Typographic Poser | Samuel Garwood |
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James Joyce—
Come forth, Lazarus! But he came fifth and lost the job.
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Alec Guinness, My Name Escapes Me: The Diary of a Retiring Actor. New York: Viking Penguin, 1997, p. 135—
The raising of Lazarus from the dead is the subject of today's Gospel. The current sub-supermarket translation has Christ asking, "Where have you put him?"—as if Lazarus might be a basket, and later, "Lazarus, here! Come out!"—as if calling a terrier digging in a rabbit warren.
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Robert Byrne—
Cogito ergo dim sum: Therefore I think these are pork buns.