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elanya at 12:07am on 19/11/2004
elanya at 12:07am on 19/11/2004I went to the Brewster lecture tonight. It was cool - all about Alexander the great, by one of his leading biographers, Peter Green. Apparently, Sas, if we want to visit Greece, he is the guy to ask about it. He can give us bus schedules, even ;)
in other news... unfree bottoms is the best phrase I have turned up in my research to date. I had no idea what it meant, but I asked two different proffs and they both gave be basically the same answer.
The ships in question, two brigantines, were brought into Charleston by a couple of pirates, and were seized by the governors, in-league with said pirates, as being 'unfree bottoms'. They were Portuguese ships, and this was 1687. They and their cargo were subsequently sold, at a profit to the pirates.
Apparently, it means that they were seized as being illegal traders, in violation of the Navigation Acts. Still. Unfree Bottoms!
in other news... unfree bottoms is the best phrase I have turned up in my research to date. I had no idea what it meant, but I asked two different proffs and they both gave be basically the same answer.
The ships in question, two brigantines, were brought into Charleston by a couple of pirates, and were seized by the governors, in-league with said pirates, as being 'unfree bottoms'. They were Portuguese ships, and this was 1687. They and their cargo were subsequently sold, at a profit to the pirates.
Apparently, it means that they were seized as being illegal traders, in violation of the Navigation Acts. Still. Unfree Bottoms!
unfree!
delicious!
sleepy
eww!