First lines of books meme
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wellinghall1. The eyes behind the wide black rubber goggles were cold as flint.
2. My suffering left me sad and gloomy.
3. The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn. The Portrait of Dorian Grey; Oscar Wilde![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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4. The blessed and ever glorious Virgin Mary, sprung from the royal race and family of David, was born in the city of Nazareth, and educated at Jerusalem, in the temple of the Lord.
5. The great bell of Beaulieu was ringing. The White Company; Arthur Conan Doylewemyss
6. Imagine that you have to break someone's arm. The Gun Seller; Hugh Laurietree_and_leaf
7. The architecture of ancient Egypt has much to commend it - size, dignity and durability - but nevertheless it must be admitted that it is a trifle monotonous.
8. Not since the Lord himself showed his stuff to Ezekial in the valley of dry bones had anyone shown such grace and skill in the reconstruction of animals from disarticulated skeletons.
9. After having been twice driven back by heavy south-western gales, Her Majesty's ship XXX, a ten-gun brig, under the command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N., sailed from Devonport on the 27th of December, 1831.
10. On a bright autumn day, as long ago as the year 943, there was a great bustle in the Castle of Bayeux in Normandy.
NB These are the first lines of the books proper; I exclude all forwards, prefaces, introductions &c.
2. My suffering left me sad and gloomy.
3. The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn. The Portrait of Dorian Grey; Oscar Wilde
wemyss4. The blessed and ever glorious Virgin Mary, sprung from the royal race and family of David, was born in the city of Nazareth, and educated at Jerusalem, in the temple of the Lord.
5. The great bell of Beaulieu was ringing. The White Company; Arthur Conan Doyle
wemyss6. Imagine that you have to break someone's arm. The Gun Seller; Hugh Laurie
tree_and_leaf7. The architecture of ancient Egypt has much to commend it - size, dignity and durability - but nevertheless it must be admitted that it is a trifle monotonous.
8. Not since the Lord himself showed his stuff to Ezekial in the valley of dry bones had anyone shown such grace and skill in the reconstruction of animals from disarticulated skeletons.
9. After having been twice driven back by heavy south-western gales, Her Majesty's ship XXX, a ten-gun brig, under the command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N., sailed from Devonport on the 27th of December, 1831.
10. On a bright autumn day, as long ago as the year 943, there was a great bustle in the Castle of Bayeux in Normandy.
NB These are the first lines of the books proper; I exclude all forwards, prefaces, introductions &c.
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Date: 2009-01-11 04:35 pm (UTC)Re: Ah.
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Date: 2009-01-11 09:04 pm (UTC)I cannot do your quiz, so I shall be pedantic instead
Date: 2009-01-12 04:04 pm (UTC)Re: I cannot do your quiz, so I shall be pedantic instead
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Date: 2009-01-11 06:08 pm (UTC)8 sounds like PG Wodehouse, but probably isn't.
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Date: 2009-01-11 09:04 pm (UTC)8: that's just what
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Date: 2009-01-11 07:07 pm (UTC)I'm pretty certain 9 is a Patrick O'Brian, but I couldn't say which one.
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Date: 2009-01-11 09:06 pm (UTC)10, I see what you mean; the description of the "castle" isn't too bad, but that's what they call it ...
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Date: 2009-01-12 06:43 am (UTC)'A certain hound'? I'm still confused :))
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Date: 2009-01-12 08:17 am (UTC)But I haven't read the book, so can't identify it.
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Date: 2009-01-13 08:33 am (UTC)Just imagine if that ship had sunk- no Met Office, no Beaufort scale and no XXX.
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Date: 2009-01-13 09:04 am (UTC)cheatedGoogled. So now I know but don't want to say.no subject
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Date: 2009-01-12 09:50 am (UTC)8 makes me think of Bringing Up Baby - was that based on a book?
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