• {T'S HANDY} forstrikingalight (2/2)

    From Arthur Neuendorffer@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 28 10:02:11 2021
    [continued from previous message]

    But the dang{E}r was past—they had lande{D} at la(S)t,
    Wi(T)h th(E)ir b(O)xes, (P)ortmanteaus, and bags:
    Yet at first sight the crew were not pleased with the view,
    Which consisted of chasms and crags. .......................................................
    . . . . . . . . <= 20 =>
    .
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    . .n g o c c u r r e .d. i .n. t .h. e. s . a . i .l i n
    . .g,A n d t h e B e .l. l .m. a .n,*P. E . R. (P) L E X
    . .E D*a n d d i s t .r. e .s. s .e. d, S . a. (I) d h e
    . .h a d h o p e d,a .t. l .e. a .s. t, w. {H} (E) n t h
    . .e w i n d b l e w (D) u (E) E (A) s (T) {T} (H) a t t
    . .h e s h i p w o u .l. d .n. o .t. t. r. {A} .v. e l d
    . .u e W e s t!B u t .t. h .e. d .a. n. g. {E} .r. w a s
    . .p a s t—t h e y h .a. d .l. a .n. d. e. {D} .a. t l a
    . (S)t,W i(T)h t h(E) i. r .b (O) x. e. s, (P) .o. r t m
    . .a n t e a u s,a n .d. b .a. g .s:
    .
    (DEATH) 2
    (POETS) -4
    {DEATH} -20
    ....................................................... .......................................................
    Last stanza of Fit 2:

    “For, although common Snarks do no manner of harm,
    Yet, I feel it my duty to say,
    “Some ar(E) {BOOJ-u}ms—” (T)he Bellm(A)n broke o(F)f in al(A)rm,
    For (T)he Bak(E)r had fainted away. .......................................................
    . . . <= 7 =>
    .
    . . . . .“S o m e
    . a r (E) B o o j
    . u m s (T) h e B
    . e l l m (A) n b
    . r o k e o (F) f
    . i n a l (A) r m,
    . F o r (T) h e B
    . a k (E) r h a d
    . f a .i. n t e d
    . a w .a. y.
    .
    (FATE) 8,-6
    -----------------------------------------------------
    Fit the Third. THE BAKER’S TALE. ......................................................
    “My father and mother were honest, though poor—”
    “Skip all that!” cried the Bellman in haste.
    “If it once becomes dark, there’s no chance of a {SNARK}—
    We have ha[R]dly a minut[E] to waste!”

    “I s[K]ip forty ye[A]rs,” said the [BAKER], in tears,
    “And proceed without further remark .......................................................
    . . . . <= 10 =>
    .
    . .h a [R] d l y a m i n
    . .u t [E] t o w a s t e!”
    . “I s [K] i p f o r t y
    . .y e [A] r s”s a i d t
    . .h e [B A K E R] i n t
    . .e a. r s,

    [BAKER] -10 : Prob. off of one of 7 BAKER's ~ 1 in 277 .......................................................
    To the day when you took m{E} aboard of your ship
    To help you in hunting the {SNARK}.

    “A dear uncle of mi{N}e (after whom I was named)
    Remarked, when I bade him farewell—”
    “Oh, skip your dea{R} uncle!” the Bellman exclaimed,
    As he angrily tingled his bell.

    “He r{E}marked to me then,” said that mildest of men,
    “‘If your Snark be a Snark, tha{T} is right:
    Fetch it home by all means—you may serve it with greens,
    And i{T'S HANDY} for striking a light. ..............................................................
    . . . . . . . . . . <= 57 =>
    .
    . Tothedaywhenyoutookm. {E} aboardofyourshipTohelpyouinhuntingth
    . eSNARKAdearuncleofmi. {N} eafterwhomIwasnamedRemarkedwhenIbade
    . himfarewellOhskipyou. {R} dearuncletheBellmanexclaimedAsheangr
    . ilytingledhisbellHer. {E} markedtomethensaidthatmildestofmenIf
    . yourSnarkbeaSnarktha. {T} isrightFetchithomebyallmeansyoumayse
    . rveitwithgreensAndi {T'S HANDY} forstrikingalight
    .
    {T'SHANDY} 1 : only skip 1 {SHANDY} in book!
    {STERNE} -57 -------------------------------------------------------------------- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Sterne

