my-ear-trumpet reblogged
La Señora Doña Teresa de Ugarte y Penarrieta, Condesa de Peñaflorida. Claudio Coello, late 17th century
My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck By Lightning
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The Common-place Book of the Mercurius Aulicus, a Reactionary Tory Gentleman, who armed only with a Steampowered Babbage Engine and Pure Intentions, wanders the Time Streams and Aetheric Plane gathering an Eccentric Hodgepodge of Curiousities, Frivolities, Whimsicalities and Nonsense. Q. Why is your Tumblelog called "My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning"? A. Because "My Grandmother's Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning" wouldn't fit in the available space.