George Colman the Younger
Appearance
George Colman (October 21, 1762 – October 17, 1836), known as "the Younger," was an English dramatist and miscellaneous writer, and son of George Colman "the Elder".
Quotes
[edit]- Mum's the word.
- The Battle of Hexham (1789), act II, sc. i
- My father was an eminent button maker — but I had a soul above buttons — I panted for a liberal profession.
- Sylvester Daggerwood (1795), act I, sc. x
- Praise the bridge that carried you over.
- The Heir at Law (1797), act I, sc. i
- Lord help you! Tell ’em Queen Anne's dead.
- The Heir at Law (1797), act I, sc. i
- 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), act I, sc. ii
- Not to be sneezed at.
- The Heir at Law (1797), act II, sc. i
- On their own merits modest men are dumb.
- The Heir at Law (1797), Epilogue
- Like two single gentlemen rolled into one.
- "Lodgings for Single Gentlemen", in My Night-gown and Slippers (1797)
- But when ill indeed,
E'en dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.- "Lodgings for Single Gentlemen"
- 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.- "The Newcastle Apothecary", in My Night-gown and Slippers (1797)
- 'Tis a very fine thing to be father-in-law
To a very magnificent three-tailed Bashaw!- Blue Beard (1798), act II, sc. v
- Thank you, good sir, I owe you one.
- The Poor Gentleman (1801), act I, sc. 2
- Oh, Miss Bailey! Unfortunate Miss Bailey!
- Love Laughs at Locksmiths (1803), act II, Song
- Says he, 'I am a handsome man, but I'm a gay deceiver.'
- Love Laughs at Locksmiths (1803), act II, Song
- His heart runs away with his head.
- Who Wants a Guinea? (1805), act I, sc. i
- And what's impossible can't be,
And never, never comes to pass.- "The Maid of the Moor", in The Belfast Monthly Magazine, vol. 6, no. 35 (1811), p. 481, col. 2
- Three stories high, long, dull, and old,
As great lords' stories often are.- "The Maid of the Moor"
- 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), canto II, st. xviii
- Mynheer Vandunck, though he never was drunk,
Sipped brandy and water gayly.- "Mynheer Vandunck", in The Minerva, vol. 1, no. 14 (13 July 1822), p. 109, col. 3: old spelling "gaily"
- 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 flutes and hautboys. Johnson hewed passages through the Alps, while Gibbon levelled walks through parks and gardens.
- Random Records (1830), vol. 1, p. 122
External links
[edit]- Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919), p. 454