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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread rift #123807 02/24/2004 7:55 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 In the O.Henry short story "The Octopus Marooned" he is telling about a scam that failed: No, sir, it was just as I said. We were self-curbed. It was a case of auto-suppression. There was a rift within the loot, as Albert Tennyson says. AUTHOR: Alfred Tennyson Tennyson (1809–1892) QUOTATION: It is the little rift within the lute That by and by will make the music mute, And ever widening slowly silence all. ATTRIBUTION: Idylls of the King: Merlin and Vivien. Line 386. BIOGRAPHY: Columbia Encyclopedia Think of how much more work it would have been twenty years ago to track down that quote! Copy Link to Clipboard Re: rift #123808 01/20/2005 7:12 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... We're so spoiled, aren't we, wwh? And so fortunate! Thanks for bringing light to the humor in the O. Henry passage. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: (d)rift #123809 01/21/2005 2:23 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Tue Feb 24 14:55:24 2004 Now that's what I call an extended conversation! Copy Link to Clipboard Re: (d)rift #123810 01/21/2005 2:41 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Yeah, but I'm out of school for snow and have the time to return to some of wwh's previous posts. 'sides: I know he reads here. And you should get my drifts! They're all of six inches deep, enough to waylay the most valiant of Virginia schoolbuses! Copy Link to Clipboard Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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