“The books of hawking assign to the different ranks of persons the sort of hawks proper to be used by them: and they are placed in the following order”
The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England (1801), Rank of hunting birds
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Queen Victoria, concerned about the sparrows that had nested in the roof of the partly finished Crystal Palace, asked Wellington's advice as to how to get rid of them. Wellington’s reply was succinct and to the point, Sparrow-hawks, Ma'am. He was right, by the time the Crystal Palace was opened by the Queen in 1851, they had all gone!
Source: Historic UK http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Duke-of-Wellington/
“Watch people like a hawk, and when they do something good, tell them.”
Personality Lectures
“We are not afraid of the owl, we are the hawks.”
Source: Aşıkpaşoğlu History (Prepared: Atsız), 79
“The dove is not a coward to fear the hawk; it is simply wise.”
The Midwich Cuckoos (1957), ch 16 - p.147 [Zellaby]
“I'm a hawk— but no kamikaze. And Jim's a dove— but he's not chicken.”
On Jim Prior, Shadow Employment Secretary, in a speech to the Conservative Party Conference (October, 1977).
Tebbit, p. 196.
“I think hawking is the nearest thing to flying in this world.”
The Gentle Falcon (1957)
Context: I think hawking is the nearest thing to flying in this world. There you sit high up and poised light as air, the horse swift beneath you. You unhood your bird, let the jesses go and watch your falcon, its bells a-jingle, like some wild spirit take the air … and your own spirit goes with it. <!-- p. 51
“In Washington they have their hawks and doves and in Ottawa we have our parrots.”
In response to Canadians policy on the Vietnam War, House of Commons, "Debates", 13 February 1967.
“In this world of ours, the sparrow must live like a hawk if he is to fly at all.”
