Haldane is said to have replied, that the Creator had "an inordinate fondness for beetles.". From Wordnik.com. [Full disclosure (sort of) ...] Reference
He concludes that Haldane is the likely source of exactly the phrase "inordinate fondness for beetles" or something similar. From Wordnik.com. [Full disclosure (sort of) ...] Reference
He reluctantly concluded that there is a serious problem here, now known as Haldane’s Dilemma. From Wordnik.com. [Haldane's non-dilemma - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
"Haldane," they exclaimed, "you are much too entertaining a fellow for one to meet when there's a train to be caught.". From Wordnik.com. [A Knight of the Nineteenth Century] Reference
Haldane, and get my sextant for me, there's a good chap!. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea] Reference
"But you don't call Irving Shakespeare, Haldane, do ye?". From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea] Reference
Haldane, the sister of R.B. Haldane, no lady could work. From Wordnik.com. [Three Guineas] Reference
Haldane and Lieut. The former was captured in the Armoured. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland] Reference
I had never happened to meet Haldane before, and I found him the. From Wordnik.com. [The Secrets of the German War Office] Reference
"Well, young Haldane!" exclaimed old Mr Stokes, whom I found with. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea] Reference
I also knew of a secret visit Churchill and Haldane had made at the. From Wordnik.com. [The Secrets of the German War Office] Reference
Haldane, who came to America to attend a meeting of the American Bar. From Wordnik.com. [The Menorah Journal, Volume 1, 1915] Reference
"It's a bad sign his having no fayling there, Haldane," whispered the. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea] Reference
The engine reached Estcourt, but Captain Haldane was not so fortunate. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland] Reference
Haldane offered his thoughts on how to deal punitively with a village. From Wordnik.com. ['Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization'] Reference
"We want to go all we can just now, to overhaul that ship Haldane saw.". From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea] Reference
Haldane, formerly English Minister of War, and with him countless other. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index] Reference
"There, Haldane," said Captain Applegarth, pointing over the taffrail at. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea] Reference
Haldane mumbled something that sounded like "that is very satisfactory.". From Wordnik.com. [The Secrets of the German War Office] Reference
It was obvious in the way Churchill was staring across the table at Haldane. From Wordnik.com. [The Secrets of the German War Office] Reference
And Waechter's eyes turned from him to Heeringen, to Haldane; then he spoke. From Wordnik.com. [The Secrets of the German War Office] Reference
"Faith, ye look quite skeared, Haldane, jist as if ye'd sane a ghoast, sure!". From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea] Reference
"By Jove, Haldane!" cried Stoddart, who was a man of action if ever there was one. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea] Reference
"Where did you last sight the ship, Haldane?" he said, turning round abruptly to me. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea] Reference
"Haldane pulls no punches," Fisher said in a clear endorsement of Haldane's arguments. From Wordnik.com. [Another Top Fed Official Calls For U.S. To Break Up Megabanks] Reference
"Are they quite helpless, do you think, Haldane -- I mean quite unable to climb up the side?". From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea] Reference
"Do you know," he asked abruptly, "if the German Emperor ever communicates with Viscount Haldane?". From Wordnik.com. [The Secrets of the German War Office] Reference
Haldane and Wright, some of which have left legacies on the subsequent development of the subject. From Wordnik.com. [Population Genetics] Reference
Haldane and Mr. Winston Churchill -- it seems hard luck that Le Mesurier should have received nothing. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland] Reference
Captain Haldane could realise the danger, they were among the men, and he had no course open but to surrender. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland] Reference
But the adventures of Captain Haldane and his non-commissioned companion reveal yet more of daring and endurance. From Wordnik.com. [With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back] Reference
"There is something in that, certainly, Haldane," answered the skipper, wavering a little, I thought, in his ideas. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea] Reference
French President, while the negotiations, commenced by Haldane, between Berlin and London were being carried on, had undertaken, in. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
Directly afterwards he was set on by the enemy and made a prisoner, in company with two brave officers, Captain Haldane and Lieutenant. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
Haldane, the old lady got on well enough for a good many scores of years -- I'd be sorry to say how many -- without their precious help!. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea] Reference
Captain Wyllie and Tod were taken up on the tender, and the engine went on some distance farther, when Captain Haldane of the Gordons and. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
"Why, Haldane, what's the matter with you, my lad?" he said in a joking way, "You seem all of a tremble; and, by George, you grip tight!". From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea] Reference
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