John Home Quotes

Rev John Home FRSE was a Scottish minister, soldier and author. His play Douglas was a standard Scottish school text until the Second World War, but his work is now largely neglected. In 1783 he was one of the joint founders of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Wikipedia  

✵ 22. September 1722 – 5. September 1808
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Famous John Home Quotes

“I'll woo her as the lion wooes his brides.”

Act i, scene 1.
Douglas (first performed 1756)

“A rude and boisterous captain of the sea.”

Act iv, scene 1.
Douglas (first performed 1756)

“In the first days
Of my distracting grief, I found myself
As women wish to be who love their lords.”

Act i, scene 1.
Douglas (first performed 1756)

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