The final pause: "infamy, infamy. They've all got in for me"
On 11/12/05, Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Caesar, caesura, division. De Bilo Gallico. But my papyrus is probably corrupt.
>
> Better to fall on one's sword than to explain a joke. Better still to fall
> on one's sward.
>
> At 01:31 PM 11/12/2005, you wrote:
> >?
> >
> >Mark Weiss wrote:
> >
> >>We get the word from Caesar's Gallic Wars: "All Gaul is divided into
> >>three parts."
> >>
> >>Not to speak of bile.
> >>
> >>Mark
> >>
> >>At 01:08 PM 11/12/2005, you wrote:
> >>
> >>>On Nov 12, 2005, at 18:36, MJ Walker wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>(I've shifted that comma after people to the right place, below - sigh
> >>>>of relief.)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>And here I thought you were demonstrating your command of caesura.
> >>>
> >>>--Knut
> >>
> >
> >--
> >M.J.Walker - no blog - no webpage - no idea
> >
> >Nous ne faisons que nous entregloser. - Montaigne
>
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