Monday, October 4, 2010
From "The Heart of Mid-lothian"
"Let it once take root and it will grow so rapidly, that in the course of a few hours the giant Imagination builds a castle on the top, and by and by comes Disappointment with the 'curtal axe,' and hews down both the plant and the superstructure... she cherished such visions from day to day..."
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I still remember when, as a boy, I learned that there was a place called Lothian. There were tears of joy.
ReplyDeleteI think that Tolkien's "Lothlorian" is an interpolation of "Lothian" - all you need to do is add that extra "lor" in the middle.
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