tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post546757673983349760..comments2023-10-31T05:07:19.353-04:00Comments on Delenda est Carthago: Scott on WarDr. Φhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14086783503820477029noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-76661635308920170472009-09-09T11:29:02.273-04:002009-09-09T11:29:02.273-04:00Twain was the New Atheist of his day, though he d...Twain was the New Atheist of his day, though he didn't have a scientific background. He was quite the obnoxious little man.<br /><br />Anyway, Twain blamed Scott, who was tremendously popular in the South, for promoting a phony version of chivalry that the Southern planters used to justify their lifestyle with. How fair that was to Scott I don't know; I've only read one book, Waverley, about the Jacobite Rebellion. My impression was that Scott thought of the Jacobites as wrong but "wromantic."Thursdayhttp://manwhoisthursday.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-65740372933732577902009-09-09T03:11:52.021-04:002009-09-09T03:11:52.021-04:00Mingled with love's impatience, came
The manly...<i>Mingled with love's impatience, came<br />The <b>manly thirst for martial fame;</b></i><br /><br />I think this was what she was referring to.Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14252946969701576139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-58005658604525286892009-09-08T21:23:06.081-04:002009-09-08T21:23:06.081-04:00Wait, what? Are you sure the guy wants to be famo...Wait, what? Are you sure the guy wants to be famous? I think the gamma got that one wrong...<br /><br />"No fond regret must Norman know;<br />When bursts Clan-Alpine on the foe,<br />His heart must be like bended bow,<br />His foot like arrow free"<br /><br />The Norse are dangerous. The guy wants to fight because it's defensive war against a very dangerous enemy. Therefore he wants to show no fear, to have a ready heart that speeds his movements.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-5818222310313812972009-09-08T21:20:06.301-04:002009-09-08T21:20:06.301-04:00Another Mark Twain hater! I have always hated Twa...Another Mark Twain hater! I have always hated Twain and loved Scott's prose. <br /><br />Another great book is Pyle's version of the Robin Hood legends.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-89246096158196740652009-09-08T18:20:44.920-04:002009-09-08T18:20:44.920-04:00On your recommendation, I will give Huckleberry Fi...On your recommendation, I will give <i>Huckleberry Finn</i> another go, but my dislike of Twain is the result of reading <i>A Connecticut Yankee</i>. That book consists of little more than hate speech against the Catholic Church. I mean, I'm as hardcore Protestant as they come, and even <i>I</i> couldn't stomach it. As I was reading it to Γ, I thought, "I can't read <i>this</i> to her! We have <i>friends</i> that are Catholic!" I found myself editing so much out that I decided that it wasn't worth it, so we quit about half way through.Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14252946969701576139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-19357543345309690432009-09-08T18:01:42.598-04:002009-09-08T18:01:42.598-04:00I hope you except Huckleberry Finn from your disap...I hope you except Huckleberry Finn from your disapprobation, but, yeah, outside of that one great book Twain is bloody annoying.Thursdayhttp://manwhoisthursday.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-4467112448906291592009-09-08T11:14:02.776-04:002009-09-08T11:14:02.776-04:00"...that sounds like a really dumb reason&quo...<i>"...that sounds like a really dumb reason"</i><br /><br />We should put Γ in charge. She's got more on the ball than 4/5 of the stooges in the Beltway right now.Elusive Wapitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825547465295622621noreply@blogger.com