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Old 07-05-2004, 03:40 PM   #1
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh
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Pipe ... and the thread became like unto a mighty wheel...

Revolving as do the governments of banana republics.

It's one of Torhthelm's lines near the end.

The turnover here is getting silly. Better make yours nasty, Evisse.
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Old 07-05-2004, 03:48 PM   #2
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nasty incantation...ok: Avada K, no, no, I meant:

"Dread was their master. Dark and silent,
long years forlorn, lonely waited."
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Old 07-06-2004, 05:50 AM   #3
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Bêthberry is wading through snowdrifts on Redhorn.Bêthberry is wading through snowdrifts on Redhorn.Bêthberry is wading through snowdrifts on Redhorn.Bêthberry is wading through snowdrifts on Redhorn.
Boots "Hearken to the song of the purists."

Indeed, Squatter, your lines are not Tolkien's. They are derivative, a translation. A petty point perhaps.
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Old 07-15-2004, 05:00 AM   #4
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Oh, come on. Is it that nasty?
Hint: check out your Lost Tales.
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