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| − | * ''Tom Dick and Harry'' | + | * ''Tom Dick and Harry:'' referring to several randomly-selected people, not necessarily three and not necessarily all men. |
| + | ** A common reference used throughout the ''Wake'' - usually for the three soldiers who witnessed HCE's crime in Phoenix Park. | ||
| + | ** Also HCE, Shaun and Shem | ||
| + | * Tob: short for Tobias or Toby | ||
| + | ** Perhaps '''Tobias Smollett''' (1721 – 11771)a Scottish poet and author. He was best known for his picaresque nove. | ||
| + | * '''Charles Wentworth Dilke''' (1789–1864): an English liberal critic and writer on literature. | ||
| + | * '''Edmond Halley''' (1656 – 1742): an English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist who is best known for computing the orbit of the eponymous Halley's Comet. He was the second Astronomer Royal in Britain. | ||
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Revision as of 11:39, 20 June 2013
- Tom Dick and Harry: referring to several randomly-selected people, not necessarily three and not necessarily all men.
- A common reference used throughout the Wake - usually for the three soldiers who witnessed HCE's crime in Phoenix Park.
- Also HCE, Shaun and Shem
- Tob: short for Tobias or Toby
- Perhaps Tobias Smollett (1721 – 11771)a Scottish poet and author. He was best known for his picaresque nove.
- Charles Wentworth Dilke (1789–1864): an English liberal critic and writer on literature.
- Edmond Halley (1656 – 1742): an English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist who is best known for computing the orbit of the eponymous Halley's Comet. He was the second Astronomer Royal in Britain.
