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| − | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type= | + | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&id=JoyceColl.HaymanFirstDrft&entity=JoyceColl.HaymanFirstDrft.p0058&isize=L&q1=father A first-draft version of Finnegans wake] |
* '''''Muldoon, the Solid Man'':''' a parody song, written by Edward Harrigan; its first performance was probably in March 1874 in conjunction with a variety sketch called "Who Owns the Clothes Line." It became very popular and was covered by many other performers. It probably was spread to Ireland itself through the music-hall singing of William J. Ashcroft. | * '''''Muldoon, the Solid Man'':''' a parody song, written by Edward Harrigan; its first performance was probably in March 1874 in conjunction with a variety sketch called "Who Owns the Clothes Line." It became very popular and was covered by many other performers. It probably was spread to Ireland itself through the music-hall singing of William J. Ashcroft. | ||
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* '''William Muldoon:''' Irish-American wrestler (1852-1933), whose biography was entitled ''Muldoon, the Solid Man of Sport'' (1929) | * '''William Muldoon:''' Irish-American wrestler (1852-1933), whose biography was entitled ''Muldoon, the Solid Man of Sport'' (1929) | ||
| − | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity= | + | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&id=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans&entity=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans.p0289&isize=L&q1=Muldoon Third Census of Finnegans Wake] |
* '''sullied:''' soiled; polluted; defiled → Shakespeare, ''Hamlet'' 1.2.129-130: "O that this too too sullied flesh would melt,/ Thaw and resolve itself into a dew". The First Folio has ''solid'', while Q1 and Q2 have ''sallied'' (in the sense of "assailed"); ''sullied'' is a nineteenth-century emendation | * '''sullied:''' soiled; polluted; defiled → Shakespeare, ''Hamlet'' 1.2.129-130: "O that this too too sullied flesh would melt,/ Thaw and resolve itself into a dew". The First Folio has ''solid'', while Q1 and Q2 have ''sallied'' (in the sense of "assailed"); ''sullied'' is a nineteenth-century emendation | ||
* '''''[[Ulysses]]'' 099.03:''' "And how is Dick, the solid man?" | * '''''[[Ulysses]]'' 099.03:''' "And how is Dick, the solid man?" | ||
Revision as of 01:12, 30 April 2009
- the solid man → erse solid man
- Muldoon, the Solid Man: a parody song, written by Edward Harrigan; its first performance was probably in March 1874 in conjunction with a variety sketch called "Who Owns the Clothes Line." It became very popular and was covered by many other performers. It probably was spread to Ireland itself through the music-hall singing of William J. Ashcroft.
- The Solid Man: William J. Ashcroft, Dublin music-hall performer, so-called after his signature song
- William Muldoon: Irish-American wrestler (1852-1933), whose biography was entitled Muldoon, the Solid Man of Sport (1929)
- sullied: soiled; polluted; defiled → Shakespeare, Hamlet 1.2.129-130: "O that this too too sullied flesh would melt,/ Thaw and resolve itself into a dew". The First Folio has solid, while Q1 and Q2 have sallied (in the sense of "assailed"); sullied is a nineteenth-century emendation
- Ulysses 099.03: "And how is Dick, the solid man?"
