John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Henry Carey 1687-1743 John Bartlett
| 1 |
| God save our gracious king! Long live our noble king! God save the king! |
| God save the King. |
| 2 |
| Aldeborontiphoscophornio! Where left you Chrononhotonthologos? |
| Chrononhotonthologos. Act i. Sc. 1. |
| 3 |
| His cogitative faculties immersed In cogibundity of cogitation. |
| Chrononhotonthologos. Act i. Sc. 1. |
| 4 |
| Let the singing singers With vocal voices, most vociferous, In sweet vociferation out-vociferize Even sound itself. |
| Chrononhotonthologos. Act i. Sc. 1. |
| 5 |
| To thee, and gentle Rigdom Funnidos, Our gratulations flow in streams unbounded. |
| Chrononhotonthologos. Act i. Sc. 3. |
| 6 |
| Go call a coach, and let a coach be called; And let the man who calleth be the caller; And in his calling let him nothing call But “Coach! Coach! Coach! Oh for a coach, ye gods!” |
| Chrononhotonthologos. Act ii. Sc. 4. |
| 7 |
| Genteel in personage, Conduct, and equipage; Noble by heritage, Generous and free. |
| The Contrivances. Act i. Sc. 2. |
| 8 |
| What a monstrous tail our cat has got! |
| The Dragon of Wantley. Act ii. Sc. 1. |
| 9 |
| Of all the girls that are so smart, There ’s none like pretty Sally. 1 |
| Sally in our Alley. |
| 10 |
| Of all the days that ’s in the week I dearly love but one day, And that ’s the day that comes betwixt A Saturday and Monday. |
| Sally in our Alley. |
| Note 1. Of all the girls that e’er was seen, There ’s none so fine as Nelly. Jonathan Swift: Ballad on Miss Nelly Bennet. [back] |