01-02-2018, 11:18 AM | #481 |
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... thinking ...
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01-08-2018, 09:56 AM | #482 |
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Nope, still stumped.
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01-09-2018, 04:22 PM | #483 |
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Best to repeat the quote on a new page.
"One day! But not before I must; and later, if any try to thrust me towards marriage. Other things I have to do more urgent to me, for my mind is bent on them. 'Cold is the life of a mariner's wife'; and the mariner who is /_i_g_e/ of purpose and not tied to the shore goes further, and learns better how to deal with the sea." Yes, hint, please?
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01-10-2018, 12:59 AM | #484 |
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The hints that come to mind seem too small to help or too big to keep it at all in doubt. Let's try this small one then. All missing letters are consonants.
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Maybe we'll go easier.
A stage in life.
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That about the consonants is a good checkpoint when guessing - but the stage in life hasn't helped me sufficienty yet. I'll keep thinking ...
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01-17-2018, 10:00 PM | #487 |
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OK - third letter overall (second unsolved letter) is "n"
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"One day! But not before I must; and later, if any try to thrust me
towards marriage. Other things I have to do more urgent to me, for my mind is bent on them. 'Cold is the life of a mariner's wife'; and the mariner who is /_ing_e/ of purpose and not tied to the shore goes further, and learns better how to deal with the sea." SINGLE???
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Yes, "single" - your turn!
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T_e_/a_w_y_/w_s_e_/t_/t_l_/t_/e_e_y_h_n_/,/t_e/_l_/E_v_s/_i_/./
B_t/_h_n/_h_/G_e_t/_a_k_e_s/_a_e/,/_n_/t_e_/p_s_e_/a_a_/o_e_/t_e/_e_/,/ o_/f_e_/i_t_/f_r/_a_l_y_/,/a_d/_i_/t_e_s_l_e_/,/a_d/_a_e/_o_g_/a_o_t/ _a_s/_h_t/_o_l_/n_v_r/_o_e/_g_i_/./N_v_r/_g_i_/./ _y_/,/A_e/,/_h_r_/w_s/_l_/o_e/_o_d/_n_e/_p_n/_/t_m_/:/f_o_/h_r_/t_/ _h_/M_u_t_i_s/_f/_u_e/,/_n_/t_i_/w_s/_u_t/_h_/E_s_/E_d/./
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They always wished to talk to everything, the old Elves did.
But when the Great /_a_k_e_s/ came, and then passed away over the sea, /o_/f_e_/i_t_/f_r/_a_l_y_/,/a_d/_i_/t_e_s_l_e_/, /a_d/_a_e/_o_g_/a_o_t/_a_s/_h_t/_o_l_/n_v_r/_o_e/_g_i_/. /N_v_r/_g_i_/./_y_/,/A_e/, /_h_r_/w_s/_l_/o_e/_o_d/_n_e/_p_n/_/t_m_/: from here to the Mountains of Lune, and this was just the East End. sounds like an entish sentiment... Treebeard?
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'when' and 'then' in line 2 and 3 are wrong, all else is good - and it is indeed an entish sentiment, expressed by Treebeard.
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"They always wished to talk to everything, the old Elves did.
But then the Great /_a_k_e_s/ came, and they passed away over the sea, or fled into far valleys, and hid themselves, and came /_o_g_/ about /_a_s/ that /_o_l_/ never come again. Never again. Aye, Aye, there was all one wood once upon a time: from here to the Mountains of Lune, and this was just the East End."
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'came' in line 5 is wrong, all else is correct (including the corrections from your previous post).
Only two lines with words missing or wrong - not bad!
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"They always wished to talk to everything, the old Elves did.
But then the Great /_a_k_e_s/ came, and they passed away over the sea, or fled into far valleys, and hid themselves, and made songs about days that would never come again. Never again. Aye, Aye, there was all one wood once upon a time: from here to the Mountains of Lune, and this was just the East End." That last word is a toughie!
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Everything correct other than that tough last word.
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Ah... Great Darkness?
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Definitely the Great Darkness.
Your turn!
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"I_'s/_o_i_/,/R_s_/_o_t_n/.
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I think this is the first time I've tried to do it all in one go - as soon as I recognized the text, I had great help from remembering what it was all about.
"It's/Rosie/,/Rose/Cotton/. /It/seems/she/didn't/like/my/going/abroad/at/all/, /poor/lass/;/but/as/I/hadn't/spoken/,/she/couldn't/say/so/. /And/I/didn't/speak/,/because/I/had/a/job/to/do/first/. /But/now/I/have/spoken/,/and/she/says/:/'/Well/,/you've/wasted/a/year/, /so/why/wait/longer/?/'/'/Wasted/?/'/I/says/./'/I/wouldn't/call/it/that/./' /Still/I/see/what/she/means/./I/feel/torn/in/two/,/as/you/might/say." Speaker: Samwise Gamgee.
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