Difference between revisions of "You gave me a boot"
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*'''You gave me the boot:''' you got rid of (fired) me | *'''You gave me the boot:''' you got rid of (fired) me | ||
| − | * '''You gave me a boot:''' | + | * '''You gave me a boot:''' T.S. Eliot was the bearer of an embarrassing parcel of old shoes from Pound to Joyce (as related in Ellmann: ''James Joyce'', 493) → [[Waste]] in line above, "quid" (that is, Pound) in the line below. This reference is repeated at least twice more: |
**→ [[smoothpick waste papish pastures,]] + [[foottreats]] (p. 141) | **→ [[smoothpick waste papish pastures,]] + [[foottreats]] (p. 141) | ||
**→ [[waste(151)|waste]] + [[overpast boots]] + [[expounding]] (p. 151) | **→ [[waste(151)|waste]] + [[overpast boots]] + [[expounding]] (p. 151) | ||
Latest revision as of 23:29, 16 January 2020
- You gave me a boot: in Ulysses Stephen Dedalus wears boots he borrowed from Buck Mulligan
- You gave me the boot: you got rid of (fired) me
- You gave me a boot: T.S. Eliot was the bearer of an embarrassing parcel of old shoes from Pound to Joyce (as related in Ellmann: James Joyce, 493) → Waste in line above, "quid" (that is, Pound) in the line below. This reference is repeated at least twice more:
- → smoothpick waste papish pastures, + foottreats (p. 141)
- → waste + overpast boots + expounding (p. 151)
