Teaser Tuesdayish (13 September)

Posted on September 12, 2011 by smellincoffee

Well, it’s Tuesday in most of the world. Time for a teaser, then. Or three.

“Get him out, sir? There’s two regiments there!”
“So? That’s only eight hundred men. There are fifty-three of us.”

p. 64, Sharpe’s Gold. Bernard Cornwell.

Hogan, he thought, was right. If a miracle were needed to save the campaign, and it was, then the rogue he had just seen was the best man for the job. More than a rogue: a fighter, and a man who looked on failure as unthinkable. But a rogue, thought Wellington, a damned rogue all the same. 

p. 31, Sharpe’s Gold. Bernard Cornwell.

Suppose I should say to a wrestler, ‘Show me your muscle’. And he should answer me, ‘See my dumb-bells’. Your dumb-bells are your own affair; I want to see the effect of them.
“Take the treatise ‘On Choice’, and see how thoroughly I have perused it.
I am not asking about this, O slave, but how you act in choosing and refusing, how you manage your desires and aversions, your intentions and purposes, how you meet events — whether you are in harmony with nature’s laws or opposed to them. If in harmony, give me evidence of that, and I will say you are progressing; if the contrary, you may go your way, and not only comment on your books, but write some like them yourself; and what good will it do you?

p. 13-14. The Discourses, book four (“On Progress”). Epictetus.

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12 Responses to Teaser Tuesdayish (13 September)

  4. Unknown's avatar Wendi B. - Wendi's Book Corner ~ Rainy Day Reads in Seattle says:
    September 12, 2011 at 11:02 pm

    Love the teasers – Bernard Cornwell is wonderful.

    Here's my Teaser from Hades! ~ Wendi

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  5. Unknown's avatar Wendi B. - Wendi's Book Corner ~ Rainy Day Reads in Seattle says:
    September 13, 2011 at 5:02 am

    Love the teasers – Bernard Cornwell is wonderful.Here's my Teaser from Hades! ~ Wendi

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  7. Unknown's avatar Myra Garces-Bacsal from GatheringBooks says:
    September 13, 2011 at 4:42 am

    Nice, you have three teasers to share. You must like this book a lot. Appears like most of the fragments could elicit long discussions among readers.

    Interesting.

    Here's my teaser. I also have three teasers – but coming from three different sources, at that.

    http://gatheringbooks.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/teaser-tuesday-gatheringbooks-joins-in/

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  8. Unknown's avatar fivealarmbookreviews.com says:
    September 13, 2011 at 8:18 am

    Love the teasers. I haven't heard much about this book until now. Thanks for the intro. My Teaser

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  9. Unknown's avatar Anonymous says:
    September 13, 2011 at 2:18 pm

    Love the teasers. I haven't heard much about this book until now. Thanks for the intro. My Teaser

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  10. Unknown's avatar diannehartsock says:
    September 13, 2011 at 9:24 am

    Good thing there's 53 of them! Only 52 might not work. 🙂 Great tease.

    Here's mine: http://diannehartsock.wordpress.com/my-blog/

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  11. Unknown's avatar Anonymous says:
    September 13, 2011 at 3:24 pm

    Good thing there's 53 of them! Only 52 might not work. 🙂 Great tease.Here's mine: http://diannehartsock.wordpress.com/my-blog/

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