Thomas Hardy reference in Peanuts (from early 80s?)
dho...@quixote.com
profs door that I wish I had made a copy of, which had Linus and Charlie
Brown (I think--I'm going on decade-old memories here) standing behind
the wall, and Linus told an anecdote about Thomas Hardy seeing a
pretty girl on a bus and wondering who she was and who her friends were.
Any chance that anyone can point me either to the original cartoon (a
transcript of the dialogue would be fine) or the original Hardy quote?
-dh
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>Linus told an anecdote about Thomas Hardy seeing a
>pretty girl on a bus and wondering who she was and who her friends were.
I know what strip you're talking about, although unfortunately I do not have
an exact reference. I believe it was Schroeder and Lucy. The quote said
something to the effect that the girl had one of those faces of exquisite
beauty that are sometimes seen casually in the street but never among one's
friends. Who are they? Who knows them? Who marries them? Lucy's response
was, "Who cares? And who was Thomas Hardy?" Schroeder pulls away the piano
of course.
Perhaps this will help jog someone else's memory and help you locate the
exact quote.
A related strip that may be of some interest appeared on August 9, 1988 and
is reprinted in _Could_You_Be_More_Pacific?_ Charlie Brown reads, "Thomas
Hardy once saw 'a handsome maid with large innocent eyes' riding in a cart
..she was obviously very poor..which made Hardy wonder what her beauty
would lead to." Sally's response: "Four-wheel drive pickup commercials!"
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Julian
The strip is at the front of the Fawcett Crest Book....'Go fish, Snoopy!',
with selected cartoons from I'm not your sweet baboo.
Hope this is the info you need!
All the best!
Stinky
I like that alot
Very Mickey Spillane.
Jeff
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Julian wrote in message <7sebdh$cbl$1...@news7.svr.pol.co.uk>...
>Just re-read your message and saw you wanted the transcript so:
>
>Schroeder: 'Thomas Hardy saw a girl on a bus one day...He said "She had one
>of those faces of marvellous beauty which are seen casually in the streets,
>but never among one's friends" '
>
>Schroeder:' "Where do they come from? Who marries them? who knows them?" he
>wondered'
>
>Lucy: 'Who cares? and who was Thomas Hardy?'
>
>Schroeder pulls the piano away nd Lucy falls on her back with a three star
>BONK!
>
>Thats the strip.
>
>All the best II
>
>
Julian
Julian
What am I doing at 12 .15 am quoting Hardy???
Anyway, have found the original Hardy quote for you....
"The girl in the omnibus had one of those faces of marvellous beauty which
are seen casually in the streets but never among one's friends. It was
perfect in its softened classicality - a Greek face translated into
English. Moreover she was fair, and her hair pale chestnut. Where do these
women come from? who marries them? who knows them?"
Its quoted in 'The Early Life of Thomas Hardy, 1840 - 1891' , published in
1928.
How's that then?
All the best III (i'm now going to sleep! ..^¿^.....-¿- ....night !!
zzzzzzzzz)
dho...@quixote.com
"Julian" <Jul...@peanuts55.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> Anyway, have found the original Hardy quote for you....
> How's that then?
I'm in awe. I posted the query not really expecting any response at all,
let alone BOTH ANSWERS.
Now if only I could figure out where I left my keys...
-dh
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: In article <7secp4$ddn$1...@news7.svr.pol.co.uk>,
: "Julian" <Jul...@peanuts55.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
:> Anyway, have found the original Hardy quote for you....
:> How's that then?
: I'm in awe. I posted the query not really expecting any response at all,
: let alone BOTH ANSWERS.
: Now if only I could figure out where I left my keys...
I don't think Hardy or Schroeder knows.
David Loftus
Chris Lee
>: let alone BOTH ANSWERS.
>
>: Now if only I could figure out where I left my keys...
They're under the middle cushion in your couch, that or in one of your pants
pockets.
(Just kidding! I don't really know where they are. Of course, If I turn out to
be right, maybe I should get my ESP tested)
Christopher L.
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