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Literature quote guessing game

Started by Tabaluga, Jan 18 2013 05:53 AM

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#1036 hobglobin

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Posted 07 March 2013 - 11:57 AM

The Rose and The Ring by Thackeray?

One must presume that long and short arguments contribute to the same end. - Epicurus
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#1037 bob1

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Posted 07 March 2013 - 12:03 PM

No.

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#1038 casandra

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Posted 07 March 2013 - 12:26 PM

Is it from Hardy's Return of the Native? Lots of regrets there as well but I don't remember any reference to roses ..only furze....

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#1039 Tabaluga

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Posted 07 March 2013 - 01:20 PM

Is your reference to the war of the roses (York vs. Lancaster)?

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#1040 bob1

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Posted 07 March 2013 - 01:30 PM

@casandra: no.

@tabs: yes...

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#1041 Tabaluga

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Posted 07 March 2013 - 01:46 PM

The last of the Barons by Bulwer-Lytton ?

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#1042 bob1

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Posted 07 March 2013 - 01:51 PM

No, but you'll hit the bullseye soon...

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#1043 Tabaluga

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Posted 07 March 2013 - 03:12 PM

A child's history of England by Dickens or Anne of Geierstein by Scott ?

Edited by Tabaluga, 07 March 2013 - 03:23 PM.

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#1044 casandra

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Posted 07 March 2013 - 08:18 PM

War of the Roses and bullseye?

It can only be Stevenson's The Black Arrow: A tale of the two roses......and yup, he's more well- known for Treasure Island or Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde...

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#1045 bob1

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Posted 09 March 2013 - 12:19 AM

Yup - your turn again Casandra.

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#1046 casandra

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Posted 09 March 2013 - 12:29 PM

ok, this one's quite easy...20th century, english....

"We feel cold, but we don't mind it, because we will not come to harm. And if we wrapped up against the cold, we wouldn't feel other things, like the bright tingle of the stars, or the music of the aurora, or best of all the silky feeling of moonlight on our skin. It's worth being cold for that."

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#1047 hobglobin

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Posted 09 March 2013 - 12:36 PM

a Canadian national epic?
Michael Ondaatje?

One must presume that long and short arguments contribute to the same end. - Epicurus
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#1048 casandra

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Posted 09 March 2013 - 12:41 PM

hobglobin, on 09 March 2013 - 12:36 PM, said:

a Canadian national epic?
Michael Ondaatje?

nope...but you're on target...it's a fantasy so not exactly what you're thinking perhaps... :lol:

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#1049 hobglobin

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Posted 09 March 2013 - 12:59 PM

whatever this means...I don't know any Canadian fantasy Posted Image

. Gabrielle Roy?

One must presume that long and short arguments contribute to the same end. - Epicurus
...except casandra's that belong to the funniest, most interesting and imaginative (or over-imaginative?) ones, I suppose.