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dreaminginthedeepsouth · 4 months

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Illustration: Carol Of The Field Mice. :: from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame :: by Inga Moore.

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It was a pretty sight, and a seasonable one, that met their eyes when they flung the door open. In the fore-court, lit by the dim rays of a horn lantern, some eight or ten little field-mice stood in a semicircle, red worsted comforters round their throats, their fore-paws thrust deep into their pockets, their feet jigging for warmth. With bright beady eyes they glanced shyly at each other, sniggering a little, sniffing and applying coat-sleeves a good deal. As the door opened, one of the elder ones that carried the lantern was just saying, "Now then, one, two, three!" and forthwith their shrill little voices uprose on the air, singing one of the old-time carols that their forefathers composed in fields that were fallow and held by frost, or when snow-bound in chimney corners, and handed down to be sung in the miry street to lamp-lit windows at Yule-time.”

~Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows.

[The Queen's English]

#The Wind in the Willows #The Queen's English #Kenneth Grahame #Inga Moore #quotes #words and writing #Christmas #winter #seasons

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frmulcahy · 2 years

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I hope Christopher Eccleston is having a good day today

#some English person got Big Mad At Me because I said it was a win win if they get a bank holiday if she dies #lmaoooo #England #queen elizabeth #british royal family #uk politics

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atomic-chronoscaph · 9 months

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art by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1910s)

#eleanor fortescue-brickdale #arthurian legend #medieval art #book illustrations #20th century paintings #merlin the enchanter #queen guinevere #idylls of the king #kate barlass #golden book of famous women #the book of old english songs and ballads #1910s

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jhsharman · 2 years

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Mold

I have heard people complain about the affectation in writing out "u"'s for a British spelling of English words, as well as other utilizing of the Queen's (now King's) English instead of our common use. "Prretentiou!" they say. "This isn't Britain!". Yeah, well, it is that situation where the only thing worse than the thing is getting all huffy about the thing. That said, I had not encountered " mould".

And here the janitor is still unsettled. Mr. Svenson has not arrived. Though on presentation with Mr. Johnson, something is curious.

He does not look like Mr. Svenson. But he has the same expression -- a callback to Ed Brendel, and "y" sound deploying Swedish accent.

#Archie Comics #Archie Andrews #Jughead #Mr. Weather bee #Miss Grundy #Mr. Svenson #Mr. Johnson #Janitor #Custodian #Mold #Mould #The Queen's English #The King's English #Harry Lucey #1964 #Yumpin yimminy #Ed Been del

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maria-taiwin · 2 years

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#ireland #queen elizabeth ii #lol #i understand them #queen elizabeth #uk politics #british monarchy #english monarchy #uk #england #irish people #anti monarchy #twitter #shitpost #irish #memes

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the-evil-clergyman · 1 year

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Titania by Emma Whitney (1881-84)

#emma whitney #art #paintings #fine art #19th century #19th century art #victorian #victorian art #painting #english artist #british artist #shakespeare #shakespeare art #a midsummer night's dream #titania #fairy #fairies #fairy queen #classic art

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character-of-all-time · 1 year

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ROUND 1: DEMON CORE (science) VS THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND (down there)

#demon core #queen of england #the queen #english monarchy #tournament #now kill #f1 #nuclear physics #nuclear history

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earlymodernbarbie · 3 months

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Genevieve Bujold as Anne Boleyn in Anne of the Thousand Days

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dreaminginthedeepsouth · 1 year

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Night-Time Reading: Moley in the Library, inspired by Kenneth Grahame’s ‘The Wind in the Willows. illustrated by Chris Dunn. :: [The Queen's English]

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"It's not the sort of night for bed, anyhow.“ ~ Kenneth Grahame.

