Fun Chelonian Based Quotations
"Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their climb? Where the range of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime!
Where the virgins are soft as the roses they twine, And all save the spirit of man, is divine?" Lord Byron (1788-1824) from Bride of Abydos, c.i.i
"A plate of turtle green and glutinous" Robert Browning (1812-1889) from The Pied Piper of Hamelin, st. iv
"Have you heard of Philip Slingsby, Singsby of the manly chest: How he slew the Snapping Turtle In the regions of the west?" Sir Robert Aytoun (1570-1638) from The Fight with the Snapping Turtle
"The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land." Old Testament from The Song of Solomon ii, 10 [reference must be to turtle doves not singing chelonians; or the singing ones were so loud they were thrown off the ark and later drowned]
"Cats is 'dogs' and rabbits is 'dogs' and so's Parrots, but this 'ere 'Tortis' is a insect, and there ain't no charge for it. Punch 1869 vol. lvii, p 96.
"And how many hours a day did you do lessons?" said Alice, in a hurry to change the subject. "Ten hours the first day, " said the Mock Turtle: "nine the next and so on." "What a curious plan!" exclaimed Alice. "That's the reason they're called lessons." the Gryphon remarked: "because they lessen from day to day." Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) from Alice's Adventures in Wounderland Chapter XI
July 2001 More to come, and if you run across fun ones send 'em along. TorResInc@aol.com |