First Line(s)-Game. - Page 8

Imladris · 11-02-2002, 10:00 AM

sorry, yes, correct! That is the answer! If no-one replies within a day carry on in future.

Dussander · 11-05-2002, 12:18 AM

hint: Not the introduction. but the start of the...er...work

THESEUS:
Now fair Hippolyta our nuptial hour draws on apace. Four happy days brings in another moon; but, O, methinks how slow the old moon wanes! She lingers my desires like a stepdame or a dowager long withering out a young man's revenue.

Name the writer, and the play...ergh...that was a hint...

barrelrider110 · 11-05-2002, 01:55 PM

Shakespere.
A Midsummer Night's Dream

"It was a feature peculiar to the colonial wars of North America, that the toils and dangers of the wilderness were to be encountered before the adverse hosts could meet. "

barrelrider110 · 11-08-2002, 09:24 AM

Guesses? No?
OK, a hint. OK several hints:

This work is considered a classic of American literature. (It was the first work from an American author to be widely acclaimed in Europe). The hero of the story was knick-named for his outstanding marksmanship.

Aeryn · 11-08-2002, 10:21 PM

OOC: WHAT THE HECK IS YOUR AVATAR, IT IS SCARY!

***Khamûl*** · 11-09-2002, 03:38 AM

Taking a guess from the hint, it seems to be "The Last of the Mohicans" by James Fenimore Cooper. Or at least one of the Leatherstocking Tales.

Aeryn · 11-09-2002, 09:21 PM

YAWNS!

*quietly sneaks up behind Khamul, pulls a hair, and runS*

*comes back alittle later and repeats process*

*and repeats*

*and repeats*

*and repeats*

*and repeats*

*hides*

The Ringbearer · 11-11-2002, 05:50 AM

Feeling a little bored?

*sneaks up behind Aeryn*

*pulls a hair*

*repeats.......*

barrelrider110 · 11-12-2002, 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Aeryn
OOC: WHAT THE HECK IS YOUR AVATAR, IT IS SCARY!

It's a hobbit. I think he's kinda cute. If I can remember where I found it, I will post a hyperlink to the entire picture. He's standing in a vegetable patch smoking a pipe. If you saw the entire picture, you might be a bit less disturbed.

Anyway....

The Last of the Mohicans is correct, (the hero of the story is known as Hawkeye).

Well done, Khamûl, now please give us a line before some of us have a conniption.

***Khamûl*** · 11-16-2002, 01:30 AM

Sorry for the delay...

"My father's family name being Pirrip, and my christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip."

Starr Polish · 11-16-2002, 02:03 AM

Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens

I know I'm right, so I'll go on.

"Imagine a ruin so strange it must have never happened."

***Khamûl*** · 11-16-2002, 02:16 AM

Very good, Starr.

sun-star · 11-16-2002, 10:18 AM

Is it the Poisonwood Bible?

Starr Polish · 11-16-2002, 04:04 PM

Right-o.

sun-star · 11-16-2002, 05:50 PM

Okay: "With a single drop of ink for a mirror, the Egyptian sorcerer undertakes to reveal to any chance comer far-reaching visions of the past".

(so as not to be too confusing, a hint: it has nothing to do with Egypt

)

Elven Archer · 11-23-2002, 07:58 PM

Adam Bede?

sun-star · 11-24-2002, 05:46 AM

Yes, well done!

Elven Archer · 11-24-2002, 02:10 PM

thank you

It was my devil's own temper that brought me to grief,my temper and a skill with weapons born of my father's teaching.
Yet without that skill I might have emptied my lifes's blood upon the cobblestones of Stamford,emptied my body of blood...and for what?

***azalea*** · 12-04-2002, 03:19 PM

I give up.

sun-star · 12-07-2002, 11:26 AM

How about a clue?

11-02-2002, 10:00 AM	#141
Imladris Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 146	sorry, yes, correct! That is the answer! If no-one replies within a day carry on in future. __________________ "A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent."

