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deadlyfrom80yds: Tweet du Jour, Francis Albert Sinatra by Richard Burton-awesome
WikiRanked: Born today: Mar 19
1955 Bruce Willis - Actor, singer, producer
1952 Harvey Weinstein - Producer, Miramax co-founder
1848 Wyatt Earp - American lawman, gambler
1821 Richard Francis Burton - British explorer, writer, translator
1813 David Livingstone - Scottish explorer
MelanieJaxn: "Cease, man, to mourn, to weep, to wail;
Enjoy thy shining hour of sun;
We dance along Death's icy brink,
But is the dance less full of fun?"
~ Richard Francis Burton
vagrantcow: "The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself."
- Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)
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ToiletGuru: Sir Richard Francis Burton was born OTD in 1821
chaven: "Home is where the books are."
— Richard Francis Burton, born on this date in 1821
St1Station: Highly recommend Tim Jeal’s Livingstone bio. It’s Livingstone, so he’s a chaste reforming Scot throughout, but Jeal’s ‘Explorers of the Nile’ has Richard Francis Burton, if you’re wanting a more Flashman vibe...
AliaGvR: And yet my hero Sir Richard Francis Burton (72 languages; 1821-1890) received no mention whatsoever.
What's language ability really? Fluency? Those who collect & bank? I've learnt 6, can read but barely speak Russian, yet speak Chinese decently but can't read 5 words?
BaltimoreParade: 19 Mar 1821:
Richard Francis Burton
(Irish native father) born,
Torquay, England.
The author/explorer was noted for
his travels around the world,
and for his English translations of
One Thousand and One Nights
and the Kama Sutra.
Knowledgepoint: On This Day: 19 March 1821, The birth of Sir Richard Francis Burton, English scholar and explorer who discovered the source of the Nile.
He is buried along side his wife in a tent/tomb in Barnes. Climb a ladder to look in. Full Story:
OldPhotographHQ: Explorer, spy, adventurer, soldier, author, linguist and the wearer of some fantastic facial hair. Richard Francis Burton was born on this day in 1821. His obituary described him as “one of the most remarkable men of his time” If you want to know more about him, I've linked …
quotepage: "Conquer thyself, till thou has done this, thou art but a slave; for it is almost as well to be subjected to another’s appetite as to thine own." - Richard Francis Burton
GetChimdi: "Conquer thyself, till thou has done this, thou art but a slave; for it is almost as well to be subjected to another’s appetite as to thine own." - Richard Francis Burton
LauraCarter: Introduce yourself with 7 books
Count of Montecristo
Gentleman in Moscow
Sir Richard Francis Burton biography
The Scar
The Stand
Kafka on the Shore
Stranger in a Strange Land
IslamiCity: Richard Francis Burton: A Bigoted and Militant Orientalist ---
NEONKNIFE: just came across "A Summer in Iceland" by Richard Francis Burton, now I want to read this and all his other works out of curiosity
JoseRSeco: Richard Francis Burton wrote his awesome "First footsteps in East Africa, or an exploration of Harar" in 1856 after his first expedition to Somalia, the same territory where he was severely wounded in his face by a spear some years after.
Personal copy:
gjakac: "Truth is the shattered mirror strown in myriad bits; while each believes his little bit the whole to own."
— Richard Francis Burton
Makaobora: Wit & Wisdom from West Africa; or, A Book of Proverbial Philosophy, Idioms, Enigmas, & Laconisms. by Richard Francis Burton [pdf]
N8Dunn: Do what thy manhood bids thee do,
From none but self expect applause;
He noblest lives and noblest dies
Who makes and keeps his self-made laws.
— Sir Richard Francis Burton
rico_be_wildin: “The more I study religions the more I’m convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.”
- Sir Richard Francis Burton
svmke1: Richard Francis Burton: Again, there are three degrees of Vega, that is to say, force of carnal desire, resulting from mental or vital energy and acting upon men and women. In order to make this clear, a comparison may be instituted. Hunger, for instance, is felt by all human
svmke1: Sir Richard Francis Burton, a British agent who formulated the Vatsyayana's Kamasutra, and also got the backing from Gen. Sir Charles James Napier (Karachi male brothel agent).
Burton: Men, it is true, marry for the sake of undisturbed congress, as well as for love and comfort,
move_likeit: "The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself."
-Sir Richard Francis Burton
JRBneuropsiq: One book:
One thousand and one nights
-I don't speak Arabic, so I would take the English version translated by Sir Richard Francis Burton, who spoke twenty nine languages
chrismoon2040: My gf is in Park City right now and she just sent me this picture. She had no idea that Sir Richard Francis Burton is one of my heroes.
Guntigaab: Richard Francis Burton (1856) describes the Abasa Valley in the Gadabuursi country as amongst the most beautiful spots he has seen, He mentioned that there is a Galla queen known as Kola in Abbasa in the period when Gadabuursi forefathers still inhabited Bulhar on the coast.
Near_Death_FE: Burton, Richard Francis. The Land of Midian (Revisited) Volume I. London : C.Kegan Paul & Co., 1879.
Doshi_Darshan: "Broke is a temporary condition;
poor is a state of mind."
~ Sir Richard Francis Burton
ganeshshelke272: Best thread you will read today.
Just imagining the things Richard Francis Burton did in his lifetime can make your head spin!
Must be one of the greatest brain human race has ever had!
JasonJohnMorga1: 4 of 5 stars to Goa, and the Blue Mountains; Or, Six ... by Richard Francis Burton
RYP__: Sir Richard Francis Burton probably lived one of the fullest most adventurous lives ever put to paper. Again Bob Rafelson did a great job but the idea of a franchise never emerged. Pity. In a world of fake comic book heroes we were denied real adventure.