    <<[L]aurence [STERNE] (24 November 1713 – 18 March 1768) was an Irish novelist and an Anglican clergyman. He wrote the novels The Life and
    Opinions of {T}ristram {SHANDY}, Gentleman and A Sentimental Journey
    Through France and Italy, and also published many sermons, wrote memoirs,
    and was involved in local politics. Less than a month after Sentimental
    Journey was published, early in 1768, Sterne's strength failed him, and
    he died in his lodgings at 41 Old Bond Street on 18 March, at the age
    of 54. He was buried in the churchyard of St George's, Hanover Square.
    Sterne's skull was stolen shortly after it was interred and sold to
    anatomists at Cambridge University. Charles Collignon discreetly
    reinterred his skull back in St George's, in an unknown plot.
    .
    A year later a group of *FREEMASONS* erected a memorial stone with
    David Garrick's rhyming epitaph near to his original burial place.
    .
    . Shall pride a heap of sculptur'd marble raise,
    . Some worthless, unmourn'd titled fool to praise;
    . And shall we not by one poor grave-stone learn
    . Where genius, wit, and humour sleep with [STERNE]? >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- https://tinyurl.com/y84twuwg

    It was in the Tuscan capital that the English painter Thomas
    Patch portrayed the consumptive Sterne as {T}ristram {SHANDY}
    bowing to [DEATH] , who has just knocked on his door.

    https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4602/40657862381_d698190c22_b.jpg

    Volume 7 of {T}ristram {SHANDY} opens
    with the hero’s memorable flight from [DEATH]:

    NO——I think, I said, I would write two volumes every year,
    provided the vile cough which then tormented me, and which to
    this hour I dread worse than the devil, would but give me leave ...

    NOW as for my spirits, little have I to lay to their charge ... in no one moment of my existence . . . have ye once deserted me . . . and when [DEATH] himself knocked at my door——ye bad him come again; and in so gay a tone of careless indifference, did ye do it, that he doubted of his commission——

    “——There must certainly be some mistaken in this matter,” quoth he. -----------------------------------------------------------------
    . . . Finnegans Wake's: [STERNELy] (45th line)

    Bygmester Finnegan, of the Stuttering Hand, FREEmen's mau-
    rer, lived in the broadest way immarginable in his rushlit toofar-
    back for messuages before joshuan judges had given us numbers
    or Helviticus committed deuteronomy (one [YEAST]yday he [STERNELy]
    struxk his tete in a tub for to watsch the future of his *FATES*
    but ere he {SWIFT}ly stook it out again, by the might of Moses, the
    VERy water was eviparated and all the guenneses had met their exodus
    so that ought to show you what a pentschanjeuchy chap he was!) --------------------------------------------------------------------
    Finnegans Wake's (215th line)

    This is bod[E] Belchum, bon[N]et to busby, b[R]eaking his
    s[E]cred word wi[T]h a ball up hi[S] ear to the Wi[L]lingdone. ............................
    . . . . <= 11 =>
    .
    . T h i s i s b o d [E] B
    . e l c h u m,b o n [N] e
    . t t o b u s b y,b [R] e
    . a k i n g h i s s [E] c
    . r e d w o r d w i [T] h
    . a b a l l u p h i [S] e
    . a r t o t h e W i [L] l
    . i n g d o n e.
    .
    [L.STERNE] -11 : Prob. in one sentence at start ~ 1 in 500 --------------------------------------------------------------------
    . . . . . . Ulysses (last 20 lines)

