#A. L. Rawson

[blueheartbookclub]

A Review of "The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries" by Thomas Taylor

"The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries" is an illuminating journey into the heart of ancient Greek religious practices, meticulously explored and vividly presented by the renowned philosopher and translator, Thomas Taylor. This dissertation, complemented by the evocative illustrations of A. L. Rawson, takes readers on a profound exploration of the mystical rituals that shaped the spiritual landscape of ancient Greece.

Thomas Taylor's scholarly expertise in Neoplatonism and his unwavering dedication to preserving the wisdom of the past shine brilliantly in this work. Through his meticulous translation and commentary, Taylor unveils the enigmatic rites and ceremonies of the Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries, providing readers with a window into the spiritual world of ancient Greece.

One of the most remarkable aspects of Taylor's work is his ability to convey the deep spiritual significance of these ancient rituals. He delves into the symbolism, mythology, and metaphysical underpinnings of the Mysteries, revealing how they were designed to facilitate personal transformation and spiritual enlightenment. Taylor's profound insights into the mysteries' inner workings give readers a profound understanding of their purpose and significance.

The accompanying illustrations by A. L. Rawson add another layer of richness to this dissertation. Rawson's artistry brings to life the mystical and mythological elements of the rituals, making the ancient world tangible and captivating. These illustrations serve as a visual guide, enhancing the reader's comprehension and engagement with the material.

"The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries" is not merely a historical account but a spiritual odyssey. It invites readers to contemplate the enduring relevance of these ancient practices in the modern world. Taylor's work inspires us to reflect on the importance of initiation, transformation, and the quest for spiritual truth.

In conclusion, "The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries" is a masterpiece of scholarship and spiritual insight. Thomas Taylor's dedication to preserving the wisdom of antiquity and his ability to convey its profound significance make this dissertation an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the spiritual and mystical traditions of ancient Greece. A. L. Rawson's illustrations add a visually captivating dimension to this already enlightening work. It is a must-read for seekers of wisdom, scholars, and those fascinated by the mysteries of the past.

"The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries" by Thomas Taylor is available in Amazon in paperback 13.99$ and hardcover 19.99$ editions.

Length of the Book: 184 pages

Language: English

Rating 8/10

Link of the book!

Review by King's Cat

[blueheartbooks]

A Review of "The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries" by Thomas Taylor

"The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries" is an illuminating journey into the heart of ancient Greek religious practices, meticulously explored and vividly presented by the renowned philosopher and translator, Thomas Taylor. This dissertation, complemented by the evocative illustrations of A. L. Rawson, takes readers on a profound exploration of the mystical rituals that shaped the spiritual landscape of ancient Greece.

Thomas Taylor's scholarly expertise in Neoplatonism and his unwavering dedication to preserving the wisdom of the past shine brilliantly in this work. Through his meticulous translation and commentary, Taylor unveils the enigmatic rites and ceremonies of the Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries, providing readers with a window into the spiritual world of ancient Greece.

One of the most remarkable aspects of Taylor's work is his ability to convey the deep spiritual significance of these ancient rituals. He delves into the symbolism, mythology, and metaphysical underpinnings of the Mysteries, revealing how they were designed to facilitate personal transformation and spiritual enlightenment. Taylor's profound insights into the mysteries' inner workings give readers a profound understanding of their purpose and significance.

The accompanying illustrations by A. L. Rawson add another layer of richness to this dissertation. Rawson's artistry brings to life the mystical and mythological elements of the rituals, making the ancient world tangible and captivating. These illustrations serve as a visual guide, enhancing the reader's comprehension and engagement with the material.

"The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries" is not merely a historical account but a spiritual odyssey. It invites readers to contemplate the enduring relevance of these ancient practices in the modern world. Taylor's work inspires us to reflect on the importance of initiation, transformation, and the quest for spiritual truth.

In conclusion, "The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries" is a masterpiece of scholarship and spiritual insight. Thomas Taylor's dedication to preserving the wisdom of antiquity and his ability to convey its profound significance make this dissertation an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the spiritual and mystical traditions of ancient Greece. A. L. Rawson's illustrations add a visually captivating dimension to this already enlightening work. It is a must-read for seekers of wisdom, scholars, and those fascinated by the mysteries of the past.

"The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries" by Thomas Taylor is available in Amazon in paperback 13.99$ and hardcover 19.99$ editions.

Length of the Book: 184 pages

Language: English

Rating 8/10

Link of the book!

Review by King's Cat

[dwellordream]

Notable American Women: BLAVATSKY, Helena Petrovna Hahn (July 31, 1831 - May 8, 1891)

“... Educated by governesses who indulged her taste for supernatural folktales, and deeply impressed by the haunting liturgy of the Russian Orthodox service, Helena grew up a wild and imaginative girl. Her mother died when she was twelve, whereupon she was sent to live with her grandfather Fadeev, the governor of Saratov on the Volga. Later his household moved to Tiflis, where, on July 7, 1848, sixteen-year-old Helena Hahn was married to Gen. Nikifor Vasilievich Blavatsky, the forty-year-old vice-governor of a neighboring province. 

Soon regretting her rashness, she ran away after three months to Constantinople, where (according to the memoirs of her cousin, the Russian statesman Count Sergei Y. Witte) she became an equestrienne in a circus. In 1850 she visited Egypt and explored Cairo with Albert L. Rawson, a young American student of Islam. Returning to Constantinople, she became the mistress of a minor Hungarian opera singer, Agardi Metrovich, whom she thereafter accompanied on European tours. During a stay in Paris she worked for a time with Daniel Dunglas Home, a celebrated spiritualist of the day.

…By 1870 they were living in Odessa, where Madame Blavatsky struggled to support them both by giving singing lessons and working in various shops and factories. In 1871 they embarked on the S.S. Eumonia for Cairo, where Metrovich hoped to revive his faltering career. On June 21, however, the vessel exploded at sea and Metrovich lost his life. Madame Blavatsky, one of seventeen survivors, continued on to Egypt.

