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BREECHES BIBLE. An edition of the Bible printed in 1598, wherein it is said that Adam and Eve sewed figleaves together, and made themselves breeches.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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BREECHES BIBLE. An edition of the Bible printed in 1598, wherein it is said that Adam and Eve sewed figleaves together, and made themselves breeches.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons
Literary Maps: Real Maps for Imaginary Places
https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2025/12/literary-maps-your-imaginary-guide-to-famous-fictional-places/
Treasure Island at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Treasure+Island
Literary Maps: Real Maps for Imaginary Places
https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2025/12/literary-maps-your-imaginary-guide-to-famous-fictional-places/
Treasure Island at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Treasure+Island
I am looking for the original Italian text of Italo Calvino’s Cibernetica e fantasmi. Appunti sulla narrativa come processo combinatorio. So far, I only managed to find its English translation, “Cybernetics and Ghosts”.
Can someone help me find it?
#help #literature #archive #Calvino #library #essay #lecture #research
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