sexism, slut-shaming. Let me know of any problems.]
#FollowFriday #books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #crime #language #slang #18thCentury
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A lively, privileged group of young intellectuals grew ever more alarmed by the crises that struck Britain in the mid-#18thcentury.
⌛️ Last chance to read this archive article for free
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/jacobite-risings-home-front
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Am Welttag der #Kreativität & #Innovation werfen wir den Blick zurück auf Anfänge des #Textildrucks in der #Schweiz zwischen »#Industriespionage« & Neuschöpfung:
➡️ Kim Siebenhüner, Zwischen Imitation und Innovation. Die schweizerische #Indienne-Industrie im 18. Jahrhundert, #WerkstattGeschichte 74/2017, https://werkstattgeschichte.de/abstracts/nr-74-kim-siebenhuener
#histodons #Creativity #18thCentury #Industriegeschichte #Handwerksgeschichte #Baumwolle #Indien #Switzerland #schweizergeschichte
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CAMPBELL OF KILMOHR
a play in one act
J.A. FergusonWritten on the eve of WW1, & set in the bloody aftermath of Culloden, CAMPBELL OF KILMOHR revolves around themes of loyalty, sacrifice, betrayal, & the use & abuse of State power
Free PDF download from our website:
https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/free-publications/campbell-of-kilmohr/
#Scottish #literature #history #18thcentury #Culloden #Jacobites #20thcentury #drama