Now taking up spiritualism in earnest, she tried to organize a Société Spirite, but her seances were characterized by various petty deceptions and soon collapsed. She drifted back to Odessa, then to Paris, and on July 7, 1873, arrived, via steerage, in New York City. Here she lived in a Home for Working Women, doing catchpenny spiritualism and various odd jobs. …The turning point in her life came that October when she read in the New York Daily Graphic of the seances being conducted by the Eddy brothers of Chittenden, Vt. 

She hastened to Vermont, displayed her own psychic aptitude, and ingratiated herself with Col. Henry Steel Olcott, the lawyer and spiritualist who had written the Graphic articles. Olcott was deeply impressed by this exotic Russian, and the following March, when he received a mysterious message from “Tuitit Bey” of ”The Brotherhood of Luxor” instructing him to become her neophyte, he readily yielded. 

…Here on Sept. 7, 1875, was born the Theosophical Society, named by an English member, Charles Sotheran, who had discovered the word, meaning “divine wisdom,” in the dictionary. Olcott was chosen chairman, and later president; William Quan Judge, a young Irish clerk in Olcott’s law office, was made secretary-treasurer (later, as head of the American section, he led a schism from the parent group); and Madame Blavatsky, who preferred to remain in the background since she was not a good speaker, became corresponding secretary. 

The organization’s declared object was “to collect and diffuse a knowledge of the laws which govern the universe.” By 1880 three basic goals had emerged: to promote the “Universal Brotherhood of Humanity”; to investigate the “unexplained laws of Nature and the psychical powers latent in man”; and to study comparative religion, philosophy, and science.

…When the Theosophical Society failed to thrive in America, Madame Blavatsky, (or “H.P.B.,” as she now called herself) and Olcott decided to move to India, a land known for its occult lore and one where Olcott had recently established a promising contact with the Arya Samaj, a strong new organization advocating a return to the ancient principles of Hinduism. Before setting out for India, Helena Blavatsky took out American naturalization papers, correctly anticipating that she might be regarded by the British authorities as a Russian spy.

…In 1882, with the aid of wealthy Indians, Madame Blavatsky and her followers purchased the grounds for a beautiful international headquarters at Adyar, on the outskirts of Madras. Here, with the help of her young Hindu “chelas,” or assistants, she amazed visitors with various psychic marvels, including “precipitated” or materialized written communications from the Mahatmas, most notably one Koot Hoomi. Her reputation grew despite occasional embarrassing setbacks, as in 1883 when a “Koot Hoomi” letter was proved to have been plagiarized from a recent address by an American Theosophist.

At this apogee of her career, Helena Blavatsky was a person of curious contradictions. Far from spiritual in appearance, she was extremely obese, with protruding eyes and short crinkly hair. She loved to play solitaire, smoked incessantly, and frequently gave way to towering rages and profane outbursts drawn from the forty languages she was said to have at her command. While taking great relish in attracting new converts, she always retained a wry self-awareness that was one of her more appealing traits.”

- Notable American Woman, Volume I: A-F, 1971

[whatdoesshedotothem]

Wednesday 7 January 1835

8 ¼

11 ½

no kiss hard frost again fine morning - out in the workshop – Charles H- not to come till 10 – poorly last night – had Pickels - said I would settle with him for the 3 hares killed on Monday one yesterday  and more he is to try for today – then had John Bottomely – he is a good staunch blue plumper – has behaved very well – paid him for carting etc £6.16.4 ready for his rent – breakfast as I could between 10 and 11 – then from 11 20 to 11 55 wrote yesterday and so far of today - off to the Stag’s head Mytholm (my rent day) and there at 12 20 – Washington there and had already had several of the tenants – the rents very well paid – Carr, Greenwood and Denniston who has the Hopwood lane fields not there – too busy at Halifax with the election and their £24.6.0+ the pew rents can be had on Saturday – brought home the rents collected and came in about 1 ½ brought three hundred and twenty three pounds four shillings and sat with A- counting it over and she put it away to be ready for tomorrow (I had one hundred and three sovereigns and the rest in five-pound country notes) Some while with my aunt- A- and I went out at 3 ¼ - just looked at the drift – Joseph Mann can have light rails at £8 per ton and heady at £     – Farrer said to have the best metal – too busy to attend to Joseph M- yesterday Mr Rawson’s foreman (Christopher and Jeremiah R- old lane foundry) would take the order at £7.10.0 per ton of light rails – a ton will do more than 60 yards - A- and I walked in the walk and came in at 4 25 – John Booth soon returned from Halifax one Jennings, Cow green, had given the casting vote to Portheroe – by and by came Mr Washington who had it from Wortley himself at the Swan Committee room that the castings vote would in his (Wortley’s) favour – the state of the pole being

Wood 336, Worley 308 and Protheroe 307

– what a hard run race! Came upstairs and in 50 minutes (till 6 20/60) wrote 3 pages to Vere - would she thank me for a scrawl per post merely to say I hoped we had succeeded - gave the tenant the statement of the poll saying I heard there were 2 bad votes - would not be made known till tomorrow to whom they belonged - but the weight of property certainly on our side and I hoped they did not belong to us - I had not seen Mr. Wortley - out when he called - but no matter - he was sure of all the supplement I could give him - Vere herself had asked me to do what I could for him –

 SH:7/ML/E/17/0139

 and I had thrown in my mite - we none of us thought the Radicals could have pushed us so hard but we hoped better times would come, and that before another election we should one and all of us (conservatives) blues be stronger - hoped that my own influence would not be decreased - thanks for her nice, long letter - anxious to hear more of Mr. Cameron’s eye - hoped V- needful no alarm - anxious for herself but have no fear now (for her safe accouchement) - will write in a day or 2 to Lady Stuart and a note to V- herself by a parcel of warm shawls - ask what they had done about Gisbourne - but had not her letter before me so merely added the town was in a sad turmoil - the windows glass and frames of many of the principal houses, Inns and shops (blues) smashed to atoms - the 2 front doors of the vicarage broken down - Mr. Rawson’s carriage (the banker with Mr. Wortley had been staying) completely broken up - one of our servants going to the post yesterday had been knocked down but escaped without much harm - another of our servants escaped with difficulty today having seen a poor blue taken into a surgery, almost trampled and bruised to death - dinner at 6 ½ - sent off George with my letter at 6 35 § dated this evening 5 ½ pm Matthew waited – coffee – then till near 9 with my father and Marian – I was then some while with my aunt then again with my father and Marian – then sat talking to A- and then till 10 10 wrote all but the first 5 lines of today -