    ...the poor donkeys slipping half asleep and the vague fellows in the
    CLOAKS asleep in the shade on the steps and the big wheels of the carts
    of the bulls and the old castle thousands of years old YES and those
    handsome Moors all in white and turbans like kings asking you to sit down
    in their litt[L]e bit of a shop and Ronda with the old windows of the
    posadas glancing eYE[S] a lattice hid for her lover to ki{S}s {T}h{E} i{R}o{N} and the WINEshops half open a[T] night and the castanets and the night we missed the boat at Algeciras th[E] watchman going about serene with his
    lamp and O that awful deepdown tor[R]ent O and the sea the sea crimson sometimes like fire and the glorious su[N]sets and the figtrees in the
    Alameda gardens YES and all the queer littl[E] streets and pink and blue
    and yellow houses and the rosegardens and the jessamine and geraniums
    and cactuses and Gibraltar as a girl where I was a Flower of the
    mountain YES when I put the rose in my hair like the Andalusian girls
    used or shall I wear a red YES and how he kissed me under the Moorish
    wall and I thought well as well him as another and then I asked him with
    my eYES to ask again YES and then he asked me would I YES to say YES my mountain flower and first I put my arms around him YES and drew him
    down to me so he could feel my breasts all perfume YES and
    his heart was going like mad and YES I said YES I will YES.
    .
    [L.STERNE] 60 : Prob. at end ~ 1 in 985 -------------------------------------------------------
    “A dear uncle of mine (after whom I was named)
    Remarked, when I bade him farewell—”
    “Oh, skip your dear uncle!” the Bellman exclaimed,
    As he angrily tingled his bell.

    “He remarked to me then,” said that mildest of men,
    “‘If your {SNARK} be a {SNARK}, that is right:
    Fetch it home by all means—you may serve it with greens,
    And it’s handy for striking a light.

    “‘You may seek it with thimbles—and seek it with care;
    You may hunt it with forks and hope;
    You may threaten its life with a railway-share;
    You may charm it with smiles and soap—’”

    (“That’s exactly the method,” the Bellman bold
    In a hasty parenthesis cried,
    “That’s exactly the way I have always been told
    That the capture of Snarks should be tried!”)

    “’But oh, beamish nephew, beware of the day,
    If your {SNARK} be a {BOOJ-u}m! For then
    You will softly and suddenly vanish away,
    And never be met with again!’

    “It is this, it is this that opp(R)esses my so(U)l,
    When I thi(N)k of my uncl(E)’s last word(S):
    And my heart is like nothing so much as a bowl
    Brimming over with quivering curds!
    ...................................
    (RUNES) 10
    ...................................
    “It is this, it is this—” “We have had that before!”
    The Bellman indignantly said.
    And the Baker replied “Let me say it once more.
    It is this, it is this that I dread!

    “I engage with the {SNARK}—every night after dark—
    In a dreamy delirious fight:
    I serve it with greens in those shadowy scenes,
    And I use it for striking a light:

    “But if ever I meet with a {BOOJ-u}m, that day,
    In a moment (of this I am sure),
    I shall softly and suddenly vanish away—
    And the notion I cannot endure!” -----------------------------------------------------
    Fit the Fifth. THE BEAVER’S LESSON. .......................................................
    He thought of his childhood, left far far behind—
    That blissful an[D] innocent state—
    The sound so [E]xactly recalled to his mind
    [A] pencil that squeaks on a sla[T]e!

    “’Tis the voice of the Jubjub!” [H]e suddenly cried.
    (This man, that they used to call “Dunce.”)
    “As the Bellman would tell you,” he added with pride,
    “I have uttere[D] that sentiment once.

