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Slite · 11-26-2008, 06:38 AM

She restrained herself and didn't wink back.

JSWolf · 11-26-2008, 06:47 AM

Quote:

"He'd ha' found hisself in the station if we hadn't been so took up."

Can anyone guess what eBook is that from?

Nate the great · 11-26-2008, 07:08 AM

I would guess Mark Twain.

Patricia · 11-26-2008, 07:16 AM

"And if things were quite different from what they actually are--if there were for instance no characteristic expression of pain, of fear, of joy, if rule became exception and exception rule; or if both became phenomena of roughly equal frequency--this would make our normal language-games lose their point."

[Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations.]

montsnmags · 11-26-2008, 07:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patricia

"And if things were quite different from what they actually are--if there were for instance no characteristic expression of pain, of fear, of joy, if rule became exception and exception rule; or if both became phenomena of roughly equal frequency--this would make our normal language-games lose their point."

[Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations.]

Wittgenstein, eh? My first guess was Barbara Cartland.

AprilHare · 11-26-2008, 07:51 AM

This was Thursday; and Norah was starting early, because it was "a good step of a way."

Anyone want to hazard a guess what book that line came from?

vivaldirules · 11-26-2008, 08:48 AM

The pain is often so intense that you can't continue the exercise.

pshrynk · 11-26-2008, 09:22 AM

National Cpmmittee for Clinical Laboratory Standards, Method for Dilution Antimicrobial Susceptibility Tests for Bacteria that Grow Aerobically, Third Edition.

PDR. Lucky that the Sexual Perversions text was on the other side of the shelf, eh?

DixieGal · 11-26-2008, 10:38 AM

Susie, now eight, continued to talk about what a swell guy Byron was, and as much as he didn't want to agree with that, Michaels didn't say so.

(Page 85, which was the first page of this piece of a previously mutilated book.)

JSWolf · 11-26-2008, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nate the great

I would guess Mark Twain.

Nope. It's not Twain. But it is from a book available on MR.

BookishDreamer · 11-26-2008, 11:11 AM

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RickyMaveety · 11-26-2008, 11:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Can anyone guess what eBook is that from?

Sherlock Holmes A Study in Scarlet

Sparrow · 11-26-2008, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

Sherlock Holmes A Study in Scarlet

Doh!

I was still eliminating the impossible - it was taking forever!

zelda_pinwheel · 11-26-2008, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sparrow

Doh!

I was still eliminating the impossible - it was taking forever!

BenG · 11-26-2008, 12:07 PM

"My goodness!" he said.

11-26-2008, 07:51 AM	#21
AprilHare Wizard Posts: 2,981 Karma: 11862367 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Sony Reader PRS-T2	This was Thursday; and Norah was starting early, because it was "a good step of a way." Anyone want to hazard a guess what book that line came from? Last edited by AprilHare; 11-26-2008 at 06:00 PM. Reason: challenging the readers

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11-26-2008, 06:38 AM	#16
Slite Icanhasdonuts? Posts: 2,837 Karma: 532407 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Mölnbo, Sweden Device: Kobo Aura 2nd edition, Kobo Clara HD	She restrained herself and didn't wink back.

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Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	"And if things were quite different from what they actually are--if there were for instance no characteristic expression of pain, of fear, of joy, if rule became exception and exception rule; or if both became phenomena of roughly equal frequency--this would make our normal language-games lose their point." [Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations.]

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11-26-2008, 09:22 AM	#23
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11-26-2008, 10:38 AM	#24
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	Susie, now eight, continued to talk about what a swell guy Byron was, and as much as he didn't want to agree with that, Michaels didn't say so. (Page 85, which was the first page of this piece of a previously mutilated book.)

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