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"Why similarly, why differently?
Similarly, because actuated by a secret purpose: the quest of a new male (Mullingar student) or of a healing herb (valerian). Differently, because of different possible returns to the inhabitants or to the habitation. In other respects were their differences similar? In passivity, in economy, in the instinct of tradition, in unexpectedness. As? Inasmuch as leaning she sustained her blond hair for him to ribbon it for her (cf neckarching cat)." (U17.889) |
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"Moreover, on the free surface of the lake in Stephen's green amid inverted reflections of trees her uncommented spit, describing concentric circles of waterrings" (U17.897) |
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"indicated by the constancy of its permanence the locus of a somnolent prostrate fish (cf mousewatching cat)." (U17.899) |
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"Furthermore, Silly Milly, she dreamed of having had an unspoken unremembered conversation with a horse whose name had been Joseph to whom (which) she had offered a tumblerful of lemonade which it (he) had appeared to have accepted (cf hearthdreaming cat)." (U17.903) |
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"Hence, in passivity, in economy, in the instinct of tradition, in unexpectedness, their differences were similar." (U17.906) |
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"In what way had he utilised gifts (1) an owl, 2) a clock), given as matrimonial auguries, to interest and to instruct her?
As object lessons to explain: 1) the nature and habits of oviparous animals, the possibility of aerial flight, certain abnormalities of vision, the secular process of imbalsamation:" (U17.909) |
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"What proposal did Bloom, diambulist, father of Milly, somnambulist, make to Stephen, noctambulist?
To pass in repose the hours intervening between Thursday (proper) and Friday (normal) on an extemporised cubicle in the apartment immediately above the kitchen and immediately adjacent to the sleeping apartment of his host and hostess." (U17.929) |
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"To what inconsequent polysyllabic question of his host did the guest return a monosyllabic negative answer?
If he had known the late Mrs Emily Sinico, accidentally killed at Sydney Parade railway station, 14 October 1903." (U17.945) A Mme Sinico, singer, photographed in Dublin in the late 19c. |
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"What rendered problematic for Bloom the realisation of these mutually selfexcluding propositions?
The irreparability of the past: once at a performance of Albert Hengler's circus in the Rotunda, Rutland Square, Dublin," (U17.973) |
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"an intuitive particoloured clown in quest of paternity had penetrated from the ring to a place in the auditorium where Bloom, solitary, was seated" (U17.976)
From a Dublin guidebook (1895): "The Rotunda [hospital] has 5 concert rooms of various sizes, and in these from time to time negro minstrel entertainments are given, dioramas are exhibited, and conjurors perform. There is also a large circus building attached, where the Charles Hengler troupe has generally appeared for about 2 months or more each summer." This 19c. photo, by Robinson on Grafton street, shows 3 Dublin clowns. |
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"inevitable accidents at sea, in mines and factories:" (U17.1000) |
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"of the moon invisible in incipient lunation, approaching perigee:" (U17.1042) |
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"of the infinite lattiginous scintillating uncondensed milky way," (U17.1043) |
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"of Sirius (alpha in Canis Maior) 10 lightyears (57,000,000,000,000 miles) distant and in volume 900 times the dimension of our planet:" (U17.1046) |
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"of Orion with belt and sextuple sun theta and nebula in which 100 of our solar systems could be contained:" (U17.1049) |