Page 123, fifth sentence

He fair like’s he langs tuh set his brazened face agean ‘em!

That’s the fifth sentence on page 123 of my copy of Wuthering Heights, by Emily Brontë — one of the books I’m currently reading.

It’s part of a longer passage spoken by the servant Joseph in his Yorkshire dialect.  He’s been describing how his master Hindley’s lifestyle has descended into drunken wickedness, and concludes that rather than fearing those who might judge him in the hereafter, Hindley acts as if he longs to face them.

I picked out this sentence in response to a meme tag from Teeni.  To participate, you grab any book, go to page 123, find the fifth sentence, and blog it.   Then tag five people.

Just for fun, I’ll do the same exercise for the other book I’m (slowly) reading — Paul Graham’s On Lisp:

Now let’s look at the original definition of for in light of the new rule for identifying capturable symbols:

(defmacro for ((var start stop) &body body)      ; wrong
   ‘(do ((,var ,start (1+ ,var))
           (limit ,stop))
         ((> ,var limit))
      ,@body))

It’s a little more difficult to explain the context of this passage, especially for those of you who may be unfamiliar with Lisp.  You’d probably have to read the whole book up to this point in order to get it.

One more, from The Ruby Way: second edition, by Hal Fulton — a book I just finished:

Because this can be confusing, I recommend using this feature sparingly.

A surprisingly representational passage.  I’ll have to post a review of this excellent book sometime soon.

Meanwhile, I must tag five more people.  Going for variety:  Alyx, Morgetron, Paul, Haizum, and Emily.  You each need only to do one book, and even if you don’t respond at all I will still be your friend and subscriber — honest.  Anyone else who’d like to join in, feel free!