John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Richard Brinsley Sheridan. (1751–1816) (continued) |
| 4693 |
| An oyster may be crossed in love. |
| The Critic. Act iii. Sc. 1. |
| 4694 |
| You shall see them on a beautiful quarto page, where a neat rivulet of text shall meander through a meadow of margin. |
| School for Scandal. Act i. Sc. 1. |
| 4695 |
| Here is the whole set! a character dead at every word. |
| School for Scandal. Act ii. Sc. 2. |
| 4696 |
| I leave my character behind me. |
| School for Scandal. Act ii. Sc. 2. |
| 4697 |
| Here ’s to the maiden of bashful fifteen; Here ’s to the widow of fifty; Here ’s to the flaunting, extravagant quean, And here ’s to the housewife that ’s thrifty! Let the toast pass; Drink to the lass; I ’ll warrant she ’ll prove an excuse for the glass. |
| School for Scandal. Act iii. Sc. 3. |
| 4698 |
| An unforgiving eye, and a damned disinheriting countenance. |
| School for Scandal. Act v. Sc. 1. |
| 4699 |
| It was an amiable weakness. 1 |
| School for Scandal. Act v. Sc. 1. |
| 4700 |
| I ne’er could any lustre see In eyes that would not look on me; I ne’er saw nectar on a lip But where my own did hope to sip. |
| The Duenna. Act i. Sc. 2. |
| 4701 |
| Had I a heart for falsehood framed, I ne’er could injure you. |
| The Duenna. Act i. Sc. 5. |
| 4702 |
| Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics. |
| The Duenna. Act ii. Sc. 4. |
| 4703 |
| While his off-heel, insidiously aside, Provokes the caper which he seems to chide. |
| Pizarro. The Prologue. |
| 4704 |
| Such protection as vultures give to lambs. |
| Pizarro. Act ii. Sc. 2. |
| Note 1. See Fielding, Quotation 16. [back] |