Famous quotes containing the words van and/or hest:
“On the farm I had learned how to meet realities without suffering either mentally or physically. My initiative had never been blunted. I had freedom to succeed—freedom to fail. Life on the farm produces a kind of toughness.”
—Bertha Van Hoosen (1863–1952)
“Ferdinand. I do beseech you—
Chiefly that I may set it in my prayers—
What is your name?
Miranda. Miranda.—O my father,
I have broke your hest to say so.
Ferdinand. Admired Miranda,
Indeed the top of admiration! worth
What’s dearest to the world!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)