George Colman the Younger Quotes

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Says he, 'I am a handsome man, but I'm a gay deceiver.'

George Colman the Younger
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.

George Colman the Younger
Three stories high, long, dull, and old,
As great lords' stories often are.

George Colman the Younger
My father was an eminent button maker…but I had a soul above buttons…I panted for a liberal profession.

George Colman the Younger
Johnson's style was grand and Gibbon's elegant; the stateliness of the former was sometimes pedantic, and the polish of the latter was occasionally finical. Johnson marched to kettle-drums and trumpets; Gibbon moved to flute and hautboys: Johnson hewed passages through the Alps, while Gibbon levelled walks through parks and gardens.

George Colman the Younger
Oh, London is a fine town,
A very famous city,
Where all the streets are paved with gold,
And all the maidens pretty.

George Colman the Younger
'T is a very fine thing to be father-in-law
To a very magnificent three-tailed Bashaw!

George Colman the Younger
But when ill indeed,
E'en dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.

George Colman the Younger
Mynheer Vandunck, though he never was drunk,
Sipped brandy and water gayly.

George Colman the Younger
As the lone Angler, patient man,
At Mewry-Water, or the Banne,
Leaves off, against his placid wish,
Impaling worms to torture fish.

George Colman the Younger
And what 's impossible can't be,
And never, never comes to pass.

George Colman the Younger
All argument will vanish before one touch of nature.

George Colman the Younger
The doctor looked wise: — "A slow fever," he said: Prescribed sudorifics, — and going to bed. "Sudorifics in bed," exclaim'd Will, "are humbugs! I've enough of them there, without paying for drugs!"

George Colman the Younger