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46 Twilight of the canon; The Commodore, TYA, and beyond... (SPOILERS!) -- rank: 864

Hello lissuns; very occasional poster here, popping in again with some (poorly organized) thoughts on my near completion of the canon for the second time. If you haven't been through all 20 official books, or at the very least TYA, I strongly urge you not to read any more of my post. ON DECK THERE! SPOILERS 2 POINTS OFF THE STARBOARD BOW! I apologize ahead of time that my thoughts are not as well formed as many who post on this list; I'm only on my second reading of the canon, and ...

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47 the other woman (SPOILERS for The Commodore and Hundred Days) -- rank: 864

On Fri, 9 Jul 1999 HrgSmes@aol.com wrote: > PS: Anybody out there think that Steven will make some sort of unromantic but > otherwise satisfying arrangement with Clarissa Oakes? Perhaps, being a new lissun, I should maintain a respectful silence while the senior officers speak but... I cannot believe this will happen. Stephen knows all too well that 'kissing is by favor or it is not kissing at all.' I vote instead for Christine Heatherleigh, the attractive naturalist who met Stephen whe ...

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48 Re: Reading Through the (Seven) Ages [tiny spoiler: The Commodore] -- rank: 864

In a message dated 98-04-11 09:55:44 EDT, you write: << THE WAR-SONG OF DINAS VAWR The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep are fatter; We therefore deemed it meeter To carry off the latter. >> Thanks for posting this poem in full, I've been chanting it since it first showed up and wondering what the rest was! Sarah Scott Who studied things other than literature but who is trying to catch up.

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49 Re: Reading Through the (Seven) Ages [tiny spoiler: The Commodore] -- rank: 864

Subj: Re: Reading Through the (Seven) Ages [tiny spoiler: The Commodore] Date: 04/13/98 To: hdouglass@onaustralia.com.au CC: patrickobrian@norton2.wwnorton.com In a message dated 98-04-11 09:55:44 EDT, you write: << THE WAR-SONG OF DINAS VAWR The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep are fatter; We therefore deemed it meeter To carry off the latter. >> Thanks for posting this poem in full, I've been chanting it since it first showed up and wondering ...

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50 Re: Re: Reading Through the (Seven) Ages [tiny spoiler: The Commodore] -- rank: 864

In a message dated 4/11/98 1:11:53 PM, sphelps@ziplink.net wrote: <<can you tell us of the provenance, the era, sounds like Beowulf in doggerel to my no-longer-lettered ear...>> Steve, Thomas Love Peacock was one of the finest comic writers of the early Victorian age. The 'doggerel' sound comes from the odd rhymes he used, together with the jingle-jangle meter. It's a great poem to read aloud. Charlezzzz

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51 Re: Reading Through the (Seven) Ages [tiny spoiler: The Commodore] -- rank: 864

Howard Douglass wrote: > > >For what it's worth, i note that the Arthurians have not yet mentioned > Thomas > >Love Peacock's *Misfortunes of Elphin*. His description of the drunk, > Seithenyn > >ap Seithyn Saidi, is without parallel in literature and who shall forget > >the fighting > >song which begins: > > > > The mountain sheep are sweeter, > > But the valley sheep are fatter; > > We therefore deemed it meeter > > ...

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52 Re: Re: Reading Through the (Seven) Ages [tiny spoiler: The Commodore] -- rank: 864

In a message dated 4/11/98 9:55:39 AM, hdouglass@onaustralia.com.au wrote: <<Is this internet a great toy, or WHAT?>> Great toy, indeed. And the poem is a great example of a deadly topic treated in funny rhymes--one of the good ones to learn. Charlezzzz

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53 Re: Reading Through the (Seven) Ages [tiny spoiler: The Commodore] -- rank: 864

>For what it's worth, i note that the Arthurians have not yet mentioned Thomas >Love Peacock's *Misfortunes of Elphin*. His description of the drunk, Seithenyn >ap Seithyn Saidi, is without parallel in literature and who shall forget >the fighting >song which begins: > > The mountain sheep are sweeter, > But the valley sheep are fatter; > We therefore deemed it meeter > To carry off the latter. I was intrigued by this; I'd read it before, I knew, but c ...