11-05-2002, 12:18 AM	#142
Dussander Enting Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 96	hint: Not the introduction. but the start of the...er...work THESEUS: Now fair Hippolyta our nuptial hour draws on apace. Four happy days brings in another moon; but, O, methinks how slow the old moon wanes! She lingers my desires like a stepdame or a dowager long withering out a young man's revenue. Name the writer, and the play...ergh...that was a hint... __________________ The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like the difference between an eggs-and-ham breakfast, the chickens were 'involved', but the pig was 'commited'. - Anonymous In the end, we will not remember the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends - Martin Luther King Jr. Do or do not, there is no 'try'. - Yoda Only the dead have seen the end of war. - Plato In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkeness, and the darkness comprehendeth it not - KJV. John 1:4-5

11-05-2002, 01:55 PM	#143
barrelrider110 Peer of the realm of Sanguine Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Hill, Marlton, NJ Posts: 798	Shakespere. A Midsummer Night's Dream "It was a feature peculiar to the colonial wars of North America, that the toils and dangers of the wilderness were to be encountered before the adverse hosts could meet. " __________________ “"I am the friend of bears and the guest of eagles. I am Ringwinner and Luckwearer; and I am Barrel-rider," Fear Complacency! ___________________ Something under the bed is drooling Last edited by barrelrider110 : 11-05-2002 at 01:59 PM.

11-08-2002, 09:24 AM	#144
barrelrider110 Peer of the realm of Sanguine Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Hill, Marlton, NJ Posts: 798	Guesses? No? OK, a hint. OK several hints: This work is considered a classic of American literature. (It was the first work from an American author to be widely acclaimed in Europe). The hero of the story was knick-named for his outstanding marksmanship. __________________ “"I am the friend of bears and the guest of eagles. I am Ringwinner and Luckwearer; and I am Barrel-rider," Fear Complacency! ___________________ Something under the bed is drooling

11-08-2002, 10:21 PM	#145
Aeryn Bank'ress of Sith Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: In a hot-hot place, heh Posts: 913	OOC: WHAT THE HECK IS YOUR AVATAR, IT IS SCARY! __________________ my new account name feigndeath. This one is deactivated, I think.

11-09-2002, 03:38 AM	#146
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	Taking a guess from the hint, it seems to be "The Last of the Mohicans" by James Fenimore Cooper. Or at least one of the Leatherstocking Tales. __________________ "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." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

11-09-2002, 09:21 PM	#147
Aeryn Bank'ress of Sith Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: In a hot-hot place, heh Posts: 913	YAWNS! quietly sneaks up behind Khamul, pulls a hair, and runS comes back alittle later and repeats process and repeats and repeats and repeats and repeats hides __________________ my new account name feigndeath. This one is deactivated, I think.

11-11-2002, 05:50 AM	#148
The Ringbearer Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Crickhollow in the summer, and Rivendell in the winter Posts: 397	Feeling a little bored? sneaks up behind Aeryn pulls a hair repeats....... __________________ 'Go away, and never come back!!' '......what?' 'But you're a part of this world! Aren't you?' Frodo lives!

11-16-2002, 01:30 AM	#150
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	Sorry for the delay... "My father's family name being Pirrip, and my christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip." __________________ "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." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

11-16-2002, 02:03 AM	#151
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens I know I'm right, so I'll go on. "Imagine a ruin so strange it must have never happened." __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

11-16-2002, 02:16 AM	#152
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	Very good, Starr. __________________ "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." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

11-16-2002, 10:18 AM	#153
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	Is it the Poisonwood Bible? __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

11-16-2002, 04:04 PM	#154
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	Right-o. __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

11-16-2002, 05:50 PM	#155
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	Okay: "With a single drop of ink for a mirror, the Egyptian sorcerer undertakes to reveal to any chance comer far-reaching visions of the past". (so as not to be too confusing, a hint: it has nothing to do with Egypt ) __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

11-23-2002, 07:58 PM	#156
Elven Archer Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2002 Location: America! Posts: 480	Adam Bede? __________________ "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: 'it goes on'." ~robert frost

11-24-2002, 05:46 AM	#157
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	Yes, well done! __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

11-24-2002, 02:10 PM	#158
Elven Archer Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2002 Location: America! Posts: 480	thank you It was my devil's own temper that brought me to grief,my temper and a skill with weapons born of my father's teaching. Yet without that skill I might have emptied my lifes's blood upon the cobblestones of Stamford,emptied my body of blood...and for what? __________________ "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: 'it goes on'." ~robert frost

12-04-2002, 03:19 PM	#159
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	I give up.

12-07-2002, 11:26 AM	#160
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	How about a clue? __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

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