21 quotes
Praise the bridge that carried you over.
The Heir at Law (1797)
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
The Heir at Law (1797)
Like two single gentlemen rolled into one.
And what's impossible can't be,
And never, never comes to pass.
'Tis a very fine thing to be father-in-law
To a very magnificent three-tailed Bashaw!
Blue Beard (1798)
All argument will vanish before one touch of nature.
Mynheer Vandunck, though he never was drunk,
Sipped brandy and water gayly.
But when ill indeed,
E'en dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.
Says he, 'I am a handsome man, but I'm a gay deceiver.'
Love Laughs at Locksmiths (1803)
I marched the lobby, twirled my stick,
* * * * *
The girls all cried, "He's quite the kick."
Lord help you! Tell ’em Queen Anne's dead.
The Heir at Law (1797)
Three stories high, long, dull, and old,
As great lords' stories often are.
Thank you, good sir, I owe you one.
The Poor Gentleman (1801)
His heart runs away with his head.
Who Wants a Guinea? (1805)
My father was an eminent button maker — but I had a soul above buttons — I panted for a liberal profession.
Sylvester Daggerwood (1795)
Oh, Miss Bailey! Unfortunate Miss Bailey!
Love Laughs at Locksmiths (1803)
Oh, London is a fine town,
A very famous city,
Where all the streets are paved with gold,
And all the maidens pretty.
The Heir at Law (1797)
And, on the label of the stuff,
He wrote this verse;
Which one would think was clear enough,
And terse:—
When taken,
To be well shaken.
My father was an eminent button-maker at Birmingham,… but I had a soul above buttons.
As the lone Angler, patient man,
At Mewry-Water, or the Banne,
Leaves off, against his placid wish,
Impaling worms to torture fish
The Lady of the Wreck (1813)