Thursday, December 12, 2013
Bunch Grass Porcupine in Snow
"And each particular hair to stand on end, / Like quills upon the fretful porpentine. -Wm. Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 5.
This phrase is the first printed sorce of the expression "hair stand on end". Thank you for that fine image and coinage, Mr. Shakespeare.
Posted by CALL at 12:59 AM
Labels: grass, photo, porcupine, porpentine, Shakespeare, snow
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