† figurative and in figurative context. to hit the master-vein (slang): to make a sexual conquest. Obsolete. 1592 My faire daughter was hit on the master vaine and gotten with childe. R. Greene, Disputation Conny-catcher 1614 I know a lad Can hit the maister-vaine. W. Browne, Shepheards Pipe ii.
I found it: the nastiest historical slang for sexual intercourse
Greek Chorus REACTS To The Homecoming of Agamemnon, King of Mycenae
Super happy to announce that the first book in our series, Race in Nineteenth-Century Literatures and Cultures, will be coming out this June. Check out Porscha Fermanis's _Settler Fiction from the Southern Hemisphere, 1820-1890_ and please ask your libraries to order?
Plausible, yes!
My whole take on the story is that Dr Fayre is the villain, so … that’s fair
I don’t know but I imagine some 1860s equivalent of a vape pen
Both doing badly on the stressful and low $ axes
This is how ‘60s Melbourne bohemians sat in chairs
Sepia portrait from 1866. Gentleman lounging side-saddle on a chair with knee-high boots, cane, cravat, cocked hat.
Seeing some red flags in this Marcus Clarke portrait (1866)
You picked a cool title though
It's Sad Boy Arpeggio Autumn www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmG0...
It is imperative that Naomi Wolf stops announcing she was an English major
Oh captain my captain! [I put one foot on the table and fall on my ass, its not clear what kind of move I was trying to do]
Beaky 70s leisurewear Joffrey child being sassy to John Cleese
Sometimes I think about the way he says “salad cream”
Song is deeply haunted
The Guardian Oil price falls and markets rally after Trump says Iran war over in ‘two to three weeks’ | US-Israel war on Iran
Smartest guys in the room
Oh captain my captain! [I put one foot on the table and fall on my ass, its not clear what kind of move I was trying to do]
I hired a copilot for our dangerous journey but *only* to sing ballads and pass me travel sweets
Highlighted section of the Copilot ToS which says "Copilot is for entertainment purposes only"
www.microsoft.com/en-us/micros... is it good to build an entire economy and software infrastructure on this
You can just listen to sad viola da gamba music all day, no one can stop you www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmtC...
Keep the right flank strong
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The Sandy Bay ghost town was becoming a bummer
That's the spot. It's actually very pleasant
Not even especially a Beethoven guy, but this movement is something else
This still does the trick even through noise cancelling headphones in an open plan office www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlpD...
Hey! Is the dream of the 90s (sustained ambitious attention to the fin de siècle American novel) alive?
Yes! In this AzQ special issue @rafaelwalker.bsky.social and I co-edited with intro by us & afterword by Jennifer Fleissner 😎
Open access! @hopkinspress.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/issue/56582
That's wonderful!
