Thomas Morton (playwright) Quotes (5 quotes)

Works

Speed the Plough

Thomas Morton (playwright)

Speed the Plough

Thomas Morton (playwright)

Thomas Morton (playwright): 5 quotes0 likes

Famous Thomas Morton (playwright) Quotes

“Push on,—keep moving.”

Thomas Morton (playwright)

A Cure for the Heartache (1797), Act II, scene 1.

“Always ding dinging Dame Grundy into my ears - What will Mrs. Grundy say? What will Mrs. Grundy think?”

Thomas Morton (playwright) Speed the Plough

Speed the Plough (1798), Act I, scene i.

“Handy, jun. Zounds, the room's in a blaze!
Sir Abel. Don't say so, Bob.
Handy, jun. What's to be done? Where's your famous preparation for extinguishing flames?
Sir Abel. It is not mixed.
Handy, jun. Where's your fire escape?
Sir Abel. It is not fixed.
Handy, jun. Where's your patent fire engine?
Sir Abel. 'Tis on the road.
Handy, jun. Well, you are never at a loss.
Sir Abel. Never.
Handy, jun. What's to be done?
Sir Abel. I don't know.”

Thomas Morton (playwright) Speed the Plough

Speed the Plough (1798), Act IV, scene iii.

“Approbation from Sir Hubert Stanley is praise indeed.”

Thomas Morton (playwright)

A Cure for the Heartache (1797), Act V, scene ii.

“I eat well, and I drink well, and I sleep well—but that's all.”

Thomas Morton (playwright)

A Roland for an Oliver (1819), Act I, scene i http://books.google.com/books?id=nWtbAAAAQAAJ&q=%22I+eat+well+and+I+drink+well+and+I+sleep+well+but+that's+all%22&pg=PA16#v=onepage.

Similar authors

Walter Scott151

Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet None

Henrik Ibsen69

Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet None

Robert Browning179

English poet and playwright of the Victorian Era None

Jules Verne44

French novelist, poet and playwright None

Emily Brontë151

English novelist and poet None

George Eliot300

English novelist, journalist and translator None

Elizabeth Barrett Browning88

English poet, author None

Jane Austen477

English novelist None

Samuel Taylor Coleridge220

English poet, literary critic and philosopher None

Oscar Wilde812

Irish writer and poet None

Similar authors

Walter Scott151

Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet None

Henrik Ibsen69

Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet None

Robert Browning179

English poet and playwright of the Victorian Era None

Jules Verne44

French novelist, poet and playwright None

Emily Brontë151

English novelist and poet None