
“We burn a hot fire here; it melts down all concealment.”
Deputy Governor Danforth
The Crucible (1953)
"The Battle of New Orleans" (1936)
Context: We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down,
So we grabbed an alligator an' we fought another round.
We filled his head with cannon balls an' powdered his behind,
An' when they touched the powder off, the 'gator lost his mind.
“We burn a hot fire here; it melts down all concealment.”
Deputy Governor Danforth
The Crucible (1953)
"The Battle of New Orleans" (1936)
Context: p>Ole Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise,
If we didn't fire our muskets 'til we looked 'em in the eyes.
We held our fire 'til we seed their faces well,
Then we opened up our squirrel guns an' really gave 'em... well! Yeah, they ran through the briars an' they ran through the brambles
An' they ran through the bushes where the rabbits couldn't go.
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.</p
Ain't Goin' Down, written by Kent Blazy, Kim Williams, and G. Brooks.
Song lyrics, In Pieces (1993)
Richard Roxburgh on Rake, Donald Trump and the 'immeasurable madness' of the nanny state https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/may/17/richard-roxburgh-on-rake-donald-trump-and-the-immeasurable-madness-of-the-nanny-state (May 17, 2016)
From interview with Vreme, May 24, 1993
Interviews (1993 – 1995)
“We shall cut no small figure through the country with our cannon.”
Knox to his wife, on the difficulties of dragging Cannon. Reported in David McCullough, 1776 (2005), p. 83.
“God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road.”
As quoted in obituaries (7 September 1962)
Celebrating the Brexit referendum (24 June 2016)
2016
The Century magazine (1892)