Comments on: Wanted: One strong, healthy young Man http://www.nli.ie/blog/index.php/2011/08/12/wanted-one-strong-healthy-young-man/ Blog Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:48:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: · Ruth’s Recommendations http://www.nli.ie/blog/index.php/2011/08/12/wanted-one-strong-healthy-young-man/#comment-48 · Ruth’s Recommendations Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:23:08 +0000 http://www.nli.ie/blog/?p=1156#comment-48 [...] NLI Blog has a post written by Bean An Phoist called “Wanted: One strong, healthy young Man.” It takes a look at some of the newspapers to be found in the National Library of Ireland, the [...] [...] NLI Blog has a post written by Bean An Phoist called “Wanted: One strong, healthy young Man.” It takes a look at some of the newspapers to be found in the National Library of Ireland, the [...]

]]> By: Bean an Phoist http://www.nli.ie/blog/index.php/2011/08/12/wanted-one-strong-healthy-young-man/#comment-45 Bean an Phoist Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:30:55 +0000 http://www.nli.ie/blog/?p=1156#comment-45 You're very welcome, Jennifer. Adverts are <strong>the</strong> absolute business (if you'll pardon the pun). And who could resist the kind of business confidence and commercial freedom to make wildly outrageous assertions exemplified by "Positively the Greatest Value on Earth can be had during this sale"? You’re very welcome, Jennifer. Adverts are the absolute business (if you’ll pardon the pun). And who could resist the kind of business confidence and commercial freedom to make wildly outrageous assertions exemplified by “Positively the Greatest Value on Earth can be had during this sale”?

]]> By: Jennifer Geraghty-Gorman http://www.nli.ie/blog/index.php/2011/08/12/wanted-one-strong-healthy-young-man/#comment-44 Jennifer Geraghty-Gorman Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:07:03 +0000 http://www.nli.ie/blog/?p=1156#comment-44 Wonderful! Now, if only I could find a 'metallic coffin at an appallingly and ridiculously low price, by which the unpleasantness of decomposition would be avoided'. Thus, my purse would not be stretched, and I would not have to apply for said position at the Lunatic Asylum, although the perks of 'rations, washing, lodging, and partial clothing' hold great appeal. :) I am deeply enamoured of the language and composition of old newspapers ads and articles. It seems as though great care went into their preparation, although they evoke smiles from a twenty-first century perspective. Thank you for posting this piece. Cheers, Jennifer Wonderful! Now, if only I could find a ‘metallic coffin at an appallingly and ridiculously low price, by which the unpleasantness of decomposition would be avoided’. Thus, my purse would not be stretched, and I would not have to apply for said position at the Lunatic Asylum, although the perks of ‘rations, washing, lodging, and partial clothing’ hold great appeal. :)

I am deeply enamoured of the language and composition of old newspapers ads and articles. It seems as though great care went into their preparation, although they evoke smiles from a twenty-first century perspective. Thank you for posting this piece.

Cheers,
Jennifer

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