A likely story
The Sanity Inspector
this explanation, ... At length he observed that all this was very
well, but still he thought the story a little on the
extravagant--there were one or two points on which
he had his doubts.
"Faith, sir," replied the story-teller, "as to that matter, I
don't believe one-half of it myself."
-- Washington Irving, "The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon",
_The Legend of Sleepy Hollow_
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bruce
The dignified don't even enter in the game.
--The Jam
SteveMR200
(The Sanity Inspector) wrote:
> The cautious old gentleman knit his brows tenfold closer after
>this explanation, ... At length he observed that all this was very
>well, but still he thought the story a little on the
>extravagant--there were one or two points on which
>he had his doubts.
> "Faith, sir," replied the story-teller, "as to that matter, I
>don't believe one-half of it myself."
> -- Washington Irving, "The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon",
>_The Legend of Sleepy Hollow_
I come from a set of storytellers and moralists . . . . The
storytellers were forever changing the tale and the moralists
tampering with it in order to put it in an edifying light.
--Victor Sawdon Pritchett (1900-1997)
_A Cab at the Door_ [1967], Chapter 1
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Steve
SteveMR200
A touch of science, even bogus science,
gives an edge to the superstitious tale.
--Victor Sawdon Pritchett (1900-1997)
_The Living Novel and Later Appreciations_ [1974],
"An Irish Ghost"
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Steve