2) 1540. Gideon Hausner. Simpson s Contemporary Quotations. 1988
...NUMBER: 1540 AUTHOR: Gideon Hausner QUOTATION: No one can demand that you be neutral toward the crime of genocide. If there is a judge in the whole world who can...

3) 1540. William Shakespeare. Hamlet. 1564-1616. Bartlett, John, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.
...NUMBER: 1540 AUTHOR: William Shakespeare (1564–1616) QUOTATION: Every man has business and desire, Such as it is. ATTRIBUTION: Hamlet. Act i. Sc. 5. [text] WORKS:...

4) 1540-41. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...1540-41 Pedro de Valdivia (c. 1498-1553), with a contingent of Spaniards and Peruvian Indians, penetrated the fertile central valley of Chile and founded Santiago...

5) 1540. From "The Birth of Galahad" by Richard Hovey. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900
...What were there to say? I should close my eyes and smile, 5 And my soul would be Like the peace of summer noons Beside the sea....

6) 1540. Henry David Thoreau (1817-62). Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989
...Henry David Thoreau (1817-62) Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved...

7) Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Montgomery, Alexander
...(b. Hazelhead Castle, Ayrshire, 1540; d. 1607). The Cherrie and the Slae (1597); The Mindes Melody (1605); and The Flyting Betwixt Montgomerie and Polwart (1629)....

8) Rich, Barnabe. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Rich, Barnabe, 1540-1620, English author and soldier. He wrote several collections of prose fiction based on Italian novellas, including The Strange and the Wonderful...

9) Painter, William. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Painter, William, 1540?-1594, English translator. His Palace of Pleasure (1566-67)-a collection of translations from Boccaccio, the Heptameron, and many other sources-was...

10) Alarcon, Hernando de. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Alarcón, Hernando de, (arnan´do da alarkon´) (KEY) , fl. 1540, Spanish explorer in the Southwest. He was given command of a fleet that was supposed to support the...