“Our Garrick's a salad; for in him we see
Oil, vinegar, sugar, and saltness agree!”
Source: Retaliation (1774), Line 11.
“The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love,
The matron's glance that would those looks reprove.”
Source: The Deserted Village (1770), Line 29.
“Pride in their port, defiance in their eye,
I see the lords of humankind pass by.”
Source: The Traveller (1764), Line 327.
“As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent.”
No. 175, Upon Unfortunate Merit.
The Bee (1759)
“Don't let us make imaginary evils, when you know we have so many real ones to encounter.”
Act I, Scene 1 http://books.google.com/books?id=sZloXETcr24C&q=%22Don't+let+us+make+imaginary+evils+when+you+know+we+have+so+many+real+ones+to+encounter%22&pg=PA21#v=onepage.
The Good-Natured Man (1768)
Variant: A man severe he was, and stern to view;
I knew him well, and every truant knew:
Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace
The day's disasters in his morning face;
Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee,
At all his jokes, for many a joke had he;
Full well the bust whisper, circling round,
Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned;
Yet he was kind; or if severe in aught,
The love he bore to learning was in fault;
The village all declared how much he knew;
'Twas certain he could write, and cipher too.
Source: The Deserted Village (1770), Line 199.
“A flattering painter, who made it his care
To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are.”
Source: Retaliation (1774), Line 63.
Source: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 8, The Hermit (Edwin and Angelina), st. 6-7.
“It seemed to be pretty plain, that they had more of love than matrimony in them.”
Source: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 16.
“The king himself has followed her
When she has walk'd before.”
Elegy on Mrs. Mary Blaize, st. 5.
The Bee (1759)
“This same philosophy is a good horse in the stable, but an arrant jade on a journey.”
Act I.
The Good-Natured Man (1768)
“Baw! Damme, but I'll fight you both, one after the other!
With baskets.”
She Stoops to Conquer (1771), Act IV
Source: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 13.
Act I.
The Good-Natured Man (1768)