Chapter HEAVEN to HISTORY of Index by Grocott's Quotations - Alpha

HERMIT.—Far in a wild, unknown to public view,
From youth to age a reverend hermit grew;
The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell,
His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well,
Remote from man, with God he pass’d the days;
Prayer all his business—all his pleasure praise.

Parnell.—The Hermit.

HERO.—No man is a hero to his valet.

French Saying.

His mien, his speech,
Were sweetly simple—
But, when the matter match’d his mighty mind,
Up rose the hero; on his piercing eye
Sat observation; on each glance of thought
Decision followed.

Home.—Douglas, Act III. Scene 1.

HEROD.—It outherods Herod: pray you, avoid it.

Shakespeare.—Hamlet, Act III. Scene 2. (Hamlet to the Players.)

HEROES.—Heroes are much the same, the point’s agreed,
From Macedonia’s madman to the Swede.

Pope.—Essay on Man, Epi. IV. Line 219.

HESPERUS—Oh, Hesperus! thou bringest all good things—
Home to the weary, to the hungry cheer—
Whate’er our household gods protect of dear,
Are gather’d round us by thy look of rest;
Thou bring’st the child, too, to the mother’s breast.

Byron.—Don Juan, Canto III. Stanza 107.

HILLS.—Hills peep o’er hills; and alps on alps arise!

Pope.—On Criticism, Line 232.

HINDER.—They hinder one another in the crowd,
And none are heard, whilst all would speak aloud.

Cowley.—To the Bishop of Lincoln.

HINDMOST.—The race by vigour, not by vaunts is won,
So take the hindmost h—, he said, and run.

Pope.—The Dunciad, Book II. Line 60.

Then horn for horn they stretch an’ strive,
Deil tak’ the hindmost! on they drive,
Till a’ their weel-swall’d kytes belyve
Are bent like drums.

Burns.—To a Haggis, Verse 4.

HINT.—Upon this hint I spake.

Shakespeare.—Othello, Act I. Scene 3. (Othello’s Vindication.)

HIP.—I’ll have our Michael Cassio on the hip.

Shakespeare.—Othello, Act II. Scene 1. (Iago plotting against the Moor and Cassio.)

HISS.—A dismal universal hiss, the sound of public scorn.

Milton.—Paradise Lost, Book X.