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The Fettered and the Flea: A New Poem by Edmund Waller☆

Renaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 1, Page 41-54, February 2026.
Abstract This contribution explores for the first time a 22‐line poem in a British Library manuscript, ‘To a young lady that kept a flea chay’nd in a box’, which can be convincingly ascribed to Edmund Waller. Its most famous relative is Donne’s ‘The Flea’, but its ancestry differs.
Stuart Gillespie
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A Hellenistic Metrical Epitaph

Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, 2003
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Thomas Drew-Bear
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Une épitaphe bilingue inédite (grec-latin) de Henchir Fortnat (région de Kalaat Senane, Tunisie)

Antiquités Africaines
A prospecting tour carried out in 2018 in the vicinity of Kalaat Senane, near the “Table of Jugurtha”, made it possible to locate at Henchir Fortnat, an archaeological site long identified as being the center of a private estate owned by senator C ...
Ali Chérif, Michèle Coltelloni-Trannoy
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The memorable service and monastic humility – the history of Stanisław Konarski’s heart

Folia Historica Cracoviensia, 2016
The article concentrates on an interesting 130-year-old artefact located in the Krakow church of Piarists – the decoration of the place where Stanisław Konarski’s (1700–1773) heart was buried. Konarski was a monk of the Pious Schools in the 18th century,
Ryszard Mączyński
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Shaw\u27s Backside: The Other Side of an Icon [PDF]

, 2013
This week I find myself in Boston, one of the couple of American cities which call themselves the cradle of liberty. But I\u27m not drawn like a moth to the Revolution. It\u27s just not my bean.
Rudy, John M.
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The King's Evil Without the King: The Royal Touch during the Interregnum

Journal of Religious History, Volume 49, Issue 4, Page 439-454, December 2025.
This article examines how far, and in what ways, the traditional belief that English monarchs could cure scrofula (the “King's Evil”) by royal touch survived during the eleven years of the Interregnum (1649–1660). Charles I had been executed and the monarchy abolished, and Charles II was in exile for the vast majority of this period. It might seem that
David L. Smith
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« Reader, attend » : Robert Burns et l’art de la pointe

Études Écossaises, 2015
The eighteenth century is the century of the epigram. Originally, an epigram is a short, poetic inscription, but it soon acquires other aspects: an extempore and/or funny story, a dedication, a piece of advice … Traditionally, the speaker of the epigram ...
Yann Tholoniat
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Remembrance of a Friend [PDF]

, 2018
In lieu of an abstract, below is the essay\u27s first paragraph. I do not propose that my authorship of this reflection on my friend Michael places me in some sort of place of privilege among those who were fortunate enough to cross paths with him at ...
Schott, Jonathan
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LiDAR‐Based Storytelling About a Historical Industrial Landscape in Southern Middle Tennessee

American Anthropologist, Volume 127, Issue 4, Page 817-832, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Industrial landscapes play deep into the imagination of American consciousness, with coal mining rooted in Appalachian culture as both identity and political flashpoint. In Tennessee, coal mining coincided with the convict leasing system that operated across the American South during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Carla E. Klehm, V. Camille Westmont
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Of mice and men : financial and occupational differentiation among *Augustales [PDF]

, 2015
What was the economic role of *augustales in the large commercial hubs of the Roman Empire? Inscriptions offer us some insight in the structure, size, and usage of the economic capital gathered by them.
Vandevoorde, Lindsey
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