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About George Colman the Younger
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".
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“Not to be sneezed at.”
“Thank you, good sir, I owe you one.”
“On their own merits modest men are dumb.”
“Oh, Miss Bailey! Unfortunate Miss Bailey!”
“Says he, 'I am a handsome man, but I'm a gay deceiver.'”
“But when ill indeed,
E'en dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.”
E'en dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.”
“Three stories high, long, dull, and old,
As great lords' stories often are.”
As great lords' stories often are.”
“Mynheer Vandunck, though he never was drunk,
Sipped brandy and water gayly.”
Sipped brandy and water gayly.”
“'Tis a very fine thing to be father-in-law
To a very magnificent three-tailed Bashaw!”
To a very magnificent three-tailed Bashaw!”
“My father was an eminent button maker — but I had a soul above buttons — I panted for a liberal profession.”
“As the lone Angler, patient man,
At Mewry-Water, or the Banne,
Leaves off, against his placid wish,
Impaling worms to torture fish”
At Mewry-Water, or the Banne,
Leaves off, against his placid wish,
Impaling worms to torture fish”
“Oh, London is a fine town,
A very famous city,
Where all the streets are paved with gold,
And all the maidens pretty.”
A very famous city,
Where all the streets are paved with gold,
And all the maidens pretty.”
“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.”
He wrote this verse;
Which one would think was clear enough,
And terse:—
When taken,
To be well shaken.”
“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.”
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George Colman the Younger on Merit 2 quotes
“On their own merits modest men are dumb.”
George Colman the Younger on Debt
“I owe you one.”
George Colman the Younger on Words
“Mum's the word.”
George Colman the Younger on Medicine
“When taken To be well shaken.”
George Colman the Younger on Gratitude
George Colman the Younger on Nature
George Colman the Younger on Impossibility
George Colman the Younger on Illness
“But when ill indeed, E'en dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.”
George Colman the Younger on Monarchy
“'Tis a very fine thing to be father-in-law To a very magnificent three-tailed bashaw.”
George Colman the Younger on Soul
“My father was an eminent button-maker at Birmingham,… but I had a soul above buttons.”
George Colman the Younger on Foppery
“I marched the lobby, twirled my stick, * * * * * The girls all cried, "He's quite the kick."”
George Colman the Younger on Moon
George Colman the Younger on Public speaking
“I asked of my dear friend Orator Prig: "What's the first part of oratory?" He said, "A great, wig." "And what is the second?" Then, dancing a jig And bowing profoundly, he said, "A great wig." "And what is the third?" Then he snored like a pig, And puffing his cheeks out, he replied, "A great wig."”
About George Colman the Younger
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".