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“He hungers after such and such women”
On March 20, 2022 by trappedinthe18th“Secondly, that what is commonly called love, namely, the desire of satisfying a voracious appetite with a certain quantity of delicate white human flesh, is by no means that passion for which I here contend. This is indeed more properly hunger; and as no glutton is ashamed to apply the word love to his appetite,
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Lady Craven’s first impressions of Cherson (1786)
On March 9, 2022 by trappedinthe18thThis place is situated upon the Dneiper, called by the ancients, the Boristhenes; which falls into the Black Sea; the only inconvenience of the docks here is that the ships, when built, are obliged to be taken with camels into that part of the channel deep enough to receive them — The town is not
Artists of the 18th century . On this day . Painters of the 18th century . Today's Famous Birthday
Today’s Famous Birthday – 5 March – Giambattista Tiepolo (1696-1770)
On March 5, 2022 by trappedinthe18thGiovanni Battista Tiepolo was born on the 5th March in 1696 in Venice. He was one of the most important painter of the 18th-century Venetian school, although he lived and worked also in Würtzburg (Germany) between 1750 an 1753 and in Madrid (Spain) , where he died on the 27th March in 1770. As one