Famous quotes containing the words sir william schwenck, schwenck gilbert, sir william, sir, schwenck and/or gilbert:
“That most ingenious paradox!
Weve quips and quibbles heard in flocks,
But none to beat that paradox!”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18361911)
“Strike the concertinas melancholy string!
Blow the spirit-stirring harp like any thing!
Let the pianos martial blast
Rouse the Echoes of the Past,”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18361911)
“They played the eloquent tum-tum,
And lived on scalps served up in rum
The only sauce they knew.”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18361911)
“When Sir Joshua Reynolds died
All Nature was degraded;”
—William Blake (17571827)
“While this magnetic,
Peripatetic
Lover he lived to learn,
By no endeavor
Can a magnet ever
Attract a Silver Churn!”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18361911)
“Bless your heart, they dont mindtheyre exceedingly
kind
They dont blame youas long as youre funny!”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18361911)