"Minor works" Quotes - Page 13 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 03-21-2004, 04:00 AM

It certainly is, Heren. Give us another.

HerenIstarion · 03-21-2004, 04:10 AM

thanks

next one, than:

Quote:

you may come inside

Mariska Greenleaf · 03-22-2004, 05:18 AM

Said the cook in the inn where the man in the moon knocked on the door for
"fire and gold and songs of olk and red wine flowing free".
(Adventures of Tom Bombadil)

HerenIstarion · 03-22-2004, 05:22 AM

corrrrect

Mariska Greenleaf · 03-22-2004, 07:10 AM

Thanks;

Quote:

The land you loved is doomed

ps: Never heard that before, my message is too short! ??

HerenIstarion · 03-22-2004, 07:19 AM

Pardon? How do you mean, what message is too short?

as for the quote, that is Tolkien himself, about (alleged) Escapism inherent to fantasy and the people apt tp criticize it

Mariska Greenleaf · 03-22-2004, 07:33 AM

Oh, I'm sorry, I just wanted to post the quote, and I got an error from the board that the message should contain at least 10 characters, never saw that before...

you were right of course! Proceed please...

HerenIstarion · 03-22-2004, 07:48 AM

I have ancountered the same feat of the board two minutes after I asked

next one:

Quote:

Let the work come!

Guinevere · 03-26-2004, 02:39 PM

Ah, at last a quote in this thread that I recognize!

It's from "Smith of Wootton Major" (which I recently have read for the first time) .
The smith says this to his son Ned, after giving back the star.

"The name of grandfather hasn't weakened my arm yet a while. Let the work come!"

HerenIstarion · 03-27-2004, 01:01 AM

correct

over to you

Estelyn Telcontar · 03-27-2004, 03:51 AM

Welcome, Guinevere! How nice to have you join us here!

Guinevere · 03-27-2004, 02:26 PM

Thank you for the nice welcome, Esty!

I haven't read all those minor works, but I keep trying

Quote:

Just the other way about to what it used to be

HerenIstarion · 03-28-2004, 11:05 PM

That'd be Niggle about his Tree, when it was finished, but not finished with, o'course

Guinevere · 03-29-2004, 12:48 PM

Probably all too easy for you...

HerenIstarion · 03-30-2004, 12:40 AM

May be, may well be...

Well, next one to torment you with, [but]:

Quote:

Don't trouble your mind about it

Estelyn Telcontar · 03-30-2004, 02:12 AM

That was Prentice, speaking to Nokes, who was wondering what happened to the Faery star in the cake in Smith of Wootton Major.

HerenIstarion · 03-30-2004, 03:30 AM

yes, it was. proceed

Estelyn Telcontar · 03-30-2004, 09:02 AM

I hope you can get this one right despite what it says...

Quote:

O never mind about getting it right!

HerenIstarion · 03-30-2004, 11:08 PM

Ah, tricky princess

At first I thought that must have been either priest or any one other from the village known (in vulgar) as Ham to the smith of said village, concerning Aegidius A.J. Agricola's chain mail, but it proved itself to be Artaxerxes to Rover, when the latter was continuosly mispelling his name

Quote:

'Please, Mr Arterxaxes, I mean Ertaxarxes,' began Rover, rather flustered and trying to be very polite.
'O never mind about getting it right! I don't mind!' said the wizard rather crossly

Estelyn Telcontar · 03-31-2004, 02:50 AM

Know thy wizards, HI!

That's the one.

HerenIstarion · 03-31-2004, 04:12 AM

I will, your ladyship, I will

Next to try one's teeth on:

Quote:

What can I do to make amends or give thanks?

Guinevere · 03-31-2004, 05:34 AM

that was Smith (of Wootton Major) to the birch (which had lost all its leaves) in Faery!
btw this part leaves me rather mystified ...

HerenIstarion · 03-31-2004, 06:42 AM

that's him

and yes, me too

Guinevere · 04-03-2004, 09:36 AM

Thank you Heren Istarion!

Quote:

How came such a story ever to be invented?

Bruce MacCulloch · 04-04-2004, 11:49 PM

Max Müller referring to The Frog-King in On Fairy-Stories

Estelyn Telcontar · 04-05-2004, 01:43 AM

Welcome back, Bruce!

*waves enthusiastically*

Guinevere · 04-05-2004, 02:57 AM

That's right !

Bruce MacCulloch · 04-07-2004, 08:27 PM

Quote:

What ails you now?

** Hey Esty-lady!**

HerenIstarion · 04-07-2004, 11:58 PM

Nice to see you, Bruce

That was Tidwald to Torhthelm, trying to sooth his fear at imagined dangers of the now deserted battlefiled

Bruce MacCulloch · 04-08-2004, 12:09 AM

Very astute there, H-I
Your turn

HerenIstarion · 04-08-2004, 12:57 AM

Thanks

next up:

Quote:

Till it is earned I'll have no fee

Estelyn Telcontar · 04-08-2004, 02:53 AM

The witch Corrigan is speaking to Aotrou:

Quote:

He thanked her, trembling, offering gold
to withered fingers shrunk and old.
The thanks she took not, nor the fee,
but laughing croaked: "Nay, we shall see!
Let thanks abide till thanks be earned!
Such potions oft, men say, have burned
the heart and brain, or else are nought,
only cold water dearly bought.
Such lies you shall not tell of me;
Till it is earned I'll have no fee.
But we shall meet again one day,
and rich reward then you shall pay,
whate'er I ask: it may be gold,
it may be other wealth you hold."

