Comments for Turtle Reader » The Island of Doctor Moreau http://www.turtlereader.com Slow and steady, page by page... Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:30:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 Comment on The Island of Doctor Moreau - Day 35 of 56 by TurtleReader http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/h-g-wells/the-island-of-doctor-moreau-day-35-of-56/#comment-416 TurtleReader Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:46:10 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/news/the-island-of-doctor-moreau-day-35-of-56/#comment-416 <dl><dt><a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/fusees" rel="nofollow">fusee</a></dt><dd>A friction match with a large head capable of burning in a wind</dd></dl>
fusee
A friction match with a large head capable of burning in a wind
]]> Comment on The Island of Doctor Moreau - Day 32 of 56 by TurtleReader http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/h-g-wells/the-island-of-doctor-moreau-day-32-of-56/#comment-411 TurtleReader Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:36:52 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/news/the-island-of-doctor-moreau-day-32-of-56/#comment-411 <dl><dt><a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/houri" rel="nofollow">houri </a></dt><dd>One of the beautiful virgins of the Koranic paradise</dd></dl>
houri
One of the beautiful virgins of the Koranic paradise
]]> Comment on The Island of Doctor Moreau - Day 29 of 56 by TurtleReader http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/h-g-wells/the-island-of-doctor-moreau-day-29-of-56/#comment-403 TurtleReader Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:43:44 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/news/the-island-of-doctor-moreau-day-29-of-56/#comment-403 <blockquote>Hi non sunt homines; sunt animalia qui nos habemus</blockquote> No idea with Latin but some googling suggests "These are not men; are animal who we have".

Hi non sunt homines; sunt animalia qui nos habemus

No idea with Latin but some googling suggests “These are not men; are animal who we have”.

]]> Comment on The Island of Doctor Moreau - Day 22 of 56 by TurtleReader http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/h-g-wells/the-island-of-doctor-moreau-day-22-of-56/#comment-384 TurtleReader Thu, 09 Aug 2007 05:48:25 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/news/the-island-of-doctor-moreau-day-22-of-56/#comment-384 <dl><dt><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comus" rel="nofollow">Comus </a></dt><dd>In Greek mythology, Comus or Komus is the god of festivity, revels and nocturnal dalliances. He represents anarchy and chaos.</dd></dl>
Comus
In Greek mythology, Comus or Komus is the god of festivity, revels and nocturnal dalliances. He represents anarchy and chaos.
]]> Comment on The Island of Doctor Moreau - Day 13 of 56 by TurtleReader http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/h-g-wells/the-island-of-doctor-moreau-day-13-of-56/#comment-347 TurtleReader Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:54:21 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/news/the-island-of-doctor-moreau-day-13-of-56/#comment-347 <dl><dt><a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cerebration" rel="nofollow">cerebration</a></dt><dd>To use the power of reason; think</dd></dl>
cerebration
To use the power of reason; think
]]> Comment on The Island of Doctor Moreau - Day 12 of 56 by TurtleReader http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/h-g-wells/the-island-of-doctor-moreau-day-12-of-56/#comment-339 TurtleReader Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:41:08 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/news/the-island-of-doctor-moreau-day-12-of-56/#comment-339 <dl><dt><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_beard" rel="nofollow">Blue-Beard’s chamber</a></dt><dd>Bluebeard announced that he had to leave the country for a while; he gave over all the keys of the chateau to his new wife, including the key to one small room that she was forbidden to enter. He then went away and left the house in her hands. Almost immediately she was overcome with the desire to see what the forbidden room held, and finally her visiting sister convinced her to satisfy her curiosity and open the room. However, the wife immediately discovered the room's horrible secret: Its floor reeked of blood, and the dead bodies of her husband's former wives hung on the walls. </dd><dt><a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/saturnine" rel="nofollow">saturnine </a></dt><dd>Having the temperament of one born under the supposed astrological influence of Saturn; Melancholy or sullen; Having or marked by a tendency to be bitter or sardonic</dd></dl>
Blue-Beard’s chamber
Bluebeard announced that he had to leave the country for a while; he gave over all the keys of the chateau to his new wife, including the key to one small room that she was forbidden to enter. He then went away and left the house in her hands. Almost immediately she was overcome with the desire to see what the forbidden room held, and finally her visiting sister convinced her to satisfy her curiosity and open the room. However, the wife immediately discovered the room’s horrible secret: Its floor reeked of blood, and the dead bodies of her husband’s former wives hung on the walls.
saturnine
Having the temperament of one born under the supposed astrological influence of Saturn; Melancholy or sullen; Having or marked by a tendency to be bitter or sardonic
]]> Comment on The Island of Doctor Moreau - Day 11 of 56 by TurtleReader http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/h-g-wells/the-island-of-doctor-moreau-day-11-of-56/#comment-335 TurtleReader Mon, 30 Jul 2007 01:19:25 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/news/the-island-of-doctor-moreau-day-11-of-56/#comment-335 <dl><dt><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Henry_Huxley" rel="nofollow">Huxley</a></dt><dd>Thomas Huxley was an English biologist, known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.</dd><dt><a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/rum" rel="nofollow">rum</a></dt><dd>Odd; strange; Presenting danger or difficulty</dd></dl>
Huxley
Thomas Huxley was an English biologist, known as “Darwin’s Bulldog” for his advocacy of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.
rum
Odd; strange; Presenting danger or difficulty
]]> Comment on The Island of Doctor Moreau - Day 10 of 56 by TurtleReader http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/h-g-wells/the-island-of-doctor-moreau-day-10-of-56/#comment-327 TurtleReader Sun, 29 Jul 2007 00:50:22 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/news/the-island-of-doctor-moreau-day-10-of-56/#comment-327 <a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/painter" rel="nofollow">painter</a> A rope attached to the bow of a boat, used for tying up, as when docking or towing <a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/piggin" rel="nofollow">piggin</a> A small wooden pail or tub with an upright stave for a handle, often used as a dipper painter
A rope attached to the bow of a boat, used for tying up, as when docking or towing
piggin
A small wooden pail or tub with an upright stave for a handle, often used as a dipper

]]> Comment on The Island of Doctor Moreau - Day 5 of 56 by TurtleReader http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/h-g-wells/the-island-of-doctor-moreau-day-5-of-56/#comment-307 TurtleReader Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:10:26 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/h-g-wells/the-island-of-doctor-moreau/the-island-of-doctor-moreau-day-5-of-56/#comment-307 <dl><dt><a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/spanker" rel="nofollow">spanker</a></dt> <dd>a fore-and-aft sail set on the rearmost mast of a vessel</dd> <dt><a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/taffrail" rel="nofollow">taffrail</a></dt><dd>the rail around the stern of a vessel</dd></dl>
spanker
a fore-and-aft sail set on the rearmost mast of a vessel
taffrail
the rail around the stern of a vessel
]]> Comment on The Island of Doctor Moreau - Day 2 of 56 by TurtleReader http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/h-g-wells/the-island-of-doctor-moreau-day-2-of-56/#comment-293 TurtleReader Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:52:14 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/h-g-wells/the-island-of-doctor-moreau/the-island-of-doctor-moreau-day-2-of-56/#comment-293 <dl><dt><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipecacuanha" rel="nofollow">Ipecacuanha</a></dt><dd>A flowering plant whose root is used to induce vomiting</dd></dl>
Ipecacuanha
A flowering plant whose root is used to induce vomiting
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