#quotes #Kenneth Grahme #Wind in the Willows #Chris Dunn #The Queen's English #night time reading

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phd-in-bears · 1 year

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Monarchies are only fun in fiction. But overthrowing a monarchy in real life could be very fun

#uk politics #king charles news #bbc #england #english politics #we should have stolen all our stuff back from the museum when they werent looking #princess diana #kate middleton #camilla #charles #king #queen #down with the monarchy #i was secretly hoping King Arthur would come back at that moment #could you imagine #uk #politics #uk police #scotland

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draculadailyreactions · 2 years

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So I’m not part of Dracula Daily but I do get context from mutuals who do- what are your thoughts on the Queen dying not long after Van Helsing was introduced?

Friend, I want to thank you for this ask. It rendered me speechless.

#op: september 9 2022 #asks #abraham van helsing #dracula daily #dracula #queen elizabeth ii #queen elizabeth #current events #england #british royal family #uk #monarchy #britain and the british #england and the english #dracula daily reactions #5k

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burnitalldownism · 2 years

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Been using this quote a lot since yesterday.

James Connolly was executed by crown forces in 1916. Despite a doctor saying he had two days at the most to live due to injuries sustained during the Easter Rising, he was brought by military ambulance to Kilmainham Gaol where he had to be tied to a chair to be shot, because he couldn’t stand. He was then dumped in a mass grave with the other executed leaders.

#queen elizabeth #ding dong the witch is dead #irish history #english history #qe2 #rip qe2

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neo--queen--serenity · 1 year

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I know we all have our own opinions on P.A. Works throwing this line into the ending of the final episode:

BUT!! The English dub is now out.

In the English dub, Miri says this phrase a little differently. She says that Kazuki “went out drinking with the ladies.”

This sounds a lot less like a pathetically belated attempt at no homo and a lot more like saying the ladies are his friend group, which would make sense, seeing how Kazuki immediately made friends with the daycare moms back when Miri was little.

It’s a small change, and honestly could just have been a logistical (mouth flap) choice, but it blends in with their prologue far better than the original phrase in Japanese had done. It’s even more open-ended to the nature of his and Rei’s relationship than the original, which I think is a smart choice, given how many potentially queer categories they can fall under when no label is given.

The English dub for this show has been a delight from start to finish, really, so this was the perfect way to end the series, imo. I’m gonna miss them. 🥲

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burningvelvet · 9 months

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“Women, for no other crime than having followed the dictates of a natural appetite, are driven with fury from the comforts and sympathies of society. [..] Has a woman obeyed the impulse of unerring nature; — society declares war against her, pitiless and eternal war: she must be the tame slave, she must make no reprisals; theirs is the right of persecution, hers the duty of endurance. She lives a life of infamy: the loud and bitter laugh of scorn scares her from all return. She dies of long and lingering disease: yet she is in fault, she is the criminal, she the froward and untameable child, — and society, forsooth, the pure and virtuous matron, who casts her as an abortion from her undefiled bosom!”

— Percy Bysshe Shelley, Queen Mab; A Philosophical Poem; With Notes (1813).

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gwydpolls · 6 months

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Time Travel Question : Murder and Disappearance Edition I

Given that Judge Crater, Roanoke, and the Dyatlov Pass Incident are credibly solved, though not 100% provable, I'm leaving them out in favor of things ,ore mysterious. I almost left out Amelia Earhart, but the evidence there is sketchier.

Some people were a little confused. Edward V and Richard of Shrewsbury are the Princes in the Tower.

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savage-kult-of-gorthaur · 1 month

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THE ART OF SUPER-SEVENTIES BRITISH HORROR -- THE LADIES OF HAMMER STUDIOS.

PIC(S) INFO: "Little Shoppe of Horrors" presents...Spotlight on back cover art to "Little Shoppe of Horrors" magazine #24, "The Journal of Classic British Horror Films." (published May 2010). Artwork by Bruce Timm.

EXTRA INFO: Back cover art of English actress Valerie Leon as Margaret Fuchs/Queen Tera, from the British horror film "Blood from the Mummy's Tomb" (1971), directed by Seth Holt and loosely based on Bram Stoker's 1903 novel "The Jewel of Seven Stars."

Sources: www.littleshoppeofhorrors.com/LSoH24.htm, Pinterest, & the Black Box Club (blog).

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