The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (191 page)
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Graham, Harry
1874–1936
1874–1936
1
Weep not for little Léonie
Abducted by a French Marquis!
Though loss of honour was a wrench
Just think how it's improved her French.
"There's been an accident," they said,
"Your servant's cut in half; he's dead!"
"Indeed!" said Mr Jones, "and please,
Send me the half that's got my keys."
Billy, in one of his nice new sashes,
Fell in the fire and was burnt to ashes;
Now, although the room grows chilly,
I haven't the heart to poke poor Billy.
Weep not for little Léonie
Abducted by a French Marquis!
Though loss of honour was a wrench
Just think how it's improved her French.
More Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes
(1930) "Compensation"
"There's been an accident," they said,
"Your servant's cut in half; he's dead!"
"Indeed!" said Mr Jones, "and please,
Send me the half that's got my keys."
Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes
(1899) "Mr Jones" (attributed to "G.W.")
Billy, in one of his nice new sashes,
Fell in the fire and was burnt to ashes;
Now, although the room grows chilly,
I haven't the heart to poke poor Billy.
Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes
(1899) "Tender-Heartedness"
Grahame, Kenneth
1859–1932
1859–1932
1
There is
nothing
—absolutely nothing—half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.
The poetry of motion! The
real
way to travel! The
only
way to travel! Here today—in next week tomorrow! Villages skipped, towns and cities jumped—always somebody else's horizon!
O bliss! O poop-poop! O my!
The clever men at Oxford
Know all that there is to be knowed.
But they none of them know one half as much
As intelligent Mr Toad!
There is
nothing
—absolutely nothing—half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.
The Wind in the Willows
(1908) ch. 1
The poetry of motion! The
real
way to travel! The
only
way to travel! Here today—in next week tomorrow! Villages skipped, towns and cities jumped—always somebody else's horizon!
The Wind in the Willows
(1908) ch. 2.
O bliss! O poop-poop! O my!
The Wind in the Willows
(1908) ch. 2
The clever men at Oxford
Know all that there is to be knowed.
But they none of them know one half as much
As intelligent Mr Toad!
The Wind in the Willows
(1908) ch. 10
Gramm, Phil
1942–
1942–
1
I did not come to Washington to be loved, and I have not been disappointed.
I did not come to Washington to be loved, and I have not been disappointed.
Michael Barone and Grant Ujifusa
The American Political Almanac 1994
Grant, Bernie
1944–2000
1944–2000
1
The police were to blame for what happened on Sunday night and what they got was a bloody good hiding.
after a riot in which a policeman was killed
The police were to blame for what happened on Sunday night and what they got was a bloody good hiding.
after a riot in which a policeman was killed
speech as leader of Haringey Council outside Tottenham Town Hall, 8 October 1985
Grant, Robert
1785–1838
1785–1838
1
O worship the King, all-glorious above;
O gratefully sing his power and his love:
Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days,
Pavilioned in splendour, and girded with praise.
O worship the King, all-glorious above;
O gratefully sing his power and his love:
Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days,
Pavilioned in splendour, and girded with praise.
"O worship the King, all glorious above" (1833 hymn)
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