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Title: 1889 diary p13 Tubbs
Post by: Deskman on Friday 02 February 18 22:04 GMT (UK)
Any help with the xxxs and related text here is much appreciated.

"Davis drove me over to meet him, Costume riding suit. Brown leather boots tie of fearful & wonderful design & delightful little leather cap price one guinea, am always interested in Tubbs clothes. Mr Wood came soon after, Tubbs & I from a coin of vantage on the building watched to see the affect the pulling down would have on him. He"

The folks here are brightening my transcription from dark uncertainty to wonder. Thank you.

The bold text is thanks to help here.
Title: Re: 1889 diary p13 Tubbs
Post by: Karen McDonald on Friday 02 February 18 22:31 GMT (UK)
I think it's watched to see the effect

Karen
Title: Re: 1889 diary p13 Tubbs
Post by: Deskman on Friday 02 February 18 22:36 GMT (UK)
Karen McDonald, You have done it again. Thanks.
Title: Re: 1889 diary p13 Tubbs
Post by: JenB on Friday 02 February 18 22:39 GMT (UK)
Quote from: Deskman on Friday 02 February 18 22:04 GMT (UK)
Tubbs & I from a xxx  of xxxxx  on the building

....from a coin of vantage.....

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/coign_of_vantage
Title: Re: 1889 diary p13 Tubbs
Post by: sparrett on Friday 02 February 18 22:42 GMT (UK)
tasteful and wonderful design

Sue
Title: Re: 1889 diary p13 Tubbs
Post by: Deskman on Friday 02 February 18 22:49 GMT (UK)
JenB, Coin / coign of vantage is a wonderful revelation, quite new to me. I am deeply impressed. How did you resolve that?

sparrett, I think at first sight it is 'tasteful' but on further looking a now think it is 'fearful'. What do you think?

Thank you to you both.
Title: Re: 1889 diary p13 Tubbs
Post by: Deskman on Friday 02 February 18 22:55 GMT (UK)
Could it be tie of fearful & wonderful design?
Title: Re: 1889 diary p13 Tubbs
Post by: Bookbox on Saturday 03 February 18 00:32 GMT (UK)
Quote from: Deskman on Friday 02 February 18 22:55 GMT (UK)
Could it be tie of fearful & wonderful design?
Those were my thoughts too.
Title: Re: 1889 diary p13 Tubbs
Post by: Deskman on Saturday 03 February 18 00:42 GMT (UK)
Quote from: Bookbox on Saturday 03 February 18 00:32 GMT (UK)
Quote from: Deskman on Friday 02 February 18 22:55 GMT (UK)
Could it be tie of fearful & wonderful design?
Those were my thoughts too.

I can't disagree with Bookbox - Bookbox rules OK.
Title: Re: 1889 diary p13 Tubbs
Post by: horselydown86 on Saturday 03 February 18 03:51 GMT (UK)
This guest of summer,
The temple-haunting martlet, does approve,
By his loved mansionry, that the heaven’s breath
Smells wooingly here. No jutty, frieze,
Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird
Hath made his pendant bed and procreant cradle.
Where they most breed and haunt, I have observed,
The air is delicate.

Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 6
Title: Re: 1889 diary p13 Tubbs
Post by: JenB on Saturday 03 February 18 08:54 GMT (UK)
Quote from: Deskman on Friday 02 February 18 22:49 GMT (UK)
JenB, Coin / coign of vantage is a wonderful revelation, quite new to me. I am deeply impressed. How did you resolve that?

I just saw it straight away and googled the phrase, which confirmed my suspicions  :)
Title: Re: 1889 diary p13 Tubbs
Post by: Deskman on Saturday 03 February 18 09:02 GMT (UK)
Thanks again JenB and thanks to horselydown86. That is now the fourth Macbeth quotation in the diary. Even when JenB shared it I failed to recognise it.  This forum is fun.
Title: Re: 1889 diary p13 Tubbs
Post by: Karen McDonald on Saturday 03 February 18 11:25 GMT (UK)
Quote from: Deskman on Saturday 03 February 18 09:02 GMT (UK)
This forum is fun.

You can say that again!  :)
One of the most enjoyable forms of education I've ever encountered!  :D

Snowy regards from N. Germany,
Karen