Thursday, July 16, 2009

Today in 1953: Death of Belloc

Epigram "On His Books" published in Sonnets & Verse:
When I am dead, I hope it may be said:
"His sins were scarlet, but his books were read."


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2 comments:

  1. Bob Cook9:27 PM

    check out http://www.loomebooks.com/loome.cfm?PageID=5000 Their latest catalog highlights several Belloc books. In case you didn't get their e-mail.

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  2. Hans Georg Lundahl11:29 AM

    14 july: fall of Bastille
    15 july: First crusade takes Jerusalem
    16 july: demise of Belloc (memory eternal)
    17 july:

    Louis XVI authorises destruction of Bastille

    Nicolas II is martyred with Russian imperial family

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