“And the hall is lone, and the hall is drear,
For the smiling of woman shineth not here.”
The Improvisatrice (1824)
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English poet and novelist 1802–1838Related quotes
“In the Halls of Justice, the only justice is in the halls.”
Lenny Bruce (1925–1966) comedian and social critic
Lenny Brucehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5241370.stm
“Chapman & Hall
Swore not at all.
Mr Chapman's yea was yea,
And Mr Hall's nay was nay.”
Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875–1956) British writer
Clerihews: More Biography (1929)
“Such is the custom of Branksome Hall.”
Walter Scott The Lay of the Last Minstrel
Canto I, stanza 7.
The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805)
Philip Larkin book The Less Deceived
Source: The Less Deceived (1955), Lines on a Young Lady's Photograph Album
“Common sense still lingers in Westminster Hall.”
William Henry Maule (1788–1858) British politician
Crosse v. Seaman (1851), 11 C. B. 525.
“An epigram is only a wisecrack that's played at Carnegie Hall.”
Oscar Levant (1906–1972) American comedian, composer, pianist and actor
As quoted in Coronet Magazine (September 1968).
“T is merry in hall
Where beards wag all.”
Thomas Tusser (1524–1580) English poet
"August's Abstract". Compare: "Merry swithe it is in halle, When the beards waveth alle", Life of Alexander, 1312; (author unknown, but earlier wrongly attributed to Adam Davie, who had elsewhere written "Swithe mury hit is in halle, When burdes waiven alle").
A Hundred Points of Good Husbandry (1557)