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| − | * '''Behold a proof of Irish sense!''' from Jonathan Swift's ''Epigram on the Magazine'' satirizing the building of the Magazine fort in the Phoenix Park: “Behold a proof of Irish sense! Here Irish wit is seen! Where nothing’s left that’s worth defence, they build a magazine.” | + | * '''Behold a proof of Irish sense!''' from Jonathan Swift's ''Epigram on the Magazine'' satirizing the building of the Magazine fort in the Phoenix Park: “Behold a proof of Irish sense! Here Irish wit is seen! Where nothing’s left that’s worth defence, they build a magazine.” → Swift was the author of ''Gulliver's Travels'', whose image of Gulliver as a sleeping giant on the Lilliputian shore informs this passage |
| − | * '''Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of themselves:''' Lewis Carroll, ''Through the Looking Glass'' | + | * '''Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of themselves:''' Lewis Carroll, ''Through the Looking Glass'', punning on the proverb ''Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves'' |
* '''behove:''' to be fit, right or necessary | * '''behove:''' to be fit, right or necessary | ||
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| + | * '''hoved:''' (''Danish'') head → [[Howth|Howth Head]] derives its name from this word | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:06, 2 July 2012
- Behold a proof of Irish sense! from Jonathan Swift's Epigram on the Magazine satirizing the building of the Magazine fort in the Phoenix Park: “Behold a proof of Irish sense! Here Irish wit is seen! Where nothing’s left that’s worth defence, they build a magazine.” → Swift was the author of Gulliver's Travels, whose image of Gulliver as a sleeping giant on the Lilliputian shore informs this passage
- Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of themselves: Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass, punning on the proverb Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves
- behove: to be fit, right or necessary
- hoved: (Danish) head → Howth Head derives its name from this word
