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Theodore Hook

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Also known as Theodore Edward Hook

British writer

Person · Open Library

Works
16

Top works

  • Choice Humorous Works, Ludicrous Adventures, Bons Mots, Puns, and Hoaxes of Theodore Hook
  • Peter Priggins, the College Scout - Volume Ii
  • Tekeli : or, The Siege of Montgatz : a Melo Drama, in Three Acts
  • Maxwell; VOL. III
  • Killing No Murder

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Country
US
Active from
1968
Active to
1985

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Quotes

  • An arch wag has declar'd, that he truly can say Why the Prince did not lay the first stone t'other day: The Restrictions prevented — the reason is clear; The Regent can't meddle in making a pier.
  • Shelley styles his new poem "Prometheus Unbound," And 'tis like to remain so while time circles round; For surely an age would be spent in the finding A reader so weak as to pay for the binding!
  • When Anacreon would fight, as the poets have said,    A reverse he display'd in his vapour, For while all his poems were loaded with lead,    His pistols were loaded with paper. For excuses, Anacreon old custom may thank,    Such a salvo he should not abuse, For the cartridge, by rule, is always made blank,    That is fired away at Reviews.
  • Two Miltons in separate ages were born:    The cleverer Milton 'tis clear we have got, Though the other had talents the world to adorn,    This lives by his mews, which the other could not!
  • This pair in matrimony    Go most unequal snacks: He gets all the Honey,    And she gets all the whacks.
  • Cease, ye Etonians! and no more With rival wits contend: Feathers, we know, will float in air, And bubbles will ascend.

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date of birth
1788-01-01
date of death
1841-01-01
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Theodore Hook
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Works in European collections

9 objects attributed to Theodore Hook, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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