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SharonMinard: Broke is a temporary condition;
poor is a state of mind.
– Sir Richard Francis Burton
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hesitxntaliens: all i want to talk about right now is richard francis burton and musical cinema so im sorry if you have to see me
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hesitxntaliens: richard francis burton is maybe one of the most insane guys who ever lived
nyman11209: Has anyone here ever read, Sir Richard Francis Burton's, Journey to Mecca?
checkbookstub: Nearing the dream of licking Richard Francis Burton.
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spqrequus: Sir Richard Burton, in full Sir Richard Francis Burton, (born March 19, 1821, Torquay, Devonshire, England—died October 20, 1890, Trieste, Austria-Hungary [now in Italy]),
SkudsB: This year it’s RB’s turn to read.
Richard Burton reads the haunting poem 'The hound of Heaven' by Francis ...
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ManOfLaBook: Fun Facts Friday: Richard Francis Burton
GetWiser: "The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshiped anything but himself." - Richard Francis Burton
HufabZYHPD: I'd really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it's the wrong century
KORANGARPOINT: Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause;
He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self-made laws.
Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton, Lay of the Higher Law
mentalcodex: Years go by, and some quotes still resonate so much with me. What a pleasure to rediscover them!
This is one of them:
“In the very course of time,
Every vice has worn the crown of virtue,
Every virtue has been banished as a vice or a crime.
― Sir Richard Francis Burton
CriptRUJLJ: I'd really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it's the wrong century
krlaw6: "Ah! gay the day with shine of sun,
and bright the breeze, and blithe the throng
Met on the River-bank to play,
when I was young, when I was young..."
~ excerpt from The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi, by Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton.
krlaw6: "Yes, Life in youth-tide standeth still;
in manhood streameth soft and slow;
See, as it nears the abysmal goal
how fleet the waters flash and flow!"
~ excerpt from The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi, by Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton.
krlaw6: "And still the Weaver plies his loom,
Whose warp and woof is wretched Man
Weaving th' unpatterned dark design,
so dark we doubt it owns a plan."
~ excerpt from The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi, by Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton.
YanniFOAXY: I'd really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it's the wrong century
DrPopCultureBG: “Little islands are all large prisons; one cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow.”
― Sir Richard Francis Burton
barbkiser: To Mortlake, that riverine enclave where ethnographer, linguist and explorer Richard Francis Burton and his doughty wife Isabel are buried. A back window in the extraordinary tent-tomb enables a view of camel bells and caskets.
Hard to think of that fearless nomad at rest.
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thepainterflynn: Irish explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton who met Stanley on his travels noted in his diary that he (Stanley) shot natives as if they were monkeys.
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barbkiser: Aside from geographic/ethno exploration, Richard Francis Burton was a naturalist manque. From Sierra Leone he sent skeins of spider silk to Isabel for weaving (shades of
lvandriest: In the middle of the fourth and last book in the Riverworld series.
Like: Richard Francis Burton, Cyrano de Bergerac.
Don’t like: Samuel Clemens.
We’ll see if this changes.
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MrGoldstein7: Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS (19 March 1821 – 20 October 1890) was an English explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat.
EwannnaLoopSha: She had perused the works of the poets and knew them by heart; she had studied philosophy and the sciences, arts and accomplishments; and she was pleasant and polite, wise and witty, well read and well bred.
Sir Richard Francis Burton's translation One Thousand and One Nights
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AsondPEALH: I'd really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it's the wrong century
SmaragdinaVisio: Details from tomb of Sir Richard Francis Burton, 1821-1890. Saint Mary's Churchyard, Mortlake, SW London.
HalfAsHistory: Richard Francis Burton, English-Italian geographer and explorer
1890 · 132 years ago
HalfAsHistory: Richard Francis Burton, English-Italian geographer and explorer
1890 · 132 years ago
lorraineelizab6: Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS (19 March 1821-20 Oct 1890). Explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, diplomat! 29 languages! Dad Campbells of Tuam.
BlkpillBrahmin: Richard Francis Burton.
SeanO_Chicago: Yes, translated by noted explorer/badass Richard Francis Burton.
Mustafa82211464: The British explorer, Richard Francis Burton, mocked SOMALILAND'S for their "superstition" that Malaria came from mosquitoes.
"First Footsteps in East Africa" 1856
r_HistoryMemes: Sir Richard Francis Burton : a prime example of a true Chad
woetoconquered: Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause; He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self-made laws." -Richard Francis Burton
MasculineMethod: "Do what thy manhood bids thee to do, from none but self expect applause" - Sir Richard Francis Burton
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woetoconquered: Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause; He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self-made laws." -Richard Francis Burton
woetoconquered: Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause; He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self-made laws." -Richard Francis Burton
gary_singh: Another hero that showed up to write while in Trieste. Scholar, explorer, adventurer, and one who spoke 20 languages and translated the Kama Sutra and the Arabian Nights, the blasphemous troublemaker himself, Sir Richard Francis Burton.
runofizeitir: I'd really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it's the wrong century
eigenrobot: not to harp on the usual point but MAYBE this is what happens when you stop seeing the world through the eyes of Richard Francis Burton and adopt GRRM's jaundiced gaze (try to guess which one of them actually traveled in and experienced the world)
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IslamicLandmark: In 1853 a British explorer, Richard Francis Burton, disguised himself as a Muslim pilgrim and covertly undertook the Hajj.
This was his drawing of Mount Arafat based on his travel there.
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