Post AbUO2mzanylc1pHu6a by BlippyTheWonderSlug@social.cologne
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(DIR) Post #AbU4xrfC73VlwEgWWm by textfiles@mastodon.archive.org
2023-11-05T03:45:51Z
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136,000 books from the 18th Century.ONE HUNDRED THIRTY SIX THOUSAND OF THEM.That would be a point of pride in any library. Making it readable from the Internet, browsable, and downloadable? A pipe dream.Anyway, here they are.https://archive.org/details/pub_eighteenth-century?tab=collection
(DIR) Post #AbU5ZVVevchqEYArho by textfiles@mastodon.archive.org
2023-11-05T03:51:54Z
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BRB, curing myself of pricks of thorns and weapons
(DIR) Post #AbUCNBFJ8rvxahaxuq by juergen_hubert@thefolklore.cafe
2023-11-05T05:09:06Z
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@textfiles I mostly use 19th century books, but I appreciate having access to older books as well when I need to hunt down references.
(DIR) Post #AbUHCMKI6YPYXdaMQi by MeTwitt@mastodon.social
2023-11-05T06:03:06Z
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@textfiles I wonder if "sow" was a misspelling for "sew" or whether that was correct at the time
(DIR) Post #AbUJOPHn7tLD6WHy6a by oldguycrusty@mastodon.world
2023-11-05T06:28:01Z
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@textfiles Wow. Rather amazing actually.
(DIR) Post #AbUO2mzanylc1pHu6a by BlippyTheWonderSlug@social.cologne
2023-11-05T07:19:59Z
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@textfiles Kudos to archive.org! 😜 Looking at the thumbnails of titles, I was intrigued, and just had to read #TheLoversWeb.I was not disappointed. https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_the-lovers-web-a-poem_dunkin-william_1734/mode/1up
(DIR) Post #AbUUTOB5lwzubxjXYO by uastronomer@mastodon.monoceros.co.za
2023-11-05T08:31:38Z
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@textfiles I do love the little disclaimer at the end. It'll cure you, but only "if the humours are not very venomous"
(DIR) Post #AbUYW6tWt4W3h44Vrk by ipd@universeodon.com
2023-11-05T09:17:11Z
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@textfiles And then there was the rhyming opera... La Po.em
(DIR) Post #AbUZIpQwazfxjEvqEK by lunarloony@dosgame.club
2023-11-05T09:25:54Z
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@textfiles So what do you do in the intervening twelve hours, while your sugary wine is proving?
(DIR) Post #AbUkwbk21MbwLI1xq4 by Wikisteff@mastodon.social
2023-11-05T11:36:20Z
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@textfiles Fantastic! ✌️
(DIR) Post #AbUxXuzAdKW0BwfYES by johnveneklasen@urbanists.social
2023-11-05T13:57:32Z
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@textfiles, yahhh- nothing more fun than reading words that have an "s" which looks like an "f". ſ f ſ f ſ f
(DIR) Post #AbVD7PzyomWNpCQwme by leopardboy@netmonkey.xyz
2023-11-05T16:51:51Z
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@textfiles We are so fortunate to have it!It’s been a great way for me to get old books for my genealogy research. It’s amazing what you can find that would have been nearly impossible back in the day.
(DIR) Post #AbVLhn7h7PsFbOtfpQ by cbuddenhagen@mastodon.nz
2023-11-05T18:02:26Z
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@BlippyTheWonderSlug @textfiles what was so great about it?
(DIR) Post #AbVLho3pdGNWVi66Rk by BlippyTheWonderSlug@social.cologne
2023-11-05T18:08:52Z
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@cbuddenhagen @textfiles Where do you see "great?"I said I wasn't disappointed.
(DIR) Post #AbVLhozcAQbDOv8FVo by textfiles@mastodon.archive.org
2023-11-05T18:28:08Z
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@BlippyTheWonderSlug @cbuddenhagen I think "wasn't disappointed" counts as great these days.
(DIR) Post #AbVWQ0et9eSJrg9AQK by iusetheinternet@mastodon.online
2023-11-05T20:28:24Z
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@textfiles Absolutely incredible. Among other things, it was worth it just for this one-star yelp review of my home town: “Formerly the chief town in this province was called Annapolis-Royal; but, though once the capital, it is a small place, wretchedly fortified, worse built, and very thinly inhabited. There have been stationed here, ever since the reign of Queen Anne, the remains of a regiment very little recruited.”
(DIR) Post #AbWPbOTMRwnAO4CDvU by _bydbach_@hcommons.social
2023-11-06T06:46:37Z
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@textfiles aka "#OpenAccess ECCO".
(DIR) Post #AbWc4Fz2I2ZVuGXcLQ by cbuddenhagen@mastodon.nz
2023-11-06T09:06:31Z
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@textfiles @BlippyTheWonderSlug Struggled through a bit of it. Old school writing a bit hard to follow. Was there something in particular that you found interesting or insightful?
(DIR) Post #Ac6JtOLXJDO0oHkPwm by chronohh@norden.social
2023-11-23T14:32:11Z
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@textfiles Yeah 🎉 And all of them can be dragged into the #IIIFViewer Chronoscope World https://norden.social/@chronohh/111346749129871416