§ my letter to ‘the Lady Vere Cameron at the honourable Lady Stuarts’ Whitehall, London’

very fine day - frosty - F39° at 10 ¼ pm in my study

[jxrm]

book log - 2019

my kind of perfect by hannah ellis

not the girl you marry by andie j. christopher

the wedding party by jasmine guillory

sweet venom by tera lynn childs

obsession by amanda robson

the proposal by jasmine guillory

maybe in another life by taylor jenkins reid

the last librarian by brandt legg

exit west by mohsin hamid

the water cure by sophie mackintosh

the broken hearts' society of suite 17c by leighann kopans

royal holiday by jasmine guillory

the good samaritan by john marrs

fuck marriage by taryn fisher

christmas with friends by hannah ellis

the death of mrs. westaway by ruth ware

gabi, a girl in pieces by isabel quintero

swipe right for murder by derek millman

#therealcinderella by yesenia vargas

shutter island by dennis lehane

the wedding of rachel blaine by amy cross

pieces of her by karin slaughter

these witches don't burn by isabel sterling

a spark of light by jodi picoult

the friend by teresa driscoll

frankissstein by jeanette winterson

how to hang a witch by adriana mather

the bride test by helen hoang

just one bite by jack heath

the babysitters coven by kate williams

blame game by c.j. cooke

about the night by anat talshir

wreckage by emily bleeker

our house by louise candilish

just what kind of mother are you? by paula daly

the other ann by amy cross

in a dark, dark wood by ruth ware

spare room by dreda say mitchell

jar of hearts by jennifer hillier

without remorse by tom clancy

the amateurs by liz harmer

exhalation by ted chiang

the astonishing color of after by emily x.r. pan

all the beautiful lies by peter swanson

batman: year one by frank miller

go by kazuki kaneshiro

the bird and the sword by amy harmon

q is for quarry by sue grafton

guilt by amanda robson

blame it on bianca del rio by bianca del rio

size 14 is not fat either by meg cabot

the banker's wife by cristina alger

a good enough mother by bev thomas

someone we know by shari lapena

the man i thought you were by leah mercer

radio silence by alice oseman

the butterfly garden by dot hutchison

in twenty years by allison winn scotch

what happened at the lake by phil m. williams

the thinnest air by minka kent

you know me well by nina lacour

the waiting room by emily bleeker

sleeping murder by agatha christie

we were mothers by katie sise

bunny by mona awad

the one by john marrs

losing leah halloway by lisa reganby devney perry

the song of achilles by madeline miller

daughters of the lake by wendy webb

remember me? by sophie kinsella

the birthday list by devney perry

a curse so dark and lonely by birgid kemmener

spindle by e.k. johnston

the babysitter by sheryl browne

a serial killer's daughter by kerri rawson

the ex by alafair burke

the meryl streep movie club by mia march

watership down by richard adams

every ugly word by aimee l. salter

the rhythm of blues by love belvin

killman creek by rachel caine

undead girl gang by lily anderson

the turn of the key by ruth ware

smart girls gets what they want by sarah strohmeyer

girl gnoe virals by arvin ahmadi

the perfect roommate by minka kent

brother by david chariandy

that time i loved you by carrianne leung

lock every door by riley sager

the zen man by colleen collins

stillhouse lake by rachel caine

daisy jones & the six by taylor jenkins reid

once upon a river by daine setterfield

the good widow by liz fenton

sadie by courtney summers

dead girls by tim kizer

half past by victoria helen stone

the woo-woo by lindsay wong

ender's game by orson scott card

smoke by catherine mckenzie

the favorite daughter by kaira rouda

xo by jeffery deaver

whiskey in a teacup by reese witherspoon

the truth lies here by lindsey klingele

save the date by morgan matson

i am wathcing you by teresa driscoll

the last time i lied by riley sager

alex and eliza by melissa de la cruz

little fires everywhere by celeste ng

the long deception by mary mccluskey

fast forward by juliet madison

emergency contact by mary h.k. choi

two weddings and a fugitive by donna joy usher

the rules of magic by alice hoffman

i dream of johnny by juliet madison

friends like these by hannah ellids

the perfect mother by aimee molloy

a beautiful poison by lydia kang

girls with sharp sticks by suzanne young

the other woman by sandie jones

from twinkle with love by sandhya menon

the seven husbands of evelyn hugo by taylor jenkins reid

instant mom by nia vardalos

finding claire by lisa regan

the silent patient by alex michaelides

hidden bodies by caroline kepnes

playing with matches by hannah orenstein

the last resort by marissa stapley

robin by dave itzkoff

the perfect child by lucinda berry

sugar run by mesha maren

the afterlife of holly chase by cynthia hand

bright side by kim holden

convenience store woman by sayaka murata

the perfect mother by nina darnton

rush by lisa patton

girls' night out by liz fenton

the tattooist of auschwitz by heather morris

the power by naomi alderman

bird box by josh malerman

all we ever wanted by emily giffin

the haunting of hill house by shirley jackson

this is how it always is by laurie frankel

eligible by curtis sittenfield

the better sister by alafair burke

an anonymous girl by greer hendricks

educated by tara westover

nine perfect strangers by liane moriarty

the good neighbor: the life and work of fred rogers by maxwell king

harry potter and the philosopher's stone by j.k. rowling

five feet apart by rachael lippincott

the seven deaths of evelyn hardcastle by stuart turton

harry potter and the chamber of secrets by j.k. rowling

verity by colleen hoover

the wedding beat by devan sipher

harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban by j.k. rowling

boy swallows universe by trent dalton

the polygamist's daughter by anna labaron

harry potter and the order of the phoenix by j.k. rowling

starstruck in seattle by juliet madison

harry potter and the goblet of fire by j.k. rowling

13 minutes by sarah pinborough

harry potter and the half blood prince by j.k. rowling

the silver star by jeannette walls

harry potter and the deathly hallows by j.k. rowling

the girls by emma cline

the sun is also a star by nicola yoon

[radioconstructed]

// tbh, "The Most Dangerous Animal of All: Searching for my father and finding the Zodiac Killer" by Gary L Stewart should be recommended reading for this blog. Not required, just recommended.

