tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post8678498108281069533..comments2024-03-25T15:07:41.959+00:00Comments on Nigeness: Augustus Hare:A Spectacularly Unhappy ChildhoodNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-9929510879018092012018-01-09T14:35:53.993+00:002018-01-09T14:35:53.993+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Lorantffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05244269704227161596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-73228038228346628412018-01-09T14:35:35.952+00:002018-01-09T14:35:35.952+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Lorantffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05244269704227161596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-36623028530081478642018-01-09T14:35:20.910+00:002018-01-09T14:35:20.910+00:00Nancy Mitford wrote an essay on Augustus Hare whic...Nancy Mitford wrote an essay on Augustus Hare which still gives me the creeps-it recounts most of these details. The cat story still horrifies me. The Hare family are Earls of Listowel, I believe..... My mother (I am Indian but grew up in the UK) once remarked that the English treat their animals better than their children. I suppose Aunt Esther was the exception.Lorantffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05244269704227161596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-44413832556569273562017-07-24T10:42:16.918+01:002017-07-24T10:42:16.918+01:00I visualise it as resting on his head like a fur h...I visualise it as resting on his head like a fur hat - the aim was probably to keep his aged head warm.Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-37713510383873733462017-07-24T09:33:39.265+01:002017-07-24T09:33:39.265+01:00Luxury! He had it easy as Monty Python would have ...Luxury! He had it easy as Monty Python would have it. Sounds like a perfectly reasonable way to treat children. I'm intrigued by Landor holding forth with his dog "on his head." Was it perched precariously on all four feet atop his cranium or, perhaps, curled up equally precariously? What if Landor became particularly exercised on a particular subject? It's all sounding rather surreal.Guy Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02304053177188950094noreply@blogger.com