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"On their own merits modest men are dumb."
George Colman, the Younger / Epilogue to the Heir at Law.
Epilogue to the Heir at Law.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"And what 's impossible can't be, And never, never comes to pass."
George Colman, the Younger / The Maid of the Moor.
The Maid of the Moor.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"Three stories high, long, dull, and old, As great lords' stories often are."
George Colman, the Younger / The Maid of the Moor.
The Maid of the Moor.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"Like two single gentlemen rolled into one."
George Colman, the Younger / Lodgings for Single Gentlemen.
Lodgings for Single Gentlemen.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"But when ill indeed, E'en dismissing the doctor don't always succeed."
George Colman, the Younger / Lodgings for Single Gentlemen.
Lodgings for Single Gentlemen.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"When taken, To be well shaken."
George Colman, the Younger / The Newcastle Apothecary.
The Newcastle Apothecary.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"Thank you, good sir, I owe you one."
George Colman, the Younger / The Poor Gentleman. Act i. Sc. 2.
The Poor Gentleman. Act i. Sc. 2.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"O Miss Bailey! Unfortunate Miss Bailey!"
George Colman, the Younger / Love laughs at Locksmiths. Act ii. Song.
Love laughs at Locksmiths. Act ii. Song.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"'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. Sc. 5.
Blue Beard. Act ii. Sc. 5.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"I had a soul above buttons."
George Colman, the Younger / Sylvester Daggerwood, or New Hay at the Old Market. Sc. 1.
Sylvester Daggerwood, or New Hay at the Old Market. Sc. 1.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"Mynheer Vandunck, though he never was drunk, Sipped brandy and water gayly."
George Colman, the Younger / Mynheer Vandunck.
Mynheer Vandunck.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain