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“Against our wills, papa—against our wills!”

W. S. Gilbert

The Pirates of Penzance (1879)

“Yes, but you don't go!”

W. S. Gilbert

The Pirates of Penzance (1879)

“On a tree by a river a little tomtit
Sang "Willow, titwillow, titwillow"
And I said to him, "Dicky-bird, why do you sit
Singing ‘Willow, titwillow, titwillow?'.
"Is it weakness of intellect, birdie?" I cried,
"Or a rather tough worm in your little inside?"”

W. S. Gilbert

With a shake of his poor little head he replied,
"Oh, Willow, titwillow, titwillow!"
The Suicide's Grave (from The Mikado).
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“In spite of all temptations
To belong to other nations,
He remains an Englishman!”

W. S. Gilbert

H.M.S. Pinafore (1878)
Source: 1878, HMS Pinafore, act 2, also quoted in Dictionary of Quotations, p. 354 (2005)

“When I was a lad I served a term
As office boy to an attorney's firm.
I cleaned the wndows and I swept the floor,
And I polished up the handle of the big front door.
I polished up that handle so carefullee
That now I am the Ruler of the Queen's Navee!”

W. S. Gilbert

H.M.S. Pinafore (1878)
Source: 1878, HMS Pinafore, act 2, also quoted in Dictionary of Quotations, p. 353-354 (2005)

“So I fell in love with a rich attorney's Elderly, ugly daughter.”

W. S. Gilbert

Trial by Jury (1875)
Source: 1875, also quoted in Dictionary of Quotations, p. 353 (2005)

“No money, no grovel!”

W. S. Gilbert

Actually an ad-lib introduced by Rutland Barrington when playing the rôle of Pooh-Bah, to the annoyance of Gilbert.
The Mikado (1885)