Lemuel Gulliver wrote:19 some [Nerbly Bear, you read the whole Dryden?]

Yeah, it's not that long, two five-hundred page Modern Library Classics.

Ty Webb wrote:I'm waiting for the Illustrated Classics edition.

Hopefully it'll feature hot pix of nude homo erecti.

Isn't the Dictionary one of the most profoundly influential books ever written? Or are we talking specifically literature and religious stuff?

rayj wrote:Isn't the Dictionary one of the most profoundly influential books ever written? Or are we talking specifically literature and religious stuff?

Yeah, it is, but Matthew claimed that he'd read it in its entirety. And not just the updated Webster's version: Samuel Johnson's 18th-century version.

NerblyBear wrote:

rayj wrote:Isn't the Dictionary one of the most profoundly influential books ever written? Or are we talking specifically literature and religious stuff?

Yeah, it is, but Matthew claimed that he'd read it in its entirety. And not just the updated Webster's version: Samuel Johnson's 18th-century version.

he also claimed that 3 out of 4 of the evangelists walked with Jesus (they didn't), so I wouldn't (and don't) take any of his claims about much of anything too seriously.

Oh, I see. I do remember reading a couple of his posts and skipping most. I tend to stay out of "those" types of discussions on the interweb. I will withdraw my question now so as not to go down that road...I can probably guess the answer anyway.

NerblyBear wrote:

matthew wrote:
I've completely read numbers 1, 2, 3,5, 8, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 38, 43, 44, 46, 47,48, 50, 51, 52,53, 55, 56, 57, 58, 60, 62, 66 (woof!), 67, 70, 71,72, 73, 74, 79, 80, 85, 86, 89, 90, 91, 93, 95 and 97.

EDIT: now I know you're full of shit. #55 is Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language.

Woops. How'd I do that? My apologies, though I have read some of it and obviously not the entire thing.

One more note: I would have included, among others, G.E. Moore's Principia Ethica in that list. I was surprised it wasn't in 'ere.

matthew wrote:I've completely read numbers 1, 2, 3,5, 8, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 38, 43, 44, 46, 47,48, 50, 51, 52,53, 55, 56, 57, 58, 60, 62, 66 (woof!), 67, 70, 71,72, 73, 74, 79, 80, 85, 86, 89, 90, 91, 93, 95 and 97.

That's impressive. Have you read either of these?





I think the question was about whether you have completely read all the pages in the books.
Not just the titles.

Oh, yeah, #55. Guess I should take more than 30 seconds to read the thread topics before I start blathering.

2, 3, 8, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 19, 20, 22, 25, 27, 30, 32, 41, 44, 50, 56, 57, 59 (Yes I actually did read this cover to cover), 61, 70, 76, 78, 79, 80, 85, 92

Wow. I don't think i've ever actually read the ENTIRE new testament. Guess i'm a lost soul...

The I Ching as #1 surprises me.