And anything from Kerri Rawson, daughter of the serial killer Dennis Rader (BTK) should also be recommended. I haven't read her book, just seen a few interviews.

[grangcrwitch]

fb: too young, too good

                ❝——Hey Rawson, ¿Entrenamos?❞ preguntó cuando se lo encontró en el gran comedor con solo un pan en la mano con ya un mordisco pero su emoción era mayor, apenas era su segundo año y había logrado entrar por lo que deseaba práctica para ser muy buena, la mejor. Para eso necesitaba de ayuda y tenía la idea que Camden era la persona indicada para ayudarle. ( @cvmdcn )

[brother-emperors]

a pair of scenes out of The Comic™ that had to get cut: Cassius doing his best impression of Cassandra with the foreshadowing re: Publius raising his hand over his face to block out the sun and later Publius taking an arrow to that exact hand at Carrhae

I ended up scrapping it because there was an underlying dialogue in the second scene where Octavius asks Cassius what he’s seeing, and the thing is, Cassius is too far away to actually see when Publius gets hit, and originally I wrote it in because of Cassius and his thematic eye sight out of Shakespeare, but this comic isn’t about that and keeping it in would have just too many underlying implied themes going on.

that said, I’m still kind of fond of it, so here we go!

Plutarch’s Crassus

Cassius and Brutus: the Memory of the Liberators, E. Rawson (there’s a very fun counter argument that Cassius should actually be compared to Tiresias instead, but I went with Cassandra)

The Cassandra Scene in Aeschylus’ ‘Agamemnon,’ Seth L. Schein

society6 | ko-fi | redbubble | twitter | deviantart    

[movieassholes]

I work for P&J Amusements. I maintain the monkey maze, if you know what I'm sayin’. 

Scottie P. - We're the Millers (2013)

[incorrect-gentleman-jack]

Ann Walker, after spending time with Anne Lister: I don’t know what’s wrong with me! I think I’m coming down with something. I can’t sleep, I can’t think, I can’t eat...

Catherine Rawson: Oh, I know what you have! The L-word.

Harriet Parkhill: Yeah! Leprosy!

Catherine Rawson: No, Harriet. It starts with L, ends with E. Four letters.

Harriet Parkhill: Lice!

Catherine Rawson: No.

[herheroics]

@overlooksouls​ y o l o your starter

          EVERY TIME they had an adjoining case with the fbi,  emily always kept an eye out for her team. well, her old team now since becoming the director of the interpol. she always tried to see them when it came to cases, for she didn’t always have time to stop by and see them on her off days. she always tried to. always tried to see them. but as she entered the room, she was surprised to see someone in the room she didn’t quite think she’d see again. mick rawson. of all the people she could’ve seen there.. it was him. the director walked towards him, sitting on the edge of the desk beside him “Tell me, are you still EGOTISTICAL?”.

[annelisterofhalifax]

Coal, Measurements and Rawsons

1835

M[ar]ch Fri[day] 27

8.50

11 1/2

No kiss Fine b[u]t dullish morn[in]g F 47° at 9 ½ a.m, br[eak]f[a]st at 9 1/2  to 10 1/4 , t[he]n 1/4  h[ou]r w[i]th my fath[e]r, bet[ter]

+   t[ha]n yest[erday] b[u]t n[o]t look[in]g or being well. Sat w[i]th A-[Ann] in the bl[ue] room fr[om] 10 1/2  to 11 1/2  read[in]g fr[om] page  

Xxii [22] to  

Lv [55] end of Introduction to Phil[osophy] on the vital funct[io]n and the 2 first pages of the work its[elf], t[he]n stood read[ing]

+   in the lit[tle] dress[in]g room Munro’s Anat[om]y vol[ume] 2 on the heart and circulat[io]n  till 2 exc[ept] t[ha]t h[a]d

Joseph Mann fr[om] ab[ou]t 12 1/2  to 1, ca[me] to ask me ab[ou]t shoot[in]g d[o]wn the stuff fr[om] the drift, ord[ere]d it to

be put in the road and Pickells sh[oul]d move it to the side. Speak[in]g of Mr Rawson’s engine pit

J.M [Joseph Mann] s[ai]d the pit d[o]wn to the engine is 120 y[ar]ds deep, fr[om] t[he]re to the Low bed = 44 y[ar]ds t[ha]t the engine now

lifts or pumps the wat[e]r 44 y[ar]ds. It will ha[ve] t[hi]s and 27 y[ar]ds to lift to enab[le] R- [Rawson] to get all Sam[ue]l

Hall’s coal. R-s [Rawson’s] engine is at or near the top of the rag 120 y[ar]ds deep, the same

measure i.e stratum of rag, w[hi]ch is at the surf[a]ce where I am go[in]g to sink my engine pit.

R-[Rawson] n[o]t aware wh[a]t an expens[ive] job he will ha[ve], nor how m[u]ch wat[e]r he will meet w[i]th,

he m[u]st ha[ve] a new engine, the one or rath[e]r 2 engines he has, will n[o]t pump the wat[e]r.

He hav[in]g 27 y[ar]ds of level to spend, suppos[in]g six y[ar]ds of level to be lost per hund[re]d y[ar]ds breadth

