The book quote thread ~ a tad silly.

Discussion in 'The Lounge Bar' started by Owen, Dec 5, 2008.

  1. Za Rodinu

    Za Rodinu Hot air manufacturer

    The correspondence enclosed by Lord Cawdor speaks for itself:

    NAPOLEON KND THE INVASION OF ENGLAND THE STORY OF
    THE GREAT TERROR
    BY H. F B. WHEELER & A. H. BROADLEY
    WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS FROM
    CONTEMPORARY PRINTS, CARICATURES, ETC.
    EIGHT IN COLOUR. TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I
     
  2. dbf

    dbf Moderatrix MOD

    Quite apart from this faulty command set-up, the state of the signals communications did not tend to make things easier or to facilitate command.

    The Memoirs of Field-Marshal Montgomery
     
  3. geoff501

    geoff501 Achtung Feind hört mit

    This combination of lookup and optional insertion is common.
    The Practice of Programming, Brian W. Kernigham & Rob Pike.
     
  4. geoff501

    geoff501 Achtung Feind hört mit

    Different desk...
    14th January 1892, Sold 9 doz. eggs (11d).
    A Cornish Farmer's Diary. James Stevens (1847 - 1918). 1977. Reprinted 1978.
     
  5. geoff501

    geoff501 Achtung Feind hört mit

    Book at bedtime...
    One of the men of the household shouted out, "What does it mean, Bekçi Baba?*"
    The Fall of the Ottomans. The Great War in the Middle East, 1914-1920. Eugene Rogan.

    (* Town crier, of Istanbul, August 1914)
     
  6. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    lay residents,only scanty physical remains of its former glory survive

    The Black Death 1345-1350
     
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  7. ritsonvaljos

    ritsonvaljos Senior Member

    "This is a great field of exploration for the archaeologist, and much work has been done and recorded, notably in the Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society."

    [A description of the Antiquities of Stockdale Moor on Caw Fell between Blengdale and Ennerdale, Cumbria].
    A.W. Wainwright, 'The Western Fells'.
     
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  8. Charley Fortnum

    Charley Fortnum Dreaming of Red Eagles

    "This [$300] was considered quite a lot of money in those days, but high living was to reduce this little nest egg fairly rapidly."

    Malaysian Spymastster: Memoirs of A Rubber Planter, Bandit Fighter and Spy by Boris Hembry (Singapore: Monsoon, 2013 - Third Edition), p. 56.
     
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  9. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    In a small saucepan over low heat, cook 1/4 cup fresh orange juice, 2 large strips of orange zest, and, if desired, 1/2 teaspoon sugar, stirring until thickened, about 4 minutes.

    Joy of Cooking
     
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  10. bofors

    bofors Senior Member

    Though the West Area's Sixteen-Foot High-Speed Tunnel had an exoskeleton the size of a battleship, the test section - the area where engineers, sitting at a control panel, observed the air flowing over the model - was only the size of a rowboat.

    Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
     
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  11. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    "Now therefore, my son, listen to me as I command you."

    Life Principles Daily Bible
     
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  12. 14/264

    14/264 Active Member

    It is a dark February morning.

    The Valley by Richard Benson.
     
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  13. Chris C

    Chris C Canadian

    "I trailed."

    The Black Company, Glen Cook

    (Sorry, not a very interesting sentence!! haha)
     

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