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Re: John E. Doolittle.
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lugnet.pirates
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Thu, 6 Jan 2000 22:59:33 GMT
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Timothy D. Freshly wrote in message ...
> If you will allow one criticism (in the editorial sense only). In the
paragraphs preceding the one which begins "And these weren't all his
problems...", you were talking about the widower Waite, Doolittle's former
law partner. However, in this paragraph, you appear to switch back to
Doolittle without using a proper noun to indicate a switch - "his" still is
linked to Waite even though I think you mean Doolittle. I had to read it
twice because the first time through, I thought that you were still speaking
about Waite.
True enough. I knew there was _something_ wrong somewhere around there, and
that's it.
'And these weren't all his problems' now reads 'And these weren't all
Doolittle's problems'.
Thanks Tim.
And the part in the story about his first act of piracy seems a bit rushed
no? How did he turn from practicing law to breaking the law? It seems to
me that 'his first act of piracy' was probably an act of mercy, sallying
forth to rescue a foundering vessel, transferring the contents of her hold
to his, discovering in her hold the stolen artifact and say some very
decrepit islanders, kidnapped and caged for transport to the Brikish Museum
of Natural History. 'Oh, the humanity' etc etc, frees the islanders, cages
the foundering ship's master, impounds the foundering ship's cargo and
commits it to the welfare of the islanders, and sets off to the Pacific, to
try to restore the islanders and their artifact to their respective homes.
Et voilà, a pirate is born.
Regards
Richard
Still baldly going...
Check out Port Block at http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
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| Richard Parsons <rparsons@hinet.net.au> wrote in message news:FnxrtJ.un@lugnet.com... (...) Museum (...) cages (...) to (...) were saying that his "first act of piracy" was practicing law - the inference being that it was no great step to go from (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: A new pirate ship.
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| Richard Parsons <rparsons@hinet.net.au> wrote in message news:FnwvCu.Hx7@lugnet.com... (...) Richard: This is a marvelous little piece of storytelling. You've done a great job of weaving the story lines developed here in lugnet.pirates and meshing (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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