of coal,t[ha]t will be 27/6 = 4 3/6 = 450 y[ar]ds br[ea]dth of coal t[ha]t he will loose  At last I th[in]k I und[er]st[a]nd wh[a]t R- [Rawson] is ab[ou]t, sure[l]y the ab[ov]e diagram ma[ke]s it plain. Out w[i]th A-[Ann] at 2, left h[e]r at the end of Sawood house Lane at 2.40, b[a]ck in 20 min[ute]s. to Mytholm, a lit[tle] whi[le] at Hannah Green’s – Aquilla’s wife, shew[e]d me the back places in Mytholm garden, t[he]n, s[ai]d I w[oul]d ma[ke] t[he[m a lit[tle] conven[ien]ce for the cows, t[he]n w[i]th the jun[io]r and his  2  men w[i]th Pickells  do[in]g up wall in Mallins[on]s land n[ea]r Breakneck. P- [Pickells] and Nat[han] t[he]re. Advise me ag[ain]st buy[in]g stone of A- [Ann]. 6 or 7 y[ar]ds of bearing, the bear[in]g will cost me £20 to £30 bef[ore] get[in]g a stone. I h[a]d far bet[ter] agree w[i]th Pollard or Turner for wh[a]t I want. S[ai]d Washington h[a]d put it in[to] my head to buy stone of  A-[Ann], P-[Pickells] th[in]ks he h[a]s so[me] und[e]r h[a]nd motive, wants rubble perh[aps] for the r[oa]d. S[ai]d I w[oul]d tell Holt n[o]t to put out handbills for lett[in]g A-s[Ann’s] stone to get. T[he]n took P-[Pickells] to Mytholm gard[e]n ab[ou]t walling a lit[tle] bit t[he]re, talk ab[ou]t enlarg[in]g the dam. Off at 5 1/4 to meet A-[Ann] met h[e]r in Wat[e]r Lane, soon aft[er]w[a]rds met Washington. It seems A- [Ann] hers[elf] h[a]s no r[oa]d int[o] 1835 M[ar]ch the quarry b[u]t thro[ugh] Miss Wadsworth’s leave! S.W [Samuel Washington] h[a]s h[a]d an application fr[om] h[e]r for wall stones! She h[a]s the right of road b[u]t no stone, A-[Ann] h[a]s the stone b[u]t no right of r[oa]d. S.W [Samuel Washington] to try to settle ab[ou]t t[hi]s. A-[Ann] w[oul]d be gl[a]d to buy the farm belong[in]g to Miss W[Wadsworth]. a-[Ann] and I talk[e]d the matter ov[e]r. I th[in]k of V   gett[in]g stone elsewhere. Ho[me] at 6 1/4, Turner ca[me] to be p[ai]d for 40 stone posts at 1/6, ord[ere]d 40 mo[re] such and told h[i]m to s[e]nd me an est[ima]te of wh[a]t I want[e]d, cart[in]g and all – 4 f[ee]t 6 in[ches]. Rag bottoms n[o]t less t[ha]n 3 in[ches] thick and parpoints br[oa]d in the bed for arching. Din[ner] at 6 1/2, coff[ee], sat talk[in]g d[o]wn st[ai]rs and up fr[om] 8 3/4  to 9 3/4 wr[ote] the who[le] of today. Fine day b[u]t dullish, 20 min[ute]s w[ith my a[un]t tilln10.05p.m at w[hi]ch h[ou]r F 48°. V -Visit 

[skgway]

1823 July, Mon. 28

8 50/60

11 1/2

See the last line of yesterday. Masturbation at twelve thinking of Tib. Slept uncomfortably and awoke at two and alas masturbation again, having just had a rigmarole dream of being in bed with Miss Lloyd of York, Miss Susan L[loyd]’s sister, and of pretending to be asleep while I had been grubbling her, she liking it exceedingly –

Disturbed rest from a little after 2 to 4 then awoke with a pretty severe bilious pain in my stomach – Tossed and tumbled about – Sick but not enough to give me much relief – Heard every clock struck – Merely dozed a little – Had been much heated and perhaps throwing the quilt off had brought on the pain – I had felt too suddenly cold, and pulled the clothes on again –

1/4 hour in the stable speaking to Charles Howarth – 3 pages very kind letter from Mrs. Norcliffe Langton – (the ends from Marianne Dalton to say she will write soon) – Mrs. N– [Norcliffe] is glad she can give me “a tent-bed” at the festival a room to myself “tho’ not too large and a most hearty welcome” – The party Mrs. N– [Norcliffe] I[sabella] N[orcliffe] and Charlotte and the 3 oldest girls from Croft –

No quarrel between Dr. Camidge and Greatorex – Speaking of Miss Fawkes, “one has often heard of “wedding haste,” but seldom sun such an instance as Miss Fawkes’s – A letter from York says they had met very often in town, but my information from Scarbro’ says, and that from a near relative, they had only met once, and that at dinner at her uncle Brandlings – Proposals the day following, and post haste down to York to learn his fate – Papa objected as too slight an acquaintance but the young lady was determined and lucky, for it is for her that he is a most worthy man, tho’ so would think “too much old” –

Went down to breakfast at 9 55/60 – Very bilious – Would not have got up but wished to go to H–x [Halifax] to see Marian etc. At 11 1/2 took George in the gig, and drove to Northgate – Marian well again or nearly so – Sat with her 10 minutes –

Called at Whitley’s, Mrs. N– [Norcliffe]’s Shakespeare gallery not arrived – The prints to be bound in 2 volumes 31/6 each volume – The gig waited at Mr. Banson’s door whole I walked a little with Mrs. R– [Rawson] of Stony Royde – Called on Mrs. William Rawson and Mrs. Saltmarshe, not admitted – Sat above 1/2 hour with Mrs. Stansfield R– [Rawson] and her daughter Catherine – Called on Mrs. C[hristopher] Saltmarshe and Mrs. Catherine R– [Rawson] who is staying with her, not admitted –

Called again at Northgate to speak to Thomas Greenwood about a black gig horse price 50 guineas to be bought of Illingworth of the anchor public house – The horse to come here at 4 this afternoon – Thomas had heard from several and Sugden, the horse breaker, said he used to see George galloping and tashing the horses thro the town and on the moor last winter, and people said we must have a very bad groo[m] at Shibden Hall. Thomas did not wish to injure any poor man, any servant, but our horses had looked like ketall this year. I said I would not bring his name into the business –

Ushered in Miss Elizabeth Prescott at Northgate, staid a few minutes and got home at 1 50/60 – My aunt and I sauntered down the lane into the hay fields – I told her the black mare had gone lame this morning – and I should send for Blamire this afternoon (George rode her yesterday to Huddersfield to see his friends at Lascelles hall) – She never went lame before – Did not hint at what I had heard, but said as I have often said before, I was dissatisfied with George as a groom and much wished my uncle would let me hire one myself and have him entirely of my own ordering, them perhaps we might have our horses as we ought to have –

Came upstairs at 2 10/60 – Wrote all the above of today – Read from page 104 to 211 Dr. Paris’s Pharmacologia. Blamire came at 6, the black mare’s off fore-foot a little gravelled – Took off the shoe pared down the crust, in 1 little place down to the sensible foot, filled it up with adhesive plaister (vide plaister adhesive volume 2 white) put a ledger of tow over it, and then the shoe on again – May use the mare again in a few days –

