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The Nightwalker and the Nocturnal Picaresque: Street Lighting in 1600s London
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benbreen
on June 6, 2015
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dmgbrn
on June 6, 2015
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Ah, the seventeenth century. A fuckfest before the word existed.
Neil44
on June 6, 2015
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I wonder what words will exist tomorrow!
mhb
on June 6, 2015
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Well we won't need "figuratively" since the fluid language cohort now uses "literally" to mean both "literally" and its opposite.
njharman
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