And did those feet in ancient time

[teamsaint]

I love ancient punctuation.

harsh in those days....bad punctuation could mean a death sentence.

...er which is rather off topic, and so, thanks to Pabs for a great post.

Gotta love old Blake. What a genius.

[Serial_Apologist]

harsh in those days....bad punctuation could mean a death sentence.

A "punto final" as the Spanish would have it.

[vinteuil]

Gotta love old Blake. What a genius.

.... you think so?

I find him a tiresome unhelpful nutter. But there you go...

[Serial_Apologist]

.... you think so?

I find him a tiresome unhelpful nutter. But there you go...

Mao believed in an agricultural, rather than industrial-based "socialism" - initially, at any rate.

[teamsaint]

.... you think so?

I find him a tiresome unhelpful nutter. But there you go...

Genius.. tiresome unhelpful nutter.....not necessarily mutually exclusive.

[Pabmusic]

Oh, silly me. "Rights" to what?

Oh dear. Rites of course...

(Or whatever the office that was given to Elizabeth was called. )

[Beef Oven!]

Gotta love old Blake. What a genius.

Yeah, love how on leaving the boring palace of wisdom, you get straight onto the road of excess, and life begins

[mercia]

off the internet. John Manningham's diary

“This morning, about three o’clock her Majesty departed from this life, mildly like a lamb, easily like a ripe apple from a tree… Dr Parry told me he was present, and sent his prayers before her soul; and I doubt not but she is amongst the royal saints in heaven in eternal joys.”

and Blanche Parry was a chief gentlewoman ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_Parry

and William was a spy ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Parry_(doctor)

[Pabmusic]

off the internet. John Manningham's diary

“This morning, about three o’clock her Majesty departed from this life, mildly like a lamb, easily like a ripe apple from a tree… Dr Parry told me he was present, and sent his prayers before her soul; and I doubt not but she is amongst the royal saints in heaven in eternal joys.”

and Blanche Parry was a chief gentlewoman ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_Parry

and William was a spy ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Parry_(doctor)

And Thomas Parry was purser on board HMS Norfolk, the flagship of Admiral Cornish at the Battle of Manila in 1762.

We held Manila until the Seven Years' War was over and handed it back to Spain as part of the peace treaty (we already had Singapore and didn't need a second harbour in the same area, apparently). Some people in the Manila area are descended from Indian sepoys from Madras stationed there in the British occupation. When we left, many sepoys refused to go (they already had Filipina brides) and there are now more than 100,000 Filipinos of Indian descent that have their origins in an unknown episode of colonial history..

[Historian]

And Thomas Parry was purser on board HMS Norfolk, the flagship of Admiral Cornish at the Battle of Manila in 1762.

We held Manila until the Seven Years' War was over and handed it back to Spain as part of the peace treaty (we already had Singapore and didn't need a second harbour in the same area, apparently)..[.. ] an unknown episode of colonial history..

Too early for Singapore. I seem to remember (it's a few years since I studied this campaign), that it was effectively a piece of 'private enterprise' by the local British commanders in the East Indies. News of the success did not reach Europe in time for it to be discussed as part of the Treaty of Paris (1763) which ended the Seven Years War hostilities between Britain, France and Spain (which was the colonial power in the Philippines). As you point out, it's now a more or less unknown episode of colonial history, at least in the country. I would be interested to know whether much memory of it survives in Manila.

[Pabmusic]

Too early for Singapore. I seem to remember (it's a few years since I studied this campaign), that it was effectively a piece of 'private enterprise' by the local British commanders in the East Indies. News of the success did not reach Europe in time for it to be discussed as part of the Treaty of Paris (1763) which ended the Seven Years War hostilities between Britain, France and Spain (which was the colonial power in the Philippines). As you point out, it's now a more or less unknown episode of colonial history, at least in the country. I would be interested to know whether much memory of it survives in Manila.

Thanks. No, it's entirely unknown here. 'Colonial' means Spain (300 years) and the USA (50 years) - three centuries of catholicism and 50 years of Coca-Cola. The British never tried to govern the whole country, just Manila.

[amateur51]

.... you think so?

I find him a tiresome unhelpful nutter. But there you go...

He speaks terribly well of you, vints

[Pabmusic]

He speaks terribly well of you, vints

[salymap]

Pabs / wonderful work from you. Bestio, salymap

[Pabmusic]

Pabs / wonderful work from you. Bestio, salymap

And to you, Salymap.