Hors

Famous quotes containing the word hors:

“[I]n our country economy, letter writing is an hors d’oeuvre. It is no part of the regular routine of the day.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

“A clerk ther was of Oxenford also
That unto logyk hadde longe ygo.
As leene was his hors as is a rake,
And he nas nat right fat, I undertake,
But looked holwe, and therto sobrely.”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

“Short was his gowne, with sleves longe and wyde.
Wel koude he sitte on hors and faire ryde.”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)