In Reply to: Surely the finest review yet, of Master and Commander posted by clarkjohnsen on November 25, 2003 at 07:47:26:
"[T]he sight of this little fellow in the thick of the action will set the heart of any boy alight.""If we would have a future, we will train up a generation of Christian gentlemen like those which "Master and Commander" holds aloft for our admiration and emulation."
Who actually writes like that? The affectation is so thick, Alexander Pope himself would roll his eyes and tell the guy to give it a rest.
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Follow Ups
- And doubtless the ONLY review actually written in 1805! - rhizomatic 14:51:25 11/25/03 (15)
- No doubt, done intentionally - Troy 08:10:05 11/26/03 (2)
- My thoughts as well. But some people can't abide non-demotic diction. nt - clarkjohnsen 08:13:57 11/27/03 (0)
- I don't think so, Troy. - rhizomatic 08:20:04 11/26/03 (0)
- "Who actually writes like that?" In this day of public-school training... - clarkjohnsen 07:25:31 11/26/03 (10)
- "very few" - Thank goodness! - Audiophilander 09:12:48 11/26/03 (8)
- Yep, that's it - Troy 09:39:37 11/26/03 (1)
- Second that. - rhizomatic 10:13:23 11/26/03 (0)
- However... - rhizomatic 09:22:46 11/26/03 (5)
- Cleanliness! - Timbo in Oz 17:51:55 01/08/04 (0)
- Re: Moby Dick - rico 11:16:55 11/26/03 (0)
- "Wouldn't it be nice if someone could pull off a really killer Moby Dick?" - Audiophilander 10:07:59 11/26/03 (2)
- Quit blubbering, I think it'd be a whale of a movie. nt - tinear 17:15:37 11/26/03 (1)
- FIN (nt) - Audiophilander 08:22:36 11/27/03 (0)
- Well, that's true... - rhizomatic 08:16:07 11/26/03 (0)
- Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote that review? A Valuable Fable?<nt> - gware 20:37:41 11/25/03 (0)