Richard Armitage Anonymous (Again)

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The twaddle continues ......

Yes, the Clarissa song is quite erotic. The first four lines especially. And Nard is a perfume that was burned on the fire and associated with a bride's wedding night. It is short for spikesnard which is what Mary Magdalene used to annoint the feet of Jesus at The Last Supper.

I believe Sting has recorded a version of this song.

RL called me away for a bit but just you try and have a 4th thread without me :) ie. yes, I'm in :) I probably shouldn't spend quite as much time here as I have (poor DS neglected a bit durign day, let alone DH!) but am in for the long haul if you are!

Gosh you lot really are very well read. Puts me to shame. I did A level Eng Lit but never really took it any further and always regretted my limited reading - so it's nice to feel cultured again :)

RA lines I love from Clarissa:

Yes, I am your protector.

The impolite charmer!

:o

Well researched Oyster - but couldn't listen to it all with Sting performing tbh, although I like some his other stuff.

Might have a butchers for a more authentic version on Spotify later.

Right am back to RL for a bit. Will come and find you later if you've moved onto thread 4 by then!

Theresa, very perceptive comment you made earlier on the thread about Lovelace's skillful acting, because the book makes it clear that he is acting: he tells Clarissa what she wants to hear at times, acts remorseful about his career of dueling and seduction when he in fact glories in it, and so on. She does see through him at times. In one of her early letters she writes "I saw something low and selfish in his love."

Who is doing the new thread?

Oooh. Are we listening to the lute? This is . Clarissa might well have heard it.

I think it's me Stripey - am trying to find something suitable as a threadwarming pressing

Oyster - the Lovelace fanfic was v. saucy. I made the mistake of scrolling onto some others though and came across one featuring Guy & Lucas...

Yes, I skipped the Guy and Lucas one too!!! I did warn you!!! Perhaps the warning was not strong enough though! Most of her stuff is not like that, and she is a very nice lady.

I got the drift of it and hastily came back over here - I don't think i'd have slept if i'd kept reading.

Prairie - That's what I meant about never being sure of the extent to which Lovelace is dissembling and feigning love.

So, who's going down to the archive to retrieve tonight's study material?

Has anyone seen

The Impressionists?

More sterling work ladies. Is there anyone who has not burnt a dinner over the past couple of weeks? Which is your favourite video academic study material?

No, but did catch the Marie LLoyd thing. Not the best look from the selection, but still not bad. Must learn to do links and contribute.

New thread over here when this one finishes...

University of Armitage Studies

I posted a clip of the Impressionists a day or two ago, but the reception was lukewarm, at best. Seems that the Victorian gentleman is a minority taste. Something I find inexplicable.

No, that Victorian gentleman is more than fine

So where are we, here or there?

Indeed he is! I have always admired a .

We seem to be in two places at once. Someone tore a hole in the space-time continuum.

I keep telling you about alternate universes
Come out, Good Lucas, we need you!

See, I have been listening.

Oooh, I do like this new Doctor Who. Another one with an attractive Northern accent.

Enter Dalek stage left

EXTERMINATE!!!

stops and considers.

No wait,I have a better idea

And also, an attractive lock of hair flopping onto his (slightly too boyish for my taste) forehead. Can you spot a theme here?