Blamire had brought a bottle of stuff to take down Hotspur’s splint on his near foreleg – Equal parts spirit turpentine and ammonia, (vide White volume 2 liquid blister and vide ammonia) and soap liniment to make it adhere – Blamire rubbed on about a tea-or dessert spoonful – This rubbing to be repeated several times at first every day then every other day – The horse turned out again within the hour (kept up a little for fear he should bite or rub the part while it smarted) and I observed in the field that the hair was brought off –

Finish day Came in to dinner at 6 1/2 – In the evening went into the field to the horses, and gave Hotspur oat-cake – Then sauntered along the new road and in the garden with my aunt and did not come in till 8 50/60 p.m. – Got some strawberries in the garden, I hope not too many –

Finish day – Barometer 1 1/2 degree below changeable Fahrenheit 57º at 8 50/60 p.m. E [two dots, treating venereal complaint] O [two dots, signifying discharge] Not so much as yesterday, yet Blamires coming prevented my washing before dinner –

Came upstairs at 10 55/60. Warm soap lather, as last night, of the hot water brought to bathe my eyes with –

[wrotetheaboveoftoday]

1833 Tues. 26 March

6 35/.. 12 10/.. + + +L U U fine morning Fahrenheit 48º at 6 35/.. (ground covered with white ime) and 32º at 7 3/4 outside my window and regular snow - storm - had begun to snow a little at 7 1/2 - what a month of March! - spoke to John to get at Throps as many hollies as he thought good enough and 6 horse chesnuts, and 10 more yews - at my desk at 8 - and an hour making out clearly and arranging the bills of expenses of Mytholm mill to shew my father and ready for settling with George Robinson -

Breakfast at 9 5/.. in about an hour - books from Whitley’s - Ure's geology Scrope on Earthquakes and Digest of Bank Charter committee - looking into these till after 12 - then had Washington - Mr. Saltmarshe only pays 1 1/2 guineas a year and wants to give up the pew - very well - to be relet - all that W- [Washington] had to call upon want the pew rents lowering - very well - fiat - told W- about the coal agreement being off with Mr. R- [Rawson] merely said I was outwitted in saying we had agreed before the papers were actually signed - W- [Washington] thought Mr. R- [Rawson] had on the face of the deeds no sufficient reason to refuse signing

Then near an hour with my aunt till came upstairs at 1 35/.. then reading Ure's geology (could not resist) and read from page 196 to 313 end of Jesse's Gleanings in natural history and making notes and extracts from it till 5 1/2 - Had sent for George Robinson to come to settle our account, but he was gone to Manchester - John brought from Throp's this morning 10 more hollies and planted them in the hedge top of Trough of Bolland wood - ordered the 6 horse chesnuts and 10 more yews to come tomorrow - the latter to be at nurse in the garden - wrote all but the 3 first lines of today and ran out at 5 3/4 (my aunt quite better today) - an hour in my walk - two turns from end to end - but snowing large flakes or small or rain partly frozen (more or less) all the time - 1/4 hour in the hut during the heaviest of the snow - yet this fresh air did me good, and the exercise warmed my feet -

Home at 6 3/4 - changed my clothes - dinner at 7 - afterwards cut open and read attentively from page 88 to 105 Ure's geology Letter from Lady V.C - [Vere Cameron] Leghorn March 8 (went into the and Florence March 10 other room at 9 1/2) - 3 pp. [pages] and ends - Kind letter but tho received my last forwarded to florence finishes her letter in a hurry and takes no notice of my offer of sponsorship tho gives me leave to call her husband lochiel

The Camerons had been a week at Naples and gone from there (to same time!) to Leghorn by steam - instead of ten days  left N- [Naples] at 3 p.m. on Wednesday 6 and anchored off the harbor at Leghorn at 6 a.m. Friday the 8th instant - by the Francesco primo - very good vessel - going to Greece the middle of April for a 3 months tour if can get 50 subscribers at 85 guineas each - each to land at his own expense - 2 ladies going from Naples - did not supper at all from sickenings not economical of money but of time - should have vetturino'd it part of the way if they had gone by land -

3 days from Naples to Rome - then rest there one day for passport and business, and then 6 days from R- [Rome] to Florence per vetturino - N- [Naples]

'like an English watering place in point of society and dissipation - I saw a great deal of our little Paris Waller who is going out with Lord Ponsonby to Constantinople, I had the pleasure of talking of you' -

San Carlos closed - did not attempt Vesuvius 'and Donald had been up before'! saw Pompeii and Baiæ - 'this Leghorn is a nasty cold miserable place the wind whistle's round the house and we are going off to Pisa where the Ussero is said to be the best hotel in Italy, kept by 2 cidevant couriers' - they were not disappointed with it - beg me to note it down - think of leaving

'Florence the 18th which will bring us to Nice (by Lucca and Genoa) say the 30th - and I suppose at Paris by the 15th of April, do you recollect anything of consequence that happened on that day?'

no I forget all about it and not having my journal of that date can make nothing out - must look forward to see me in London in May - 'I think I shall be in and about it till the end of July, when if all goes well I shall hope to be well enough to remove regularly into the country' - finds Florence very cold - large comfortless rooms at 'Les quatre nations' recommended as the best hotel - Schneiders said to be fallen off - more doubts and difficulties than ever with her brother Lord B and his attorney Mr. Jones about the bond for her money in Lord Bs hands  'it is a very great worry to me' - Read the courier - came to my room at 10 40/.. at which hour Fahrenheit 46º - very winterly day - rain and snow - but the latter gone as soon as come - wrote the last 24 lines till 11 1/4 -

[whatdoesshedotothem]

1836 Oct[obe]r Sat[urday] 29

8 1/4

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No kiss H[a]d Mr. Husb[an]d at 9 for 1/2 h[ou]r then Mosey ab[ou]t a new cart and tak[in]g 2 of my old carts - told

