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Title page of "The Complaint: or, Night Thoughts" features ornate design, red and black text about life, death, immortality; dated 1743.

Title page of "The Complaint: or, Night Thoughts" features ornate design, red and black text about life, death, immortality; dated 1743.

O what a miracle to man is man? - Edward Young's Night Thoughts [short excerpt]

A few sweet lines from the amazing 18th century best-selling poet Edward Young, on the amazing nature of mankind.

Colonial-NewYorker

Sep 31 min read

Two girls hug in a painting by Thomas Gainsborough, from 1759

Two girls hug in a painting by Thomas Gainsborough, from 1759

Ghosts of the 18th Century

A brief reflection on the way history can haunt us through art, and on how history lives in the mind.

Colonial-NewYorker

Aug 192 min read

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