Jamie is more an antique Roman than a Dane. He is straight and slender, and more than common tall. He is ill at reckoning, but he knows a hawk from a handsaw and is advised what he says, neither disturbed with the effect of wine nor heady-rash, provoked with raging ire. He is an unfee'd lawyer, but not covetous for gold. He is a foe to tyrants. He is not gamesome, and does lack some part of that quick spirit that is in Antony. He loves not wisely but too well. He is a better scholar than he thought he was, so he'll call for pen and ink and write his mind.
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at 22:53 on 02-09-2010
(Oh, but I should warn you that the soundtrack is composed almost entirely of soulless covers of good songs, which I always feel is rather cruel.)
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at 22:51 on 02-09-2010
I just watched Sky High on the iplayer. Has anyone seen or even heard of it? It's 2005 but strap me to a submar...
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at 18:00 on 02-09-2010
I think is I've read too many Regency Romances - book series tend to have this device in which a group of male friends are all part of some kind of cutely named club, and may or ma...
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at 14:32 on 02-09-2010
Ah yes, good old Sir Emeril. Often he would be heard to say, 'Look! There's one over there! Pass me that lantern! Now, look — Oh, dash it all, it's gone. Why does that always happen...
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at 13:29 on 02-09-2010
I bet she couldn't believe her luck when she googled and discovered there wasn't already something called the London Institute. But, ah, Ms Clare, there could never have been something called...
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at 22:50 on 31-08-2010
[Breaks off from reading to exclaim:] What? The UK doesn't recognize same-sex marriages lawfully contracted in other countries as marriages? What the whatting what? I not only didn...
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comments
- 13:52, 02-09-2010 on Another Set of Choices:
I actually like the fact that it's presented as a statement of action rather than intent, because it's not just abou...
permalink - 11:35, 01-09-2010 on The Fictional Author:
Hi all, sorry for falling behind with this discussion. Ruderetum, thanks for explaining. I think I'm inclined to agree with Ar...
permalink - 08:34, 01-09-2010 on Another Set of Choices:
Just finished Choice of romance (as far as it currently goes) and found it jolly enjoyable. I tried it before re...
permalink - 18:11, 28-08-2010 on The Fictional Author:
For example,reading the Decamerone as I'm now, I can enjoy the stories as they are and just wonder at times about th...
permalink - 17:55, 28-08-2010 on Book Review: “Schroedinger's Ball”:
The book opens with protagonist Johnny Felix Decaté blowing his own face off while attempting to clean out his ...
permalink - 22:33, 25-08-2010 on The Fictional Author:
I second the particular liking of 'interpretive space'. I think it also helps me understand my very flinchy reaction to encount...
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