Mr. H- [Husband] to settle ab[ou]t it - (Mr. Husb[an]d ca[me] ab[ou]t Ja[me]s Nelsons’ hav[in]g h[a]d a 2[n]d summons

for leav[in]g st[one] for water Lane mill chim[ne]y in the r[oa]d – p[ai]d 20/. fine last Sat[urday] - Mr. H- [Husband] want[e]d A- [Ann] to

pay for h[i]m this ti[me]) – F[ahrenheit] 40° at 9 1/2 and the sun shin[in]g - the gr[ou]nd cov[ere]d w[i]th snow

last night on our gett[in]g int[o] bed and cov[ere]d thick[l]y this morn[in]g - 1st snow s[in]ce last wint[e]r –

out a few min[ute]s - no workmen here b[u]t Ingh[a]m who took the slate off the old brewh[ou]se – br[eak]f[a]st at 10 5/.. to 10 40/.. A- [Ann] r[ea]d Fr[en]ch whi[le] I br[eak]f[a]st[e]d – af[te]r br[eak]f[a]st a long whi[le] in the hall

mus[in]g and consid[erin]g ab[ou]t the roof, and how to do it etc and mak[in]g out in my own mind the orig[ina]l plan

of the h[ou]se - then a few min[ute]s in the barn - Booth (David) h[a]d call[e]d en passant - no mason

here exc[ept] Amos at the Lodge prepar[in]g the rabbit[in]g for hang[in]g the out-door - In the barn when

Mr. Wilkins[o]n ca[me] ab[ou]t 11 50/.. as surrogate to prove my a[un]t’s will – expl[aine]d - swore her

personalty und[e]r £20 – p[ai]d Mr. W- [Wilkinson] (who st[ai]d ab[ou]t 20 min[ute]s) £1.15.0 his charge + 4/2

ov[e]r = 2 sov[erei]gns – ver[y] bil[iou]s for the last day or 2, and partic[ularl]y so this morn[in]g – ga[ve] Mr. W- [Wilkinson] a

wrong date of my a[un]t’s death the 3[r]d inst[ea]d of the 3[r]d inst[ant] - and wr[ote] therefo[re] as foll[ow]s to go by Geo[rge] the

gr[oo]m this aft[ernoo]n -‘Shibd[e]n hall. Sat[urday] 29 Oct[obe]r 1836 ‘Sir - I casually ment[ione]d to you this morn[in]g

‘my hav[in]g a bil[iou]s headache, and I trust this will be my excuse for hav[in]g told you that my a[un]t di[e]d

‘on Mon[day] the 3[r]d ins[tea]d of on Mon[day] the 10th inst[ant] - Miss Walker begs her comp[limen]ts w[i]th my own to the Miss

Wilkinsons - I am sir, very truly yours, A. Lister’ ‘The rev[eren]d Rob[er]t Wilkins[o]n Heath’ - then h[a]d

Mr. Jubb 1/2 h[ou]r till 2 - A- [Ann] pret[ty] well, d[i]d n[o]t, as I expect[e]d, get a bad cold cold by her

thorough starv[in]g yest[erday] at Shugden head – w[e]nt to see ab[ou]t the st[one] there – fr[om] 2 to 6 h[a]d one

or oth[e]r - my pay day – p[ai]d Ingh[a]m for Hilltop fence wall[in]g and for work here at the

dry wall arch[in]g up to last night inclus[ive] – Settl[e]d w[i]th John Booth - then h[a]d Jos[e]ph Mann

and bef[ore] I h[a]d done w[i]th h[i]m (ab[ou]t 3 1/2) Mr. Lister the appraiser ca[me] – shew[e]d him my a[un]ts’

clothes – expl[aine]d – s[ai]d I h[a]d sworn her personalty und[e]r £20 s[ai]d that I h[a]d f[ou]nd in h[e]r purse

on[l]y 3 1/2 sov[erei]gns and 6/6. - then ord[ere]d Mr. Lister warm spic[e]d beer, and to be shewn int[o] the h[ou]sekeeper’s

r[oo]m, and w[e]nt b[a]ck to Jos[e]ph Mann - Long talk ab[ou]t the coll[ier]y – ab[ou]t 300 l[oa]ds of coal up at Walker

pit – ord[ere]d 100 l[oa]ds to be sold and the rest kept for the h[ou]se - Mr. Rawson h[a]s rais[e]d his coal to 1/. p[e]r

l[oa]d and gi[ve]s 5/6 p[e]r l[oa]ds score for gett[in]g and h[a]s giv[e]n his men 25/. a piece and hir[e]d for 6 or 12 m[on]ths at

5/6 p[e]r score - the Long goit thro’ the Ing terrib[l]y rotten stuff to dri[ve] thro’ - may be up at

Mytholm bridge in 6 w[ee]ks fr[om] this ti[me] - 180 y[ar]ds fr[om] Listerwick Engine pit to List[er]w[i]ck coal

pit - to bot[tom] the Engine pit, and dri[ve] the 180 y[ar]ds and bot[tom] List[er]w[i]ck pit will ta[ke] till next June –

the engine p[i]t will n[o]t be bottom[e]d till the end of Ap[ril] or int[o] May –

Jos[e]ph Mann h[a]s bor[e]d 6ft. 6in. in Lit[tle] marsh quarry hole that he h[a]s just sunk (an oblong

hole) - and bef[ore] boring h[a]d sunk 12ft. 6in. deep - 12.6. + 6.6 =19ft. deep of throw[in]g out and

boring and in this depth are the foll[owin]g strata –

 pr[ove]d my a[un]ts’ will

 val[ue] of my a[un]ts’ person[alt]y

 Lit[tle] marsh st[one]

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Lit[tle] marsh quarry hole.

                                                                 thickness

                                                                  ft. in.

no. 1 soil                                                     0.6

. 2 worse d[itt]o                                            0.6

. 3 skegs                                                       3.0 + 1 ft. of this ver[y] decent slate.

. 4 good riving st[one] flags etc.                  5.0 +

. 5 mare and ackerspire                                3.0 varies; thick[r]r and thinner; will av[era]ge 4ft.

+ 6 good riv[in]g st[one] strong[e]r than no.

4 b[u]t in water.                                            3.0  strong[e]r i.e. thick[e]r lifts; mo[re] ashler-like, b[u]t like[l]y to rive pret[ty] well

                                                                      call[e]d the wat[e]r lift. a thin shelly part[in]g bet[ween] the 1st f[oo]t and the 2 oth[e]r f[oo]t of this lift.

