Great tunes, great doggerel, small simians
Newly uncovered evidence shows that, following the fire which destroyed his Russian theatrical business in 1836, he and his family pursued a career in London and Europe, before repeating their Petersburg triumphs in the USA and Australia. Also, a very curious copyright case.
Exemplary punishments from the 1892 US presidential election.
Ignorance helps the dart wander.
I’m going to try and pin it on John of Bridlington’s rapidly disproven prophecy of a cock and bull and Anglo-French relations.
With some vague rabbitings on my silence and the rebirth of the humanities.
“Big cock” and “The old man and the cock are versions of “Medio pollico” / “Demi-coq”, and “Why the cock wears shorts” is something else.
Half Cock looks to a Tuscan witch for inspiration.
With a field study of the nymphomaniacs of Goa and brief notes on the early history of composite grafts.