    “’Tis the not[E] of the Ju{B}jub! Keep count, I entre[A]t;
    Y{O}u will find I have told it y{O}u [T]wice.
    ’Tis the song of the {Ju}bjub! T[H]e proof is complete,
    If only I’ve stated it thrice.” .......................................................
    . . . . . . . . <= 25 =>
    .
    . .T h a t b l i s s f u l a n[D]i n n o c e n t s t
    . .a t e—T h e s o u n d s o[E]x a c t l y r e c a l
    . .l e d t o h i s m i n d[A]p e n c i l t h a t s q
    . .u e a k s o n a s l a[T]e!T i s t h e v o i c e o
    . .f t h e J u b j u b[H]e s u d d e n l y c r i e d.
    . (T h i s m a n,t h a t t h e y u s e d t o c a l l
    . “D u n c e”A s t h e B e l l m a n w o u l d t e l
    . .l y o u”h e a d d e d w i t h p r i d e“I h a v e
    . .u t t e r e[D]t h a t s e n t i m e n t o n c e“T
    . .i s t h e n o t[E]o f t h e J u{B}j u b!K e e p c
    . .o u n t,I e n t r e[A]t;Y{O}u w i l l f i n d I h
    . .a v e t o l d i t y{O}u[T]w i c e’T i s t h e s o
    . .n g o f t h e{J u}b j u b!T[H]e p r o o f i s c o
    . .m p l e t e,I f o n l y I’v e s t a t e d i t t h
    . .r i c e.”
    .
    [DEATH] 24,27
    {BOOJ-u} 22
    -------------------------------------------------------- http://library.thinkquest.org/5175/images/grave1.jpg ...............................................
    . GOOD FREND FOR [IE]{SUS}' SAKE FOR[BE]ARE,
    ___ TO DIGG THE DU[ST] ENCLOASED [HE]ARE: ---............................................
    ___ BLESTE BE Ye MAN Yt SPA[RE]S THES STONES,
    _ AND CURST *BE HE* Yt MO[VE]S *MY BONES* . ............................................... http://library.thinkquest.org/5175/images/grave1.jpg ........................................
    *STIE/STY* , v.i. To soar; to ascend.
    .
    *STIE/STY* , n. 1. A pen or inclosure for SWine.
    . 2. A place of *BESTial* debauchery.
    ........................................
    {SUS} m, f : *PIG* (Latin) --------------------------------------------------------
    . . Fit the Sixth. THE BARRISTER’S DREAM. ...............................................................
    He [i.e., the Barrister] dreamed that he stood in a shadowy Court,
    Where the {SNARK}, with a *GLASS* in its eye,
    Dressed in gown, bands, and wig, was defending a *PIG*
    On the charge of deserting its *STY*.
    The Witnesses proved, without error or flaw,
    That the *STY* was deserted when found: ................................................
    “In the matter of Treason the *PIG* would appear
    To have aided, but scarcely abetted:
    While the charge of Insolvency fails, it is clear,
    If you grant the plea ‘never indebted.’ ................................................
    But the Judge said he never had summed up before;
    So the {SNARK} undertook it instead,
    And summed it so well that it came to far more
    Than the Witnesses ever had said!

    When the VERDict was called for, the Jury declined,
    As the word was so puzzling to spell;
    But they ventured to hope that the {SNARK} wouldn’t mind
    Undertaking that duty as well.

    So the {SNARK} found the VERDict, although, as it owned,
    It was spent with the toils of the day:
    When it said the word “GUILTY!” the Jury all groaned,
    And some of them fainted away.

    Then the {SNARK} pronounced sentence, the Judge being quite
    Too nervous to utter a word:
    When it rose to its feet, there was silence like night,
    And the fall of a pin might be heard.

    “Transportation for life” was the sentence it gave,
    “And then to be fined *FORTY* pound.” -----------------------------------------------------------
    . . Fit the Seventh. THE BANKER’S FATE. ..............................................................
    To the horr{O}r o[F] all wh[O] {W}ere p[R]esen{T} [T]hat da[Y].
    He uprose in full evening dress,
    And with senseless grimaces endeavoured to say
    What his tongue could no longer express.
    ..........................
    . . <= 6 =>
    .
    . . . . T. o t .h
    . e. h .o. r r {O}
    . r. o [F] a l .l
    . w. h [O]{W}e .r
    . e. p [R] e s .e
    . n {T}[T] h a .t
    . d. a [Y].
    .
    [FORTY] 6
    {TWO} -10 : Prob. of both in single Snark line ~ 2 in 29 -----------------------------------------------------
    . . Fit the Eighth. THE VANISHING.

    They soug(H)t it with thimbles, they sought it with care;
    They pursued it wi(T)h forks and hope;
    They threatened its life with a railw(A)y-share;
    They charmed it with smiles and soap.