7 stone qual[it]y unknown                           0.11

8 some kind of soft stuff                              2.6

9 some k[i]nd of stone                                  0.6? bored int[o] it 6in.? JM- [Joseph Mann] s[ai]d a few in[ch]

+ Beg[a]n boring aft[e]r the 1st f[oo]t of no. 6 .:.

bored 2.0

0.11

2.6

0.6?

5. 11

but J. Mann tells me he h[a]s bored 6ft. 6in.

told him to level, and see wh[a]t fall we h[a]d and if the wat[e]r c[oul]d be tak[e]n

off no. 6 in a drift to pay for the exp[ense] – to see to wh[a]t gr[ea]t[e]st depth the wat[e]r c[oul]d be g[o]t off.

                       ft. in.

Stone no. 3        1.0

. 4.                     5.0

. 6                      3.0

good stone =      9.0

Told Jos[e]ph to get a hole or one hole at each extrem[it]y of the st[one] put d[o]wn for A- [Ann] at

Shugden head as soon as he c[oul]d - told h[i]m to th[in]k ab[ou]t an arrangem[en]t ab[ou]t Whiskum r[oa]d

he s[ai]d he w[ou]ld ta[ke] it and keep it in repair (aft[e]r being put in repair) - and keep a regul[a]r acc[oun]t

of the toll tak[e]n for 6 m[on]ths or 12 m[on]ths w[hi]chev[e]r I lik[e]d - I s[ai]d eith[e]r w[oul]d do - we shall see at

the end of one of these terms wh[a]t the r[oa]d costs and wh[a]t it pays and then settle so[me]th[in]g –

aft[e]r Jos[e]ph Mann, h[a]d Rob[er]t Mann and Mark Hepw[or]th and settl[e]d w[i]th b[o]th and then h[a]d Mr. Husb[an]d

till aft[e]r 6 - the magist[ra]tes fined Ja[me]s Nelson 31/. + costs =40/. this morn[in]g (vid[e] line 2 of this

morn[in]g) – ga[ve] Mr. H- [Husband] 2 sov[erei]gns for JN- [James Nelson] b[u]t to tell him that he m[u]st pay for hims[elf] in fut[ure] –

Mosey agreed w[i]th Mr. Husb[an]d this morn[in]g to ma[ke] a capit[a]l new br[oa]d wheel[e]d cart for £25

and to ta[ke] my 2 old carts for £5 .:. I shall as it were get my new cart for £20 – din[ner] at 7 –

coff[ee] upst[ai]rs – h[a]d Geo[rge] up to find fault ab[ou]t his n[o]t com[in]g b[a]ck this ev[enin]g till aft[e]r 7 the note being

giv[e]n to h[i]m at 3 1/2 p.m. – s[ai]d he d[i]d n[o]t get off till 5 - A- [Ann] g[o]t Robertson’s Life of Ch[arle]s V

[cuarto] fr[om] the lib[rar]y tonight - we sat look[in]g int[o] it - or rath[e]r she r[ea]d me 10 or 12 p[ages] of the

Introd[uctio]n – fr[om] 10 1/2 to 11 5/.. wr[ote] all the ab[ov]e of today - Ingham +...... d[i]d n[o]t work

in the aft[ernoo]n - too wintery - fine (overhead) in the morn[in]g till bet[ween] 12 and 1 – aft[er]w[ar]ds snowy

and wintery - deep snow on the gr[ou]nd - no do[in]g anyth[in]g out of doors – F[ahrenheit] 33° now at 11 5/.. p.m.

and fair and starlight – Lett[er] tonight 1 p[age] fr[om] Mr. Lister 11 Stockwell common - in ans[we]r to

my let[ter] on the d[ea]th of my a[un]t – condol[en]ce and thanks for my hav[in]g remitt[e]d the rent to his moth[e]r

at midsumm[e]r

 Whiskum r[oa]d

agreem[en]t w[i]th JM. [Joseph Mann]

 new cart Nelson’s fine

[veryfineday]

Friday 15 April 1825

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incurred a cross just before getting up 

Letter from M-[Mariana] 3 pp.[pages] and the ends, dated yorK-house, Bath – They had been on a 3 weeKs’ visit to the AcKers’s at Cheltenham, then at the miss StricKlands’ near Gloucester, then a day or 2 at Bath, and were to return to Cheltenham for a weeK as yesterday –

Read over and sealed my letter to ‘miss maclean of coll, Tobermory, N.B.[North Britain]’ and to IN-[Isabella Norcliffe] ‘Langton hall, Malton’ – the former very affectionate and rather prettily expressed said she was the first of my friends I had written to – my letter to IN-[Isabella Norcliffe] merely to mention my arrival and say I would send the things in a day or 2 –

Breakfast at 10 1/4 – at 11 tooK George, and off in the gig – called for a few minutes at Northgate – gave marian the nacre silK winders, and the grenadine handKerchief – then put my 2 letters into the post-Office called at the Saltmarshes’ – no one at home – went ot Stony Royde, and sat 25 minutes with mrs. Rawson (looKing very w ill) and with E.S-[Emma Saltmarshe] who is staying there – drove round by Shay and the new church , in returning, and called at Whitley’s, and got home at 12 3/4, having driven from Stony Royde here in 1/2 hour in spite of detour and stopping at Whitley’s –

TalKed 1/2 hour to my uncle and aunt – then walKed along the road to the Northowram road to see the tremendous alteration they are maKing, returned along the fields by Godley, and Lower brea – at the latter place talKing to JacKman some time, returned along the new foot path, and came in at 3 –

then crossed the 2nd and 3rd pp.[pages] of the letter written yesterday to M-[Mariana] and wrote 2 1/3 pp.[pages] to mr. Duffin – Came down to dinner at 6 1/2 – my father and Marian came about 7 and staid an hour – In the evening (afterwards) wrote all the above of today – Fine day – high wind – Barometer 1 1/2 degree above changeable Fahrenheit 51 1/2º at 9 3/4 p.m. at which hour came up to bed – E [2 dots inside] O[3 dots inside] – 20 minutes just before getting into bed reading the first 18 pp.pages volume 1 Rousseau’s confessions –