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Link sink for 26/05/2009

Posted: May 26th 2009 21:58. Last modified: May 26th 2009 22:09

Was S Felipe Neri the original big swinging dick?

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Barcelona

  • March 12 1461 

    Arrival of Prince Charles/Carlos/Carles of Viana, who the Catalans want to swear as heir to the throne, in spite of King John II.

  • March 12 1709 

    Yesterday’s Dutch post advises, from Genoa, that the duke de Telesa’s secretary was lately hanged and quartered at Barcelona,
    for corresponding with the duke of Orleans, who gave him a daily pension of 25 pistolls.

    That general Stanhope was sail’d from Barcelona, wi...

Josep Pla, Palafrugell (1918-9)

  • 12 de març de 1919 DesprĂ©s d’aquests cinc anys passats a la Universitat, em sembla que el que hom sol dir-ne rutinĂ riament: que s’hi perd el temps i que en sortir-ne Ă©s quan s’ha de començar de treballar i sobretot quan s’ha d’oblidar el que s’hi ha après, Ă©s absolutament secundari. Al meu entendre, el pitjor efecte de l’establiment Ă©s la [...]

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