    They shudder(E)d to think that the chase might fail,
    And the Beaver, excite(D) at last,
    Went bounding along on the tip of its tail,
    For the d(A)ylight was nearly past.
    ......................................
    (A DEATH) -48
    ......................................
    “There is Thingumbob shouting!” the Bellman said.
    “He is shouting like mad, only hark!
    He is waving his hands, he is wagging his head,
    He has certainly found a Snark!”

    They gazed in delight, while the Butcher exclaimed
    “He was always a desperate wag!”
    They beheld him—their Baker—their hero unnamed—
    On the top of a neighbouring crag,

    Erect and sublime, for one moment of time.
    In the next, that wild figure they saw
    (As if stung by a spasm) plunge into a chasm,
    While they waited and listened in awe.

    “It’s a Snark!” was the sound that first came to their ears,
    And seemed almost too good to be *TRUE*.
    Then followed a torrent of laughter and cheers:
    Then the ominous words “It’s a Boo–”

    . Then, silence. Some fancied they heard in the air
    . A weary and wan[D]ering sigh
    . That sound[E]d like “–jum!” but the othe[R]s declare
    . It was only a [B]reeze that went by.
    . The[Y] hunted till darkness came on, but they found
    . Not a button, or feather, or mark,
    . By which they could tell that they stood on the ground ..............................................
    . . . . . . . . . . . <= 19 =>
    .
    . A w e a r y a n d. *W A N [D] E R I N G S*
    . i g h T h a t s o. {U}n d [E] d l i k e“j
    . u m”b u t t h e o. {T}h e [R] s d e c l a
    . r e I t w a s o n. .l y a [B] r e e z e t
    . h a t w e n t b y. .T h e [Y] h u n t e d
    . t i l l d a r k n. .e s s .c. a m e o n,
    .
    [DERBY] 19 : Prob. in last 3 stanzas ~ 485 ----------------------------------------------------- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stanley,_6th_Earl_of_Derby

    <<William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby, KG (1561 – 29 September 1642) travelled to the continent in 1582 to study in university towns in France and may also have attended Henry of Navarre's academy at Nérac. In 1585 he was sent to Paris as part of an
    embassy to Henry III of France. During his travels, William Stanley is said to have been involved in duels and love affairs and travelling in disguise as a friar while in Italy. He is supposed to have also visited Egypt, where he fought and killed a
    tiger, then going on to Anatolia, where it is claimed he narrowly escaped being executed for insulting the prophet Mohammed; he was supposedly released because a Muslim noblewoman wanted to marry him. According to the story, he turned her down,
    travelling on to Moscow and then to Greenland, from where he returned to Europe in a whaling ship. These colourful adventures are traceable to a popular ballad entitled Sir William Stanley's Garland: "twenty one years travels through most parts of the
    world".>>
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    . Where the Baker had met with th{E} [S]{N ARK}.
    . In the midst of the word he was t{R|Y]ing to say,
    . In the midst of his laught{E|R] and glee,
    . He had softly and suddenly {V|A]nished away—
    . For the S{N ARK} was a {BOOJ-u}[M], you see. .................................................................
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <= 31 =>
    .
    . W h e r e t h e B a k e .r h a d m. e t w i t h t h {E}[S]{N A R K}.
    . I n t h e m i d s t o f .t h e w o. r d h e w a s t {R}[Y] i n g t
    . o s a y,I n t h e m i d .s t o f h. i s l a u g h t {E}[R] a n d g
    . l e e,H e h a d s o f t .l y a n d. s u d d e n l y {V}[A] n i s h
    . e d a w a y—F o r t h e *S{N A R K} w a s a{B O O J- u}[M]*y o u s
    . e e.
    .
    [MARY S.] -31
    {VERE} -31 : Prob. of both in last 2 stanzas ~ 1,400,000
    [No 'VM' only one 'VA' and one 'RY'] --------------------------------------------------------------
    Exodus 2:3. And when she could not longer hide him,
    . she took for him a{N ARK} of bulrushes,
    . and *DAUBED* it with *SLIME* and with PITCH,
    . and put the child therein; and she laid it
    . in the flags by the *RIVER's BRINK* .
    .
    [Anne Hathaway gave birth in 6 months like the mother of Moses] ...........................................................
    *Ma.S.He.H.* : Ma(ry) S(idney) He(nry) H(erbert) --------------------------------------------------------------
    EXODUS 2:10 And she called his name *Moses* and
    . she said, because I *drew him out of the water* . ...................................................
    *Moses* is from the Hebrew/Aramaic:
    *MoSHeH* : "drawing out (of the water)"
    He has *REVE(al)ED* it in the sonnets where
    there is *Wil{(L IN O)VER}pl{US}* [anagram: {NIL VERO}] .....................................................
    ____ *VERUS (LINO) RIVE*
    ____ *VERO NIL VERIUS*
    .................................................
    . *LINO* : to *DAUB* , besmear, anoint.
    . *RIVE* : a small stream of water, a brook. (vocative) --------------------------------------------------------
    . _Shakespeares POEMS_ (1640) - *I.BENSON* http://www.library.upenn.edu/etext/furness/poems/00a.html