HerenIstarion · 04-08-2004, 03:12 AM

precisely

Estelyn Telcontar · 04-08-2004, 04:27 AM

Wishful thinking, weather-wise...

Quote:

This is nice and warm

HerenIstarion · 04-08-2004, 04:46 AM

sounds a bit like Krumm talking to Oblina and Ickis (of "Aaahh, real monsters!!!" cartoon series) about garbage bin of sorts

But indeed that is moon dog of Roverandom about cave of sorts

Estelyn Telcontar · 04-08-2004, 06:49 AM

That's right, HI - and let's hope that we can say that about the Easter weekend weather!

HerenIstarion · 04-08-2004, 06:55 AM

let us hope indeed. It is nice and warm down here right now, let it extend

next one:

Quote:

my love is wed

Estelyn Telcontar · 04-08-2004, 11:00 AM

That's Aotrou speaking to Corrigan in The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun.

HerenIstarion · 04-08-2004, 02:38 PM

correct

Estelyn Telcontar · 04-08-2004, 02:42 PM

Here's a new one:

Quote:

I have been repaid.

03-21-2004, 04:00 AM	#481
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	It certainly is, Heren. Give us another. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

03-22-2004, 05:18 AM	#483
Mariska Greenleaf Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Dublin Posts: 1,036	Said the cook in the inn where the man in the moon knocked on the door for "fire and gold and songs of olk and red wine flowing free". (Adventures of Tom Bombadil) __________________ I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.- Confucius.

03-22-2004, 05:22 AM	#484
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	corrrrect __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

03-22-2004, 07:19 AM	#486
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	Pardon? How do you mean, what message is too short? as for the quote, that is Tolkien himself, about (alleged) Escapism inherent to fantasy and the people apt tp criticize it __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

03-22-2004, 07:33 AM	#487
Mariska Greenleaf Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Dublin Posts: 1,036	Oh, I'm sorry, I just wanted to post the quote, and I got an error from the board that the message should contain at least 10 characters, never saw that before... you were right of course! Proceed please... __________________ I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.- Confucius.

03-26-2004, 02:39 PM	#489
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Ah, at last a quote in this thread that I recognize! It's from "Smith of Wootton Major" (which I recently have read for the first time) . The smith says this to his son Ned, after giving back the star. "The name of grandfather hasn't weakened my arm yet a while. Let the work come!" __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

03-27-2004, 01:01 AM	#490
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	correct over to you __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

03-27-2004, 03:51 AM	#491
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Welcome, Guinevere! How nice to have you join us here! __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. '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. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

03-28-2004, 11:05 PM	#493
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	That'd be Niggle about his Tree, when it was finished, but not finished with, o'course __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

03-29-2004, 12:48 PM	#494
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Yes, exactly! Probably all too easy for you... __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

03-30-2004, 02:12 AM	#496
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	That was Prentice, speaking to Nokes, who was wondering what happened to the Faery star in the cake in Smith of Wootton Major. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. '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. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

03-30-2004, 03:30 AM	#497
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	yes, it was. proceed __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

03-31-2004, 02:50 AM	#500
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Know thy wizards, HI! That's the one. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. '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. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

03-31-2004, 05:34 AM	#502
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	that was Smith (of Wootton Major) to the birch (which had lost all its leaves) in Faery! btw this part leaves me rather mystified ... __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

03-31-2004, 06:42 AM	#503
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	that's him and yes, me too __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

04-04-2004, 11:49 PM	#505
Bruce MacCulloch Dead Man of Dunharrow Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 651	Max Müller referring to The Frog-King in On Fairy-Stories __________________ `A blunderbuss, was it?' said he, scratching his head. `I thought it was horseflies!'

04-05-2004, 01:43 AM	#506
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Welcome back, Bruce! waves enthusiastically __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. '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. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

04-05-2004, 02:57 AM	#507
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	That's right ! __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

04-07-2004, 11:58 PM	#509
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	Nice to see you, Bruce That was Tidwald to Torhthelm, trying to sooth his fear at imagined dangers of the now deserted battlefiled __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

04-08-2004, 12:09 AM	#510
Bruce MacCulloch Dead Man of Dunharrow Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 651	Very astute there, H-I Your turn __________________ `A blunderbuss, was it?' said he, scratching his head. `I thought it was horseflies!'

04-08-2004, 03:12 AM	#513
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	precisely __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

04-08-2004, 04:46 AM	#515
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	sounds a bit like Krumm talking to Oblina and Ickis (of "Aaahh, real monsters!!!" cartoon series) about garbage bin of sorts But indeed that is moon dog of Roverandom about cave of sorts __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

04-08-2004, 06:49 AM	#516
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	That's right, HI - and let's hope that we can say that about the Easter weekend weather! __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. '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. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

04-08-2004, 11:00 AM	#518
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	That's Aotrou speaking to Corrigan in The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. '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. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

04-08-2004, 02:38 PM	#519
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	correct __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!