"woodland folds round me, intimate, fluctuant, free, / Like the clasp and the cling of the waters"

[larryhammer]

100 Actual Titles of Real Eighteenth-Century Novels. My favorite is probably Reft Rob; Or, The Witch of Scot-Muir, Commonly Called Madge the Snoover, if only for that last word. (via)

The Adventures of George Washington, part 1, part 2. (via)

To someone who read all the way through Poly-Olbion, The Rivers of Great Britain: Rivers of the South and West Coasts is something like catnip. Your mileage may, of course, vary. (Gutenberg also has the Thames volume in the series, but not yet the east coast -- so drowning my non-copious spare time in The Wash will have to wait. Just as well.)

---L.

Subject quote from "The Faun," Richard Hovey.

Comments

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

To snoove is "To twirl, cause to turn" or "to glide" (as on ice). "A boy's top is said to snuve, when it whirls round with great velocity, preserving at the same time an equal motion."

A lovely word. Thank you.

Nine

[larryhammer]

Hmm. I confess the application to Madge is less than transparent.

---L.

[puddleshark.livejournal.com]

The Three Monks!!!

I like how there is an exclamation mark for each monk. I'd be tempted to buy a copy.

[larryhammer]

Excited Show Title! is a very old trope.

---L.

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Snoover! Snoover!

[larryhammer]

SNOOVER!