[Jim Ramsey]

Originally Posted by Jayne Osborn

Hi Jim,
Version 3 is lovely, but I do find "where were ones once read" a bit of a tongue-twister!

Could "what most I loved when I was young" be "what I loved most when I was young"? It's more like natural speech than the inversion.

Aside from two small niggles I really like the sheer joy that the N demonstrates over his love of books (that's how I feel, too!).

Jayne

Hi Jayne,

Thanks for the nits and the "lovely" comment. I have just posted a version 4 which tries to change S1L4 and S2L4 to a more standard syntax. I said recently on the sphere that I am still fond of the type of syntax that makes for a memorable quote, even if it seems tortuous to most modern readers. Maybe someday I'll be smart enough to move past my stubbornness. I have never wanted to grow into someone stuck in the past, so thanks for another gentle nudge toward currentness.

Jim