William S. Gilbert: Idézetek angolul
The Mikado (1885)
Final chorus, concluding lines.
Utopia Limited (1893)
The Gondoliers (1889)
The first Lord's Song (from HMS Pinafore).
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
"Unappreciated Shakespeare", Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, Christmas Number, 9 December 1882.
The tangled Skein.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“I've jibe and joke,
And quip and crank,
For lowly folk
And men of rank.”
The Yeomen of the Guard (1888)
Final chorus.
Utopia Limited (1893)
“Ah, take one consideration with another
A policeman's lot is not a happy one!”
The Policeman's Lot (from The Pirates of Penzance).
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Act I
Patience (1881)
“As innocent as a new-laid egg.”
W. S. Gilbert Engaged
Engaged.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
The Englishman (from HMS Pinafore).
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Roll on, thou ball, roll on
Through pathless realms of space,
Roll on!”
To the Terrestrial Globe.
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