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Haydn, Franz Joseph
1732–1809
1732–1809
1
But all the world understands my language.
on being advised by Mozart, in 1790, not to visit England because he knew too little of the world and too few languages
But all the world understands my language.
on being advised by Mozart, in 1790, not to visit England because he knew too little of the world and too few languages
Rosemary Hughes
Haydn
(1950) ch. 6
Hayes, Alfred
1911–85
1911–85
1
I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night
Alive as you and me.
Says I, "But Joe, you're ten years dead."
"I never died," says he.
I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night
Alive as you and me.
Says I, "But Joe, you're ten years dead."
"I never died," says he.
"I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night" (1936 song)
Hayes, J. Milton
1884–1940
1884–1940
1
There's a one-eyed yellow idol to the north of Khatmandu,
There's a little marble cross below the town,
There's a broken-hearted woman tends the grave of Mad Carew,
And the Yellow God forever gazes down.
There's a one-eyed yellow idol to the north of Khatmandu,
There's a little marble cross below the town,
There's a broken-hearted woman tends the grave of Mad Carew,
And the Yellow God forever gazes down.
The Green Eye of the Yellow God
(1911)
Hazlitt, William
1778–1830
1778–1830
1
His sayings are generally like women's letters; all the pith is in the postscript.
of Charles Lamb
He talked on for ever; and you wished him to talk on for ever.
of Coleridge
There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they will not let you have it.
We can scarcely hate any one that we know.
Well, I've had a happy life.
His sayings are generally like women's letters; all the pith is in the postscript.
of Charles Lamb
Conversations of James Northcote
(1826–7)
He talked on for ever; and you wished him to talk on for ever.
of Coleridge
Lectures on the English Poets
(1818) "On the Living Poets"
There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they will not let you have it.
The Round Table
(1817) "Observations on Mr Wordsworth's Poem
The Excursion
"
We can scarcely hate any one that we know.
Table Talk
vol. 2 (1822) "On Criticism"
Well, I've had a happy life.
W. C. Hazlitt
Memoirs of William Hazlitt
(1867)
Head, Bessie
1937–86
1937–86
1
And if the white man thought that Asians were a low, filthy nation, Asians could still smile with relief—at least, they were not Africans. And if the white man thought that Africans were a low, filthy nation, Africans in southern Africa could still smile—at least, they were not bushmen. They all have their monsters.
And if the white man thought that Asians were a low, filthy nation, Asians could still smile with relief—at least, they were not Africans. And if the white man thought that Africans were a low, filthy nation, Africans in southern Africa could still smile—at least, they were not bushmen. They all have their monsters.
Maru
(1971) pt. 1
Healey, Denis
1917–
1917–
1
Like being savaged by a dead sheep.
on being criticized by Geoffrey Howe in the House of Commons
Like being savaged by a dead sheep.
on being criticized by Geoffrey Howe in the House of Commons
in the House of Commons, 14 June 1978
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