    TO THE READ[E]R. I He[R]e presu{M|E] (under f{A|V]our)
    to p{R|E]sent to {Y|O]ur view {S|o]me excel[L]ent and
    S(W)eetely c(O)mposed P(O)ems, of Master William Shakespeare, .....................................................
    . . . <= 8 =>
    .
    . T O T H E R [E] A
    . D E R I H e [R] e
    . p r e s u {M|E] u
    . n d e r f {A|V] o
    . u r t o p {R|E] s
    . e n t t o {Y|O] u
    . r v i e w {S|o] m
    . e e x c e l [L] e
    . n t a n d s (W) e
    . e t e l y c (O) m
    . p o s e d P (O) e
    . m s
    .
    {MARY S.} 8
    [Lo. O., E. VERE] 8 ................................................................
    Which in themselves appeare of the same purity, the *AUTHOUR* himselfe
    then living avouched; they had not the fortune by reason of their Infancie
    in his death to have the due accomodatio of proportionable glory with
    the rest of his *EVER-living* Workes, yet the lines of themselves will
    afford you a more authentick approbation than my assurance any way
    can, to invite your allowance, in your perusall you shall find them
    *SEREN*, cleere and eligantly plaine, such gentle straines as shall
    recreate and not *PERPLEXE* your braine, no intricate or cloudy stuffe
    to puzzell intellect, but perfect eloquence ; such as will raise your admiration to his praise: this assurance I know will not differ from
    your acknowledgment. And certaine I am, my opinion will be seconded
    by the sufficiency of these ensuing lines ; I have beene somewhat
    solicitus to bring this forth to the perfect view of all men ;
    and in so doing glad to be serviceable for the continuance
    of *GLORY* to th*E DEsERVED* AUTHOR in these his poems. - I. B. .........................................................
    . *DE(s)ERVED* AUTHOR
    . *ED D(e) VERE* AUTHOR ................................................................
    How much more pRAISE *DESERVED* thy beauty's use, Sonnets: II ------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.edwardoxenford.org/tag/1640-poems-by-will-shake-speare/

    A Most Auspicious Star
    by Richard J. Kennedy

    <<When the text is glossed by the scholars, they often take *SEREN* to be a misspelling, and report the word as ‘serene’, which is fine in context, but perhaps the writer is playing with us and he really means ‘Seren’ exactly as it’s printed.

    Those two exceptions may only be the sort of haggard type-setting and approximate spelling often found in texts of that time. Yet if not a mere fumbling of some apprentice printer’s devil, why set the name William Shakespeare and Seren in typographic
    company, perhaps drawing Seren to our special attention in this large field of otherwise italic type?

    A pleasing answer might be that Seren is the Welsh word for “Star”… and that we are to take the word as an epithet for De Vere because a single star is quartered in his shield, and we might remember that the Chorus in Henry V proclaims the king to
    be “this star of England”. The phrase is also the happy choice for the title of the Oxford biography by Charlton and Dorthy Ogburn.>>
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    Art Neuendorffer

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