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Hawes, Stephen
d.
c.
1523
d.
c.
1523
1
For though the day be never so long,
At last the bells ringeth to evensong.
For though the day be never so long,
At last the bells ringeth to evensong.
The Pastime of Pleasure
(1509) ch. 42, st. 10
Hawker, R. S.
1803–75
1803–75
1
And have they fixed the where and when?
And shall Trelawny die?
Here's twenty thousand Cornish men
Will know the reason why!
the last three lines have been in existence since the imprisonment by James II, in 1688, of seven bishops, including Trelawny, Bishop of Bristol
And have they fixed the where and when?
And shall Trelawny die?
Here's twenty thousand Cornish men
Will know the reason why!
the last three lines have been in existence since the imprisonment by James II, in 1688, of seven bishops, including Trelawny, Bishop of Bristol
"The Song of the Western Men"
Hawkes, Jacquetta
1910–96
1910–96
1
I was conscious of this vanished being and myself as part of an unbroken stream of consciousness…With an imaginative effort it is possible to see the eternal present in which all days, all the seasons of the plain, stand in enduring unity.
discovering a Neanderthal skeleton
I was conscious of this vanished being and myself as part of an unbroken stream of consciousness…With an imaginative effort it is possible to see the eternal present in which all days, all the seasons of the plain, stand in enduring unity.
discovering a Neanderthal skeleton
in
New York Times Biographical Service
21 March 1996
Hawking, Stephen
1942–
1942–
1
What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe…Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing?
If we find the answer to that [why it is that we and the universe exist], it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason—for then we would know the mind of God.
What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe…Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing?
A Brief History of Time
(1988)
If we find the answer to that [why it is that we and the universe exist], it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason—for then we would know the mind of God.
A Brief History of Time
(1988) ch. 11
Hawthorne, Nathaniel
1804–64
1804–64
1
The scarlet letter.
America is now given over to a damned mob of scribbling women.
The scarlet letter.
title of novel (1850)
America is now given over to a damned mob of scribbling women.
letter, 1855; Caroline Ticknor
Hawthorne and his Publisher
(1913)
Hay, Ian
1876–1952
1876–1952
1
War is hell, and all that, but it has a good deal to recommend it. It wipes out all the small nuisances of peace-time.
What do you mean, funny? Funny-peculiar or funny ha-ha?
War is hell, and all that, but it has a good deal to recommend it. It wipes out all the small nuisances of peace-time.
The First Hundred Thousand
(1915)
What do you mean, funny? Funny-peculiar or funny ha-ha?
The Housemaster
(1938) act 3
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