03/30/98: WRATH OF PAINE begins anew!
After a quiet interlude of some weeks, the authors find themselves unable to restrain their thespic tendencies. Indeed, several of the leading characters have wandered into forums where they have scant business, making shambles of serious discussions and causing significant eye-rolling among the less historically-inclined. Thus, without further palaver, we open this installment upon a rather significant day in 1780.
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- Burke! A moment! (Charles James Fox)
- Letter to John Adams, American Commissioner in Paris (Abigail Adams)
- Leave our home? (Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire)
- [a conversation 'twixt brothers] (Lord Chancellor Edward Thurlow)
- Letter to Abigail Adams. (John Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary)
- Letter to Gabrielle de Polignac, Comtesse Jules (Marie Antoinette, Queen of France)
- This is hardly the voice of the people, Burke (Charles James Fox)
- Letter to George Washington (Benjamin Franklin)
- Mob's going to make a shepherd's pie of him, dammit! (Lord Chancellor Edward Thurlow)
- Arr, we be seein' riots, like. (Barnaby Rudge)
- Lady Orlando, where have you taken me? (Foxy)
- Mr. Fox, I don't understand your enthusiasm. (Rt. Hon. Edmund Burke)
- Mr. Fox, I don't understand your enthusiasm. (Rt. Hon. Edmund Burke)
- Mr. Burke, are you stuttering? (William Strahan)
- I? Lost my way? (Lady Orlando)
- La, Mr. Sheridan! They are coming through the doors! (Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire)
- What of it, Burke? (Charles James Fox)
- What? Rioting in London? (Thomas Paine)
- It's Mr. Pitt, isn't it? (Lord Chancellor Edward Thurlow )
- Ah, Nab, my dear, the spring breeds fancies (Abigail Adams)
- Re: end of suspension, or WRATH OF PAINE begins anew, anew! (your humble co-narrator)
- [Affectionate conversation with Louis XVI] (Marie Antoinette, Queen of France)
- Foxy seems reluctant to reveal the truth - (Lady Orlando)
- Here, take my sword, Charles (Richard Brinsley Sheridan)
- An excellent suggestion, Dick (Charles James Fox)
- On a rainy evening (Dark Stranger)
- I am mystified, Sir! (Mary Robinson)
- [related conversation at Lincoln's Inn] (your humble narrator)
- But... (Charles Darwin)
- Yes, I KNOW that it's damn difficult to cross the Channel in time of war! (Thomas Paine)
- 05/22/98: Letter to Alexander Hamilton Philm_Phan
- No, Captain, I have no idea of the generous benefactor's identity Philm_Phan
- Permit me, Mr. Darwin Philm_Phan
- I know this house! Philm_Phan
- Who will explain Philm_Phan
- In good time, Sir Philm_Phan
- Then take the furniture if you must Philm_Phan
- Gentlemen, if you will favour me with your attention... Philm_Phan
- That's Burke all over Philm_Phan
- [shudder] Philm_Phan
- Monsieur Franklin has left us? Philm_Phan
- Our Lord Chancellor sets a smart pace Philm_Phan
- [Drama on the streets of London] Philm_Phan
- My aching head ! Wolfman
- My God! Philm_Phan
- Heavy pronouncement from Your Humble Narrator Philm_Phan
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