"Nearest Book" Meme


Unfortunately for y'all, the computer's not in a reading area

I've been tagged a couple of times with this, lately by Granny Geek . But there's only one book in here with me: The Library Shakspeare (sic), from whence I was eyeballing stuff while trying to pick a speech to do for my audition. It's a one-volume reprint of a 19th-century three-volume set, so I guess I should do this for Volume 1: The Comedies.

Instructions:

1. Grab the nearest book (that is at least 123 pages long).
2. Open to page 123.
3. Go down to the 5th sentence.
4. Type in the following 3 sentences.
5. Tag five people.

Page 123 gives us Measure for Measure, Act IV. The Provost has just told Claudio he must be executed within the next 8 hours, then asks where Barnardine is:

Claudio: As fast lock'd up in sleep as guiltless labour,
When it lies starkly in the traveller's bones:
He will not wake.

Provost: Who can do good on him?
Well, go, prepare yourself.

Hmph. That's cryptic. And boring. So, is Volume 2: The Tragedies any more enlightening? We have Hamlet, Act III. They've just watched the Players, and the King has stormed off in a huff with everyone following, leaving Hamlet and Horatio:

Hamlet: For thou dost know, O Damon dear,
This realm dismantled was
Of Jove himself; and now reigns here
A very, very -- pajock.

Horatio: You might have rhymed.

Hamlet: O good Horatio, I'll take the ghost's word for a thousand pound.

Ah, much better. Hamlet is always good for what ails ye. Volume 3: The Historicals and Poems gives us Henry IV Part II, Act V, at the very start. Swallow yells for Davey. It's a snorer, trust me. I ain't typin' it in.

I'll not be tagging anyone; 'tis against me bloggin' code (arrrr.) But feel free to take up the challenge, and leave a comment here pointin' us to yer work.

Posted: Thu - February 21, 2008 at 10:03 PM   Home         | | View Technorati reactions

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