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assuming that is the next quote (and not an explanation of rareness of visits to the BD
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Indeed it might be Farmer Giles, but it isn't.
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That'd be Tidwald, than:
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Very astute there, H-I!
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Thanks, yer honour
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Hmmmm, that is tricky! Sounds like it could be from one of the essays, since I don't recall a line like that in one of the fictional works. However, I have no idea where to start looking - will you give a hint, please?
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philology is the word
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Thanks for the clue - that narrowed it down, and I found it in Tolkien's essay 'A Secret Vice' - he himself is the speaker.
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Aye, that's him
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This quote won't be hard to locate, but I find it so captivating that I want to share it. It is so beautiful and so typically Tolkien, reminding of his legendarium, though not belonging to Middle-earth:
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he himself
Author's narrative from the Roverandom (possibly describing Rover's thoughts as he was left sleepless adn observant by the boy's bedside)
Just an idea - should we open up a thread for "he himself quoteth' kind of quotes? Where it would be clear Tolkien himself uttered the words, but circumstances should be guessed/figured/remembered out? What d'ya think?
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Right answer, HI - and yes, I was so enthused about that sentence that I didn't stop to think that it's not a quote! I'm not sure it's worth opening up another thread for authorial statements, since we don't have many participants, but when we run out of quotes, we may want to do that...
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right you are
next one than: Quote:
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That would be said by the fishermen who caught the Man in the Moon out of the sea.(Adventures of Tom Bombadil)
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that's them. an that's him.
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That'd be Tolkien himself again, quoting some Dacent (sp?), but applying the quote differently: Under soup, Dacent(sp?) meant the guesses of comparative philology and under bones the working out process, whilst Tolkien meant Fairy Tale as presented by its author and its sources respectively
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That would be Dasent . Perfect!
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ah, Dasent, yes. thanks
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Tidwald to Torhthelm, in the Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's son.
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My lass
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Thanks.
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um, where to?
but, to be honest, I know where to: to the streets, for it was Garn inviting villagers to see the great show of blunderbass-to-get-rid-of-giants-tresspassing as performed by Aegidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo, or, in vulgar, Giles ![]()
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Right you are!
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next go:
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That's Alf Prentice to Nokes, the Cook, in Smith of Wootton Major, when asked to make the Fairy Queen for the Great Cake.
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Ten mark. Over to you
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Said the little bird to Tom Bombadil.
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Right you are, Mariska - go ahead with the next one!
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Either Giles to Chrysophylax, or vice versa (in both their meetings something similar was uttered by both antagonists). I'd cast my vote on the dragon, who was just flying about (=chasing knights down the slope) and stumbled unto Giles around a corner
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Absolutely right!
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* bows
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I've been searching for this one, looking through all of the minor works that could have someone addressed as "lord" - I started with The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun, looked through Farmer Giles, and even skimmed Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, which I haven't actually read yet, but I can't find it. Could you give a clue, please?
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Sqautter, you've got ten mark
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Thanks, old boy.
Whence these words? Quote:
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Leaf by Niggle
Thus spake First Inspector unto the Hero and the great dee...I mean, picture, of his
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