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richard burton : cities of the saints

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Dave

Breaking Victorian taboos, one expedition at a time… …In a later book, Explorations of the Highlands of the Brazil, Richard Burton described a village with 20 per cent more males than females and noted jovially” Is it not a waste … Continue reading →

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an englishman in salt lake city

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Dave

…So swiftly did he write, that before one book had left the binders, another was on its way to the printers. Systole, diastole, never ceasing—never even pausing. Miss Arundell being inflexible, Burton resolved to let the matter remain nine months … Continue reading →

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manifestly not the third

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Dave

Sir Richard Francis Burton. Explorations, eccentric tastes, and an ever-watchful wife… Burton had often said “he required two, and only two qualities in a woman, namely beauty and affection.” He had also written that he admired them “soft-bending and relaxed.” … Continue reading →