George Colman le Jeune citations

George Colman est un écrivain anglais. Il est désigné par le Jeune pour le distinguer de son père George Colman l'Ancien.

Il travailla également pour le théâtre et composa entre autres pièces John Bull , l'une des meilleures comédies de l'Angleterre. George IV du Royaume-Uni l'admettait dans sa familiarité, ainsi que Sheridan. Wikipedia  

✵ 21. octobre 1762 – 17. octobre 1836
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George Colman le Jeune: 11 citations0 J'aime

George Colman le Jeune: Citations en anglais

“I had a soul above buttons.”

George Colman the Younger

Sylvester Daggerwood, or New Hay at the Old Market, Scene 1, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“On their own merits modest men are dumb.”

George Colman the Younger

Epilogue to the Heir at Law, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“Mynheer Vandunck, though he never was drunk,
Sipped brandy and water gayly.”

George Colman the Younger

Mynheer Vandunck, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“When taken,
To be well shaken.”

George Colman the Younger

The Newcastle Apothecary, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“Like two single gentlemen rolled into one.”

George Colman the Younger

Lodgings for Single Gentlemen, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“And what 's impossible can't be,
And never, never comes to pass.”

George Colman the Younger

The Maid of the Moor, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“O Miss Bailey!
Unfortunate Miss Bailey!”

George Colman the Younger

Love laughs at Locksmiths, Act ii, Song, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“But when ill indeed,
E'en dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.”

George Colman the Younger

Lodgings for Single Gentlemen, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“Thank you, good sir, I owe you one.”

George Colman the Younger

The Poor Gentleman, Act I, Scene 2, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“T is a very fine thing to be father-in-law
To a very magnificent three-tailed Bashaw!”

George Colman the Younger

Blue Beard, Act ii, Scene 5, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“Three stories high, long, dull, and old,
As great lords' stories often are.”

George Colman the Younger

The Maid of the Moor, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

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