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William Major, 'Theory of Money and Exchanges; and the Causes of its Present Depreciation Indisputably Pointed Out; With Some Thoughts on the Progress and Termination of the Sinking Fund: Illustrated in a Series of Familiar Dialogues' (London, 1812)

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On this day in 1984, R.E.M. released their second studio album "Reckoning" featuring “So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" "Pretty Persuasion" "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" “Time After Time” and "Harborcoat"

George Woods, 'Observations on the Present Price of Bullion, and Rates of Exchange; Wherein the Objections of Mr. Bosanquet, and Others, to the Report of the Bullion Committee, are Attempted to be Over-Ruled' (London, 1811)

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#OTD 7 April 1836: death of #WilliamGodwin, author of Political Justice, Caleb Williams, & many other works speaking truth to power; head of one of Britain's leading literary families; writer of 1500 astonishing letters – Vol. IV: 1816-1828 due out from OUP this year.
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Remembering Layne Staley of Alice In Chains who died on this day in 2002. RIP

Remembering Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain who died on this day in 1994. RIP

On this day in 1980, R.E.M. played their first-ever show at St Mary’s Episcopal Church in Athens, Georgia, performing in an abandoned building for a friend’s birthday party.

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What a happy thing it would be if we could settle our thoughts [...] — that is, build a sort of mental cottage of feelings, quiet and pleasant — to have a sort of Philosophical back-garden, and cheerful [...] front one — but alas! this never can be

John Keats (Letter to J. Rice, 24 Mar. 1818) #OTD

Joseph Lomas Towers, 'The Expediency and Practicability of the Resumption of Cash-Payments by the Bank of England; or, Thoughts on the Present Serious State of the Circulating Medium of the Kingdom (London, 1811)

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Benjamin Smart, 'A Letter Addressed to The Honourable the House of Commons, on the Necessity of an Immediate Attention to the State of the British Coinage; in which a New, Prompt, and Efficacious Remedy for its Defects is Proposed' (London, 1811)

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On this day in 1977, The Clash released their debut single “White Riot”

Mercator, ‘Considerations on the Present State of Bank Notes, Specie, and Bullion; in a Series of Letters, Addressed to The Right Honourable –––––––––––’ (London, 1811)

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On this day in 1994, Nirvana released “MTV Unplugged in New York” consisting of mainly lesser-known material and cover versions of songs by the Vaselines, David Bowie, Lead Belly, and Meat Puppets.

Edinburgh University Press Journals - Table of Contents - rom: Vol 30, No 1

It appears that the Shelley Conference special issue of 'Romanticism' is currently available open access! Anna Mercer and I edited this issue, including essays by Nora Crook, Michael Rossington, @paulstephens.bsky.social, & more, from the 2022 Shelley Conference 🍂 www.euppublishing.com/toc/rom/30/1

Volume IV of the OUP edition of William Godwin’s letters, now at press, includes an extensive description of his 1816 visit to Abbotsford, together with four letters to Sir Walter Scott (d. OTD 1832), all written in 1824, the same year that Edwin Landseer painted this portrait of Scott at home.

Yes, refs to "the loan" during the early C19th usually relate to a £18 million loan from Walter Boyd (of mercantile firm Boyd, Benfield, & Co.) to the Pitt govt in 1795, ostensibly to support his war efforts. An early response was Coleridge's essay "The Loan" ('The Watchmen' II (9 Mar 1796), 37-44)

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"Do not diet your mind with grief, it destroys the constitution; but let your chief care be of your health, and with that you will meet your share of Pleasure in the world—do not doubt it."

John Keats (letter to F. Keats, 23 Aug. 1820)

On this day in 1994, Portishead released their debut studio album “Dummy” featuring singles “Numb" “Sour Times" and “Glory Box"

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Such is the folly of the world, and so do things seem different from what they are; since [...] Sir Timothy writhes under the fame of his incomparable son, as if it were the most grievous injury done to him; and so, perhaps, after all it will prove.

Mary Shelley (letter to Leigh Hunt, 22 Aug. 1824)

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"I have been miserably unwell for the last three days — but [...], finding myself convalescent this morning, I bathed, and now am still better, having had a glorious tumble in the waves, though the water is still not cold enough for my liking."

S. T. Coleridge (letter to J. Gillman, 20 Aug. 1819)

Sneaker Pimps released their debut album ‘Becoming X’ 29 years ago on August 19, 1996 | Listen to the album here: album.ink/SneakerPimpsBX

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[T]he snowy Alps [...] look like those accumulated clouds of dazzling white that arrange themselves on the horizon in summer. This immensity staggers the imagination, and [...] requires an effort of the understanding to believe that they are indeed mountains.

Mary Shelley (Journal, 19 Aug. 1814)

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Our mossy seat in the deepest recesses of the wood was enclosed from the world by an impenetrable veil. On our return the postillion had departed without us; he left word that he expected to meet us on the road. We proceeded there upon foot to Maison Neuve

Mary Shelley (Journal, 18 Aug. 1814)

Miles Davis – Kind of Blue (1959) album cover.

Released: August 17, 1959
Artist: Miles Davis
Album: Kind of Blue
Label: Columbia Records
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On this day in 1991, Nirvana shot the “Smells Like Teen Spirit” video for under $50K, with real fans as the crowd. It went on to win MTV VMAs and became MTV Europe’s most-played video ever.

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"There is a paper of mine in the last Quarterly, upon the means of bettering the condition of the poor. You will be interested by a story which it contains of an old woman upon Exmoor. In Wordsworth’s blank-verse it would go to every heart"

Robert Southey (letter to C. H. Townshend, 17 Aug. 1816)

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"If the funds break, it is my intention to go upon the highway. All the other English professions are at present so ungentlemanly by the conduct of those who follow them, that open robbing is the only fair resource left to a man of any principles"

Lord Byron (letter to J. Murray, 16 Aug. 1821)

30 years ago today, Blind Melon released their second album, ‘Soup.’ Darker and more experimental than their debut, it featured tracks like “Galaxie” and “Mouthful of Cavities,” and later became a cult favorite in alternative rock.

On this day in 1991, Nirvana played The Roxy in LA and invited fans to their first video shoot for ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ two days later. Hundreds came, cheered, and became part of music history forever.

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I am convinced more and more every day that (excepting the human friend philosopher), a fine writer is the most genuine being in the world. Shakspeare and the Paradise lost every day become greater wonders to me. I look upon fine phrases like a lover.

John Keats (letter to B. Bailey, 15 Aug. 1819)