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54 Re: Reading Through the (Seven) Ages [tiny spoiler: The Commodore] -- rank: 864

<<The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep are fatter; We therefore deemed it meeter To carry off the latter>> I am so pleased to learn what this is from, thankyou Francis! It has always been one of my favorites, such deft and clever rhyme and rhythm! Hope

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55 Re: Reading Through the (Seven) Ages [tiny spoiler: The Commodore] -- rank: 864

>Steve Z wrote: > >> Is there something fundamentally different about your >> reading now than when you were younger? > >Yes. Over the last ten years I've lost what used to be a voracious appetite >for new novels. I have wondered if it had anything to do with the fact >that I am >now older (54) than most current novelists and am getting out of touch with >contemporary concerns. > > >If so, was reading more >> satisfying then, or now? > >I ...

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56 Re: Reading Through the (Seven) Ages [tiny spoiler: The Commodore] -- rank: 864

Steve Z wrote: >[ POB] said that the reading of his > youth (not childhood; age 20, say) differed qualitatively from the reading > of his maturity; that voraciousness and intensity are lost as the reader > ages. <snip> > Is there something fundamentally different about your > reading now than when you were younger? Yes. Over the last ten years I've lost what used to be a voracious appetite for new novels. I have wondered if it had anything to do with the fact that ...

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57 RE: Reading Through the (Seven) Ages [tiny spoiler: The Commodore] -- rank: 864

------ =_NextPart_000_01BD63B7.5D0FBF40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset='us-ascii' Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Answering my own question, I submit the following quotation: The compensation of growing old, Peter Walsh thought, coming out of = Regent's Park, and holding his hat in his hand, was simply this; that = the passions remain as strong as ever, but one has gained--at last!--the = power of taking hold of experience, of turning it round, slowly, in the = light. Virginia W ...

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Message Date:	1998-04-09 21:24:42 UTC

58 Re: Reading Through the (Seven) Ages [tiny spoiler: The Commodore] -- rank: 864

On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, Steve Zimmermann wrote: > Fellow Lissuns - > > Recall, if you will, the torrent of posts occasioned by the 'What did you read and when did you read it' thread of a couple of weeks back. At the time, it reminded me of something POB said in the 1995 Robert Haas interview. He said -- and I'm paraphrasing, since my recording of the event apparently has joined the torrents of printed matter that somehow end up in a certain wet basement in Doylestown -- that the reading ...

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Message Date:	1998-04-09 16:51:21 UTC

59 Reading Through the (Seven) Ages [tiny spoiler: The Commodore] -- rank: 864

------ =_NextPart_000_01BD638E.6D57AC10 Content-Type: text/plain; charset='us-ascii' Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Fellow Lissuns - Recall, if you will, the torrent of posts occasioned by the 'What did = you read and when did you read it' thread of a couple of weeks back. At = the time, it reminded me of something POB said in the 1995 Robert Haas = interview. He said -- and I'm paraphrasing, since my recording of the = event apparently has joined the torrents of printed matter th ...

Poster's Name:	Steve Zimmermann
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Message Date:	1998-04-09 15:05:36 UTC

60 Re: Revising the Canon, the Commodore et al. -- rank: 864

In a message dated 96-12-30 21:27:26 EST, dmb@access.digex.net (David M. Bird) writes: << get any seconds on the virtues of rereading? >> As the old woman said who had only one book - Thank heaven for Alzheimers- I whizzed through the books the first time as fast as I could find them. The next time more slowly, and this time with great attention to detail - my appre- cition enhanced by the comments of the list members, my reading of The Wooden World, Nelson's Navy, Sobels book, et ...

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