What's the First Line in the Closest Book?

KnowBeDo · Jan 8, 2006

English speakers will find Italian a beautiful language to listen to and an easy one to start speaking.

Italian Phrase Book/Dictionary

DanielJamesSimon · Jan 9, 2006

Does that include inside covers, prefaces, back covers, or first line of chapter 1?

Oh well, first line from the preface:

"I have written this book for the intelligent layman, and have tried to organize it so that the consecutive line from Johann Sebastian Bach to Arnold Schoenberg has been traced."

"The Lives of the Great Composers" - Harold C. Schonberg

otter272 · Jan 10, 2006

Closest book is Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis.

The first line is:

"Everyone has heard people quarreling."

DanielJamesSimon · Jan 10, 2006

"My father's family name being Pirrip, and my christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip."

- Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens.

notanordinarygirl · Jan 10, 2006

The nearest books to me are in Spanish... >.>

This is the nearest one I had in English:

"This is the story about something that happened long ago when your grandfather was a child. It is a very important story because it shows how all the comings and goings between our own world and the land of Narnia first began."

- The Chronicles of Narnia (The Original Novels by C. S. Lewis)

And right next to it:

"It was nearing midnight and the Prime Minister was sitting alone in his office, reading a long memo that was slipping through his brain without leaving the slightest trace of meaning behind."

- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

And below that one:

"I don't often make public appearances anymore, so for those of you who may not know me, my name is Merlin."

- Ultimate Unofficial Guide to the Mysteries of Harry Potter (Analysis of Books 1-4)

They were are so near each other I couldn't just pick one and leave all the rest!!! x3

VeronicasImage · Jan 11, 2006

my child has the book A Light in the Attic on the floor here.Shel Silverstein

There's a light in the attic.

Latreia · Jan 11, 2006

Preface

"John Wesley's A Collection of Pslams and Hymns, published at Charlestown. South Carolina, in 1737, was one of the first hymnals in the English language prepared for use in public worship."

The Methodist Hymnal, pub. 1964, 1966

Focusedpoetgirl · Jan 12, 2006

Le 30 juillet 1816, M. linspecteur gé né ral des prisons de Sa Majesté Louis XVIII visite, lune apré s lautre, les chambers du Châ teau dIf.

-Graded French Reader, excerpt from Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, Alexander Dumas

HisJavajunkie · Jan 13, 2006

Every one has heard people quarrelling.

C.S. Lewis -- Mere Christianity

Latreia · Jan 13, 2006

Preface

Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary is a completely new volume in the Merriam-Webster series of dictionaries.

jenptcfan · Jan 13, 2006

At precisely 11 a.m. every teacher in every classroom at McKinley Elementary School tells their students to stand. Myla Goldberg's Bee Season

Latreia · Jan 13, 2006

Focusedpoetgirl said:
Le 30 juillet 1816, M. linspecteur gé né ral des prisons de Sa Majesté Louis XVIII visite, lune apré s lautre, les chambers du Châ teau dIf.

-Graded French Reader, excerpt from Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, Alexander Dumas

Le 30 juillet 1816, M. linspecteur général des prisons de Sa Majesté Louis XVIII visite, lune aprés lautre, les chambers du Château dIf.
~ excerpt from Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, Alexander Dumas

July 30, 1816, Mr. Inspector General of the prisons of His Majesty Louis XVIII visits, one after another, the chambers of Château of Yew ~ The Count of Monte-Cristo

CF Spellcheck features a wonderful Tranlator in drop-down menu from the Menu toolbar. Just thought I'd remind everyone.

Hackett · Jan 13, 2006

My eyes were riveted to the clock on the wall.

Suprised by Suffering by R. C. Sproul

Theogonia · Jan 13, 2006

Time is a face on the water: this was a proverb from the long-ago, in far-off Mejis. Eddie Dean had never been there.

From Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King

HisJavajunkie · Jan 13, 2006

Teaser

Jerry

Do you know what this is all about?

The Seinfeld Script -- The First & Second Seasons
Written by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld

Black_Ivy · Jan 14, 2006

It was while he was eating breakfast that Charles Douglas glanced at his newspaper and saw the date. He took another bite of toast and looked again and put the paper down.

from One More for the Road by Ray Bradbury

chick_for_Christ · Jan 14, 2006

From: VIM vivalaveronica@marcelloportraits.com
To: Rosalyn Ebberly prob31woman@home.com
Subject: Home From Italy

Hey Honey Sis!

SAHM I Am - Meredith Efken

MrsOsenga · Jan 15, 2006

Once upon a time, in a land that was called Britain, these things happened.

"The Winter King" by Bernard Cornwell

Mr.Cheese · Jan 15, 2006

Many examples can be cited where adjectives are used to modify substantives in the predicate.

KritterCat · Jan 15, 2006

"This is a sotry about something that happened long ago when your grandfather was a child."

and, for a bonus, the second sentence: "It is a very important story because it shows how all the comings and goings between our own world and the land of Narnia first began."

Then Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis - the first book - The Magician's Nephew

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