February 2012
13 posts
this isn't happiness.: The several disorders and... →
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1. Rufflers (thieving beggars, apprentice uprightment) 2. Uprightmen (leaders of robber bands) 3. Hookers or anglers (thieves who steal through windows with hooks) 4. Rogues (rank-and-file vagabonds) 5. Wild rogues (those born of rogues) 6. Priggers of prancers (horse thieves) 7. Palliards…
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Interesting Virginians: Hunter Stagg - "Brilliant,...
During the height of his fame as one of the founding editors of The Reviewer, a Richmond-based experimental literary magazine that received national attention in the 1920s by helping spark the “Southern Literary Renaissance”, Hunter Stagg seemed to be on the fast track to literary infamy. Stagg served as book reviewer and acted as literary editor under the helm of Emily Tapscott...