"Minor works" Quotes - Page 14 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

HerenIstarion · 04-22-2004, 12:51 AM

The smith looked long at Alf. Then suddenly he bowed low. "I understand at last, sir," he said. "You have done us too much honour."
"I have been repaid," said Alf. "Go home now in peace!"

HerenIstarion · 04-29-2004, 03:04 AM

Estelyn?

**The Saucepan Man** · 04-29-2004, 03:15 AM

It's a pretty safe bet that you got it right, H-I, so I think you should go ahead with the next question.

HerenIstarion · 04-29-2004, 03:58 AM

Well, summoning ten day rule to sooth my conscience, I now present to your attention the following:

Quote:

This place cannot be left just as my private park

Guinevere · 04-29-2004, 09:00 AM

This is Niggle talking to himself, wishing that Parish would be there to help him.

HerenIstarion · 05-02-2004, 10:42 PM

Correct

Pray proceed

Guinevere · 05-03-2004, 06:47 AM

Thank you!

I found a proverb!

Quote:

"No news is bad news."

HerenIstarion · 05-03-2004, 06:50 AM

Sunny Sam of Ham that is

Guinevere · 05-03-2004, 08:07 AM

It took me quite a while to find out that the gloomy blacksmith was indeed referred to as "Sunny Sam"!

So you are right, of course!

HerenIstarion · 05-03-2004, 08:17 AM

Ah, Sunny Sams of Ham
No news is bad news for them...

next one up:

Quote:

... let us run, or dance, or lie down in the sun...

Estelyn Telcontar · 05-13-2004, 02:18 AM

HI, I've been pondering this quote, but it sounds totally unfamiliar to me, so that I have no idea where to start looking. Clue, please?

HerenIstarion · 05-13-2004, 02:55 AM

Well, activities described, though in other times quite pleasant, at a particular timeand place may endanger lives of those practising them

Estelyn Telcontar · 05-13-2004, 05:19 AM

Even with that clue, I couldn't find the quote. Since the ten days are up, I humbly admit defeat - please give us a new one, HI! (Oh, and do tell where it was - I am curious!)

HerenIstarion · 05-13-2004, 05:43 AM

Quote:

Look, there is Fastitocalon!
An island good to land upon,
Although 'tis rather bare.
Come, leave the sea! And let us run,
Or dance, or lie down in the sun!
See, gulls are sitting there!

It was easy, was it not?

Next one likewise:

Quote:

You do not belong here. Go away and never return!

A bit gloomy though, unlike the thing I would wish to tell you, quite the opposite if truth be told, but quote is quote, after all, and can not be altered (unless it is "mistranslation" thread, o'course)

Estelyn Telcontar · 05-13-2004, 06:44 AM

Ah, that comes because I was skimming the passages with direct speech = looking only at what was within quotation marks. Well, I'll try to find the new one now.

Guinevere · 05-13-2004, 07:27 AM

Wasn't that the (unspoken but "felt") answer of the birch to Smith's question "What can I do to make amends or give thanks?"

HerenIstarion · 05-13-2004, 11:24 PM

yes, Guinevere, pray go on

Guinevere · 05-14-2004, 01:42 PM

Thank you!

Quote:

Be off now all the lot!

Estelyn Telcontar · 05-14-2004, 02:36 PM

That's the Troll to the People in 'Perry-the-Winkle'.

Guinevere · 05-14-2004, 04:49 PM

...and I didn't say that to chase all the guessers away

Estelyn Telcontar · 05-15-2004, 02:49 AM

While looking for that quote, I found something similar. Here it is as the next one:

Quote:

...you had best be off...

HerenIstarion · 05-17-2004, 02:30 AM

Ah, this one I know for sure - that was Giles to his King, as he warned him to go before the dragon became uncontrollable

Estelyn Telcontar · 05-17-2004, 06:19 AM

Right you are, HI - I like Giles' reaction:

Quote:

He would not yield, and he would not fight, though the King challenged him to single combat there and then.

Sheer stubbornness can be wonderful when used wisely!

Estelyn Telcontar · 05-24-2004, 09:19 AM

Mr. Wizard? Your turn!

HerenIstarion · 05-24-2004, 09:59 AM

Mea Culpa! Forgot about this one

May I present you with the movie contrived excuse of (to be pronounced solemnly): wizard is never late!...

anyway, to mend affairs, here is the next one:

Quote:

Nay, let him alone! Or we'll lose the way

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-01-2004, 06:18 AM

Time to answer this one and get the thread moving again! It's Tídwald, speaking to Torhthelm in The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son.

HerenIstarion · 06-01-2004, 07:58 AM

Right you are, your ladyship. Pray proceed

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-01-2004, 08:19 AM

Let's see if this quote is a prophetic statement:

Quote:

You'll never find it out

HerenIstarion · 06-01-2004, 08:26 AM

Ah, I already did

That was Man in the Moon to Rover, concerning children dreaming, that is, they were dreaming, but Rover saw them playing in the precipice on the moon, and he knew not that they traveled there in their sleep

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-01-2004, 08:55 AM

Very close, HI, but not quite - that quote is missing the little word "it". Try elsewhere...

