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Tag: 19th century

Toxophilia!

In these days when young women can participate in pretty much any sport they choose, it’s easy to forget that little more than a hundred

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I Scream…

One of the surest signs of spring in New England is the sudden disappearance of popsicles and ice cream sandwiches from local grocery stores’ freezers

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Oh, the Ennui!

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, a popular weekly magazine published in London between 1822 and 1847, ran the following short piece in its

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