Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Cryptoengineer Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom Subject: Re: MT VOID, 08/23/24 -- Vol. 43, No. 8, Whole Number 2342 Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2024 15:57:44 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: <860idjl9bdbuanp1ae8tngl0tjpu0hn129@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2024 21:57:44 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="970a8028e458dfda498777580b2025a4"; logging-data="506862"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/FjTKYuAQNxLh/aDxHN2vLplpfuDGXWDs=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:Q9DDQgJBt4ZlbU+qDU/csuwi/eQ= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 1884 On 9/5/2024 11:24 AM, Tim Merrigan wrote: > On 9/4/2024 5:55 PM, Joy Beeson wrote: >> On Mon, 26 Aug 2024 02:19:08 -0000 (UTC), "Keith F. Lynch" >> wrote: >> >>> Burroughs was a man of his time. >> >> And his time, it was a-changing.   I don't know how many stories told >> of nobly marrying a girl of common birth, only to discover that she >> was a mislaid princess. >> >> > > Wasn't that about the time destitute British nobles marrying the > children (daughters mostly) of wealthy Americans started? There were a lot of "Dollar Princesses" during the Gilded Age. One prominent example of the progeny of such a marriage is Winston Churchill. pt