HerenIstarion · 06-01-2004, 09:03 AM

does it? hum-m, ha-ss-sty, that's the word. Another go should require some more scanning, than

HerenIstarion · 06-02-2004, 02:22 AM

It must be it, this time:

Quote:

Inside their secret house, there they sat a-mumbling:
'Ho, Tom Bombadil' Where have you come tumbling,
bursting in the front-door? Badger-folk have caught you.
You'll never find it out, the way that we have brought you!

i.e. Badgers to Tom Bombadil

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-02-2004, 04:39 AM

Correct quote, correct speakers! Next one's yours, HI.

HerenIstarion · 06-02-2004, 05:01 AM

Thank you

next one, than:

Quote:

But where, my lad, in the Shire was that? Or out in Bree?

Morsul the Dark · 06-02-2004, 07:04 AM

tom bombadil
adventures of tom bombadil

HerenIstarion · 06-02-2004, 07:14 AM

correct book, wrong speaker(s)

Take it a little bit further, and you have it

Morsul the Dark · 06-02-2004, 12:38 PM

you know i know nothing of that book except that tom bombadil was in it. the only other charactor i know of connected to tom is goldberry

is it goldberry?

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-02-2004, 01:35 PM

It's the People, asking Perry-the-Winkle where he had tea.

HerenIstarion · 06-02-2004, 11:01 PM

Ah, Morsul, it's a good read you're missing. Try to obtain it, it is highly
recommended

Yes, Estelyn, you've got it. Take it over

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-03-2004, 01:49 AM

This quote could well apply to Tolkien's minor works:

Quote:

...very useful indeed...

04-22-2004, 12:51 AM	#521
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	Smith to the King The smith looked long at Alf. Then suddenly he bowed low. "I understand at last, sir," he said. "You have done us too much honour." "I have been repaid," said Alf. "Go home now in peace!" __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

04-29-2004, 03:04 AM	#522
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	Estelyn? __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

04-29-2004, 03:15 AM	#523
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Esty's on holiday It's a pretty safe bet that you got it right, H-I, so I think you should go ahead with the next question. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

04-29-2004, 09:00 AM	#525
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	This is Niggle talking to himself, wishing that Parish would be there to help him. __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

05-02-2004, 10:42 PM	#526
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	Correct Pray proceed __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

05-03-2004, 06:50 AM	#528
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	Sunny Sam of Ham that is __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

05-03-2004, 08:07 AM	#529
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	It took me quite a while to find out that the gloomy blacksmith was indeed referred to as "Sunny Sam"! So you are right, of course! __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

05-13-2004, 02:18 AM	#531
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	HI, I've been pondering this quote, but it sounds totally unfamiliar to me, so that I have no idea where to start looking. Clue, please? __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

05-13-2004, 02:55 AM	#532
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	Well, activities described, though in other times quite pleasant, at a particular timeand place may endanger lives of those practising them __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

05-13-2004, 05:19 AM	#533
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Even with that clue, I couldn't find the quote. Since the ten days are up, I humbly admit defeat - please give us a new one, HI! (Oh, and do tell where it was - I am curious!) __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

05-13-2004, 06:44 AM	#535
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Ah, that comes because I was skimming the passages with direct speech = looking only at what was within quotation marks. Well, I'll try to find the new one now. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

05-13-2004, 07:27 AM	#536
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Wasn't that the (unspoken but "felt") answer of the birch to Smith's question "What can I do to make amends or give thanks?" __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

05-13-2004, 11:24 PM	#537
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	yes, Guinevere, pray go on __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

05-14-2004, 02:36 PM	#539
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	That's the Troll to the People in 'Perry-the-Winkle'. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

05-14-2004, 04:49 PM	#540
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Exactly! ...and I didn't say that to chase all the guessers away __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

05-17-2004, 02:30 AM	#542
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	Ah, this one I know for sure - that was Giles to his King, as he warned him to go before the dragon became uncontrollable __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

05-24-2004, 09:19 AM	#544
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Mr. Wizard? Your turn! __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

06-01-2004, 06:18 AM	#546
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Time to answer this one and get the thread moving again! It's Tídwald, speaking to Torhthelm in The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

06-01-2004, 07:58 AM	#547
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	Right you are, your ladyship. Pray proceed __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

06-01-2004, 08:26 AM	#549
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	The prophet's bread is hard to earn... Ah, I already did That was Man in the Moon to Rover, concerning children dreaming, that is, they were dreaming, but Rover saw them playing in the precipice on the moon, and he knew not that they traveled there in their sleep __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

06-01-2004, 08:55 AM	#550
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Very close, HI, but not quite - that quote is missing the little word "it". Try elsewhere... __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

06-01-2004, 09:03 AM	#551
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	does it? hum-m, ha-ss-sty, that's the word. Another go should require some more scanning, than __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

06-02-2004, 04:39 AM	#553
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Correct quote, correct speakers! Next one's yours, HI. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

06-02-2004, 07:04 AM	#555
Morsul the Dark Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,448	tom bombadil adventures of tom bombadil __________________ Morsul the Resurrected

06-02-2004, 07:14 AM	#556
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	correct book, wrong speaker(s) Take it a little bit further, and you have it __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

06-02-2004, 12:38 PM	#557
Morsul the Dark Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,448	you know i know nothing of that book except that tom bombadil was in it. the only other charactor i know of connected to tom is goldberry is it goldberry? __________________ Morsul the Resurrected

06-02-2004, 01:35 PM	#558
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	It's the People, asking Perry-the-Winkle where he had tea. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

06-02-2004, 11:01 PM	#559
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	Ah, Morsul, it's a good read you're missing. Try to obtain it, it is highly recommended Yes, Estelyn, you've got it. Take it over __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!