#19thcentury — Public Fediverse posts
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🚂💥📜 Oh no! The mighty, irresistible force of 19th-century railways obliterated a quaint medieval law like a squirrel on the tracks. Who knew progress could be so... legally destructive? Surely, JSTOR's deep dive into this "cabinet of curiosities" is the intellectual content everyone was craving. 🤔🔍
https://daily.jstor.org/how-the-railways-killed-a-medieval-law/ #railwayhistory #legalchanges #progressintellect #JSTOR #curiosities #19thcentury #HackerNews #ngated -
🚂💥📜 Oh no! The mighty, irresistible force of 19th-century railways obliterated a quaint medieval law like a squirrel on the tracks. Who knew progress could be so... legally destructive? Surely, JSTOR's deep dive into this "cabinet of curiosities" is the intellectual content everyone was craving. 🤔🔍
https://daily.jstor.org/how-the-railways-killed-a-medieval-law/ #railwayhistory #legalchanges #progressintellect #JSTOR #curiosities #19thcentury #HackerNews #ngated -
🚂💥📜 Oh no! The mighty, irresistible force of 19th-century railways obliterated a quaint medieval law like a squirrel on the tracks. Who knew progress could be so... legally destructive? Surely, JSTOR's deep dive into this "cabinet of curiosities" is the intellectual content everyone was craving. 🤔🔍
https://daily.jstor.org/how-the-railways-killed-a-medieval-law/ #railwayhistory #legalchanges #progressintellect #JSTOR #curiosities #19thcentury #HackerNews #ngated -
🚂💥📜 Oh no! The mighty, irresistible force of 19th-century railways obliterated a quaint medieval law like a squirrel on the tracks. Who knew progress could be so... legally destructive? Surely, JSTOR's deep dive into this "cabinet of curiosities" is the intellectual content everyone was craving. 🤔🔍
https://daily.jstor.org/how-the-railways-killed-a-medieval-law/ #railwayhistory #legalchanges #progressintellect #JSTOR #curiosities #19thcentury #HackerNews #ngated -
🚂💥📜 Oh no! The mighty, irresistible force of 19th-century railways obliterated a quaint medieval law like a squirrel on the tracks. Who knew progress could be so... legally destructive? Surely, JSTOR's deep dive into this "cabinet of curiosities" is the intellectual content everyone was craving. 🤔🔍
https://daily.jstor.org/how-the-railways-killed-a-medieval-law/ #railwayhistory #legalchanges #progressintellect #JSTOR #curiosities #19thcentury #HackerNews #ngated -
“If there is sich a thing as a Author, I’m his favourite chara’ter. He does me fathoms better’n he does you—fathoms, he does. And he likes doing me. He keeps me on deck mostly all the time, crutch and all”
—Long John Silver sticks up for himself, in Robert Louis Stevenson’s FABLES – available as a free ebook from our website 🏴☠️🦜
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https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/free-publications/fables/
#Scottish #literature #TalkLikeAPirateDay #RobertLouisStevenson #TreasureIsland #metafiction #19thcentury #VIctorian
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“If there is sich a thing as a Author, I’m his favourite chara’ter. He does me fathoms better’n he does you—fathoms, he does. And he likes doing me. He keeps me on deck mostly all the time, crutch and all”
—Long John Silver sticks up for himself, in Robert Louis Stevenson’s FABLES – available as a free ebook from our website 🏴☠️🦜
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https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/free-publications/fables/
#Scottish #literature #TalkLikeAPirateDay #RobertLouisStevenson #TreasureIsland #metafiction #19thcentury #VIctorian
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“If there is sich a thing as a Author, I’m his favourite chara’ter. He does me fathoms better’n he does you—fathoms, he does. And he likes doing me. He keeps me on deck mostly all the time, crutch and all”
—Long John Silver sticks up for himself, in Robert Louis Stevenson’s FABLES – available as a free ebook from our website 🏴☠️🦜
2/2
https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/free-publications/fables/
#Scottish #literature #TalkLikeAPirateDay #RobertLouisStevenson #TreasureIsland #metafiction #19thcentury #VIctorian
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“If there is sich a thing as a Author, I’m his favourite chara’ter. He does me fathoms better’n he does you—fathoms, he does. And he likes doing me. He keeps me on deck mostly all the time, crutch and all”
—Long John Silver sticks up for himself, in Robert Louis Stevenson’s FABLES – available as a free ebook from our website 🏴☠️🦜
2/2
https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/free-publications/fables/
#Scottish #literature #TalkLikeAPirateDay #RobertLouisStevenson #TreasureIsland #metafiction #19thcentury #VIctorian
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“If there is sich a thing as a Author, I’m his favourite chara’ter. He does me fathoms better’n he does you—fathoms, he does. And he likes doing me. He keeps me on deck mostly all the time, crutch and all”
—Long John Silver sticks up for himself, in Robert Louis Stevenson’s FABLES – available as a free ebook from our website 🏴☠️🦜
2/2
https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/free-publications/fables/
#Scottish #literature #TalkLikeAPirateDay #RobertLouisStevenson #TreasureIsland #metafiction #19thcentury #VIctorian
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‘Life’ by Charlotte Brontë
Originally published in 1846, Life is a three-stanza poem by the eldest of the famous Brontë sisters, Charlotte. It appeared in their first, self-published, collection of works which—unpromisingly—sold only two copies. However, only a year later Charlotte managed to get her novel Jane Eyre published, and the rest is history, as they say.
Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855)Life is a delightfully optimistic poem. In stanza 1, the poet counters the prevailing opinion of the wise men (the ‘sages’), positing that life is not as gloomy and difficult as it’s often claimed. If and when there is hardship, it’s there only to enable something better to come out of it.
The very brief second stanza is a poetic take on the carpe diem philosophy of life: life is short and fleeting; seize the day and make the best of it! In the longest, third stanza, Brontë muses on the power of hope and courage, using a number of adjectives and adverbs to describe their characteristics.
Speaking of adjectives and adverbs, there’s a vocabulary exercise below the poem intended for English language learners. I hope you find it useful! And if you’d like to learn more about the Brontë sisters, have a look at my selection of resources for further study.
Life, believe, is not a dreamSo dark as sages say;Oft a little morning rainForetells a pleasant day.Sometimes there are clouds of gloom,But these are transient all;If the shower will make the roses bloom,O why lament its fall ?Rapidly, merrily,Life's sunny hours flit by,Gratefully, cheerily,Enjoy them as they fly !What though Death at times steps inAnd calls our Best away ?What though sorrow seems to win,O'er hope, a heavy sway ?Yet hope again elastic springs,Unconquered, though she fell;Still buoyant are her golden wings,Still strong to bear us well.Manfully, fearlessly,The day of trial bear,For gloriously, victoriously,Can courage quell despair!
VOCABULARY EXERCISES
- Match the following adjectives related to the poem above with their definitions or synonyms:
TRANSIENT | RAPID | MERRY | GRATEFUL | CHEERY | ELASTIC | UNCONQUERED | BUOYANT | MANFUL
- capable of floating; not easily depressed; cheerful
- flexible, resilient, springy
- lasting a short time, temporary
- thankful
- fast, quick, sudden
- bold, brave, courageous, strong
- lively, cheerful, joyous
- not defeated or overcome
- happy, bright, joyful
- All of the above adjectives have an adverb form—except one. Which one is it? And can you make the adverbs out of these adjectives?
Check your answers in the answer key!
ADDITIONAL READING
Charlotte Brontë – biography on the English History website
Ten Facts About the Most Interesting Literary Family – a Book Riot listicle
Cover photo by Sasha Freemind on Unsplash.
NOTES
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#19thCentury #adjectives #adverbs #CharlotteBronte #EnglishLiterature #EnglishVocabulary #learningEnglish #poem #poetry #vocabularyQuiz
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This rock formation near Genadendal (South Africa, Western Cape region) was once named "Miertsching's nose", (after one of the missionaries who was in the #Arctic before).
People from Genadendal used to hike there for pleasure from time to time, having picknicks up there.
image © Unitätsarchiv Herrnhut
#Wonderklippe #Miertsching #Genadendal #Moravians #moravianmission #Herrnhuter #Sorben #brüdergemeine #19thcentury #Nordwestpassage #northwestpassage #franklinexpedition -
This rock formation near Genadendal (South Africa, Western Cape region) was once named "Miertsching's nose", (after one of the missionaries who was in the #Arctic before).
People from Genadendal used to hike there for pleasure from time to time, having picknicks up there.
image © Unitätsarchiv Herrnhut
#Wonderklippe #Miertsching #Genadendal #Moravians #moravianmission #Herrnhuter #Sorben #brüdergemeine #19thcentury #Nordwestpassage #northwestpassage #franklinexpedition