“Against our wills, papa—against our wills!”
The Pirates of Penzance (1879)
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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!”
H.M.S. Pinafore (1878)
Źródło: 1878, HMS Pinafore, act 2, also quoted in Dictionary of Quotations, p. 354 (2005)
H.M.S. Pinafore (1878)
Źródło: 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.”
Trial by Jury (1875)
Źródło: 1875, also quoted in Dictionary of Quotations, p. 353 (2005)
Actually an ad-lib introduced by Rutland Barrington when playing the rôle of Pooh-Bah, to the annoyance of Gilbert.
The Mikado (1885)