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Richard Harris Barham Quotes (1788-1845)
Author, Poet, Novelist
About Richard Harris Barham
Richard Harris Barham (6 December 1788 – 17 June 1845) was an English novelist, humorous poet, and priest in the Church of England. He was known generally by his pseudonym Thomas Ingoldsby and as the author of The Ingoldsby Legends.
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“A servant's too often a negligent elf;
If it's business of consequence, Do it yourself!”
If it's business of consequence, Do it yourself!”
“Now haste ye, my handmaidens, haste and see
How he sits there and glow'rs with his head on his knee!”
How he sits there and glow'rs with his head on his knee!”
“And six little Singing-boys,—dear little souls!
In nice clean faces, and nice white stoles,
Came in order due,
Two by two,
Marching that grand refectory through.”
In nice clean faces, and nice white stoles,
Came in order due,
Two by two,
Marching that grand refectory through.”
“His eye so dim,
So wasted each limb,
That, heedless of grammar, they all cried, “That’s him!
That’s the scamp that has done this scandalous thing!
That’s the thief that has got my Lord Cardinal’s Ring!””
So wasted each limb,
That, heedless of grammar, they all cried, “That’s him!
That’s the scamp that has done this scandalous thing!
That’s the thief that has got my Lord Cardinal’s Ring!””
“Though I 've always consider'd Sir Christopher Wren,
As an architect, one of the greatest of men;
And, — talking of Epitaphs, — much I admire his
"Circumspice, si Monumentum requiris;"
Which an erudite Verger translated to me,
" If you ask for his Monument, Sir-come-spy-see!"”
As an architect, one of the greatest of men;
And, — talking of Epitaphs, — much I admire his
"Circumspice, si Monumentum requiris;"
Which an erudite Verger translated to me,
" If you ask for his Monument, Sir-come-spy-see!"”
“The Cardinal rose with a dignified look,
He call’d for his candle, his bell, and his book:
In holy anger, and pious grief,
He solemnly curs’d that rascally thief!
He curs’d him at board, he curs’d him in bed,
From the sole of his foot to the crown of his head!
He curs’d him in sleeping, that every night
He should dream of the devil, and wake in a fright;
He curs’d him in eating, he curs’d him in drinking,
He curs’d him in coughing, in sneezing, in winking;
He curs’d him in sitting, in standing, in lying;
He curs’d him in walking, in riding, in flying;
He curs’d him in living, he curs’d him in dying!
Never was heard such a terrible curse!
But what gave rise
To no little surprise,
Nobody seem’d one penny the worse!”
He call’d for his candle, his bell, and his book:
In holy anger, and pious grief,
He solemnly curs’d that rascally thief!
He curs’d him at board, he curs’d him in bed,
From the sole of his foot to the crown of his head!
He curs’d him in sleeping, that every night
He should dream of the devil, and wake in a fright;
He curs’d him in eating, he curs’d him in drinking,
He curs’d him in coughing, in sneezing, in winking;
He curs’d him in sitting, in standing, in lying;
He curs’d him in walking, in riding, in flying;
He curs’d him in living, he curs’d him in dying!
Never was heard such a terrible curse!
But what gave rise
To no little surprise,
Nobody seem’d one penny the worse!”
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Richard Harris Barham on Dogs
“He was such a dear little cock-tailed pup.”
About Richard Harris Barham
Richard Harris Barham (6 December 1788 – 17 June 1845) was an English novelist, humorous poet, and priest in the Church of England. He was known generally by his pseudonym Thomas Ingoldsby and as the author of The Ingoldsby Legends.