Gacked from Nazrynn

[ellid]

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next three sentences in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.


"For him, too, war would bring ransoms and booty, fame and perhaps titles, not to mention taxable conquests."

From Henry VIII, by J.J. Scarisbrick

(and aren't you glad I didn't grab the next closest book, which was Wyclife's translation of the New Testament? "Whether two sparrows are not sold for an halfpenny, and one of them shall not fall on the earth without your Father?")

Comments

I'll let you guess

[ladyaelfwynn.livejournal.com]

"Exhausted, stomach rumbling, mind spinning over the same unanswerable questions, Harry fell into an uneasy sleep."

Re: I'll let you guess

[ellid.livejournal.com]

*dies*

[crazykimmy.livejournal.com]

I dunno. I've always wanted to read his translation.

Medieval Tailor's Assistant

[lady-jade-01.livejournal.com]

The pieces are cut in paper or spare fabric first, though experienced workers may prefer to work directly on the cloth.
b. Using a personal Block. The block is a personal bodice pattern, giving an exact fit from neck to waist or hip, combined with a set-in sleeve.

*laugh* was doing some research and it was the closest book out

[beard5.livejournal.com]

"He delyverede me fro my strongeste enemyes and fro hem that hatiden me fro thei weren coumfortid on me. Thei camen bifor me in the dai of my turment and the Lord was made my defendere. and he ledde out me in to-breede, he made me safe for he wolde me"

(You did say closest...that would be the Wycliffe translation of the psalms...dang, my calligraphy has improved since page 23)

[aunty_marion]

"The second line rhymes with the first, making a couplet (a a). It may introduce a second character and it should open the action which is to precipitate the crisis: 'His model reclined on a ladder...'. The third and fourth lines are shortened to intensify the suspense, and they introduce a new rhyme, hopefully startling, which again make a couplet (b b): 'Her position to Titian / suggested coition...'."

*ahem* Why, yes, The Lure of the Limerick by W.S. Baring-Gould, just happens to be sitting on my desk at the moment...