A regular blog that uses the history of the communities of the Staffordshire Moorlands to illustrate the new
Sunday 23 June 2013
Hell is broke loose
1577 Misogonus I thinke all hell broke loose when thou gatest this poste. 1593 GREENE Friar Bacon Hell's broke loose: your Head speaks; and there is such a thunder and lightening that I warrant all Oxford is up in arms. 1611-12 SHAKESPEARE Tempest Hell is empty and all the devils are here1623 JONSON Time Vind How now! What's here ! Is hell broke loose, 1733 SWIFT Hey what a clattering is here! One would think all hell had broken loose.
http://antiwar.com/blog/2013/06/05/civ-worker-on-afghanistan-id-give-it-18-months-before-all-hell-breaks-loose/
Labels:
Greene,
Jonson,
Shakespeare,
Swift
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