Word: hellingly
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...stuff!" remarked a student on June third as he finished his report comparing Milton's Hell with Dante's inferno...
...Hoover is hell on statistics." (The phrase is current). He found that the Bureau of Census belonged to his Department, and now he is even counting the fish...
Henry Mayo Bateman, cartoonist for Punch: " Visiting Manhattan, I exclaimed: ' Your girls are dynamic, your humor stimulating, your skyscrapers magnificent, your traffic terrifying, your bathrooms overwhelming and your Broadway electrifying. When I want a trip to Hell, I simply enter the subway. I never dreamed there was a place where a man could put out people's eyes, smash them in the jaw, knock them down, kick them about and throttle them to his heart's content without anybody minding it in the least. It is a spiritual panacea, absolutely...
Recently people have neglected a subject which was once considered quite important. In the dashes to the poles and the outer layers of the terrestrial atmosphere, hell has been left severely alone, and some hardy folk have even denied its existence. But after a long investigation, Dr. Boutz of Munich, who apparently has not lost interest, has decided that hell is at the center of the earth. This, of course, accounts for the volcanoes, which are simply safety valves to protect future inmates, and also for the earthquakes, which are due to the "daily dozens" of the present residents...
Blanche Bates: "While I was acting at the Broad Street Theatre in Philadelphia a fire panic almost started. Said I to the audience: ' There's no fire in this theatre, and what the hell would you do if there were ? Hold up your hands, all who are going to stay.' And they held them...