He warded off the evil hour that seemed approaching, he infused vigour into our arms, he taught the nation to speak again as England used to speak to foreign powers . . . Pitt, on entering upon administration, had found the nation at the lowest ebb in point of power and reputation . . . France, who meant to be feared, was feared heartily . . . They were willing to trust that France would be so good as to ruin us by inches.
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The book also examines the personal, cultural and scientific aspects of PTSD . The " Times Literary Supplement " said the book, " Conveys the mysteries of trauma in a way that is unsurpassed in the literature, " adding that it is " the most important book published on the subject in this century . " David Brooks, the " New York Times " columnist wrote that " The Evil Hours " " reminded me why I wanted to be a writer in the first place.
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Hunter noted that " there has been endless variety in the form in which this name has been written . " He criticised Malone and Steevens, writing that " in an evil hour they agreed, for no apparent reason, to abolish the e in the first syllable . " Hunter argued that there were probably two pronunciations of the name, a Warwickshire version and a London version, so that " the poet himself might be called by his honest neighbours at Stratford and Shottery, Mr . Shaxper, while his friends in London honoured him, as we know historically they did, with the more stately name of Shakespeare . " Kathman argues that while it is possible that different pronunciations existed, there is no good reason to think so on the basis of spelling variations.
