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Francis Beaumont
7 quotes
“She's private to herself and best of knowledge Whom she'll make so happy as to sigh for.”
Francis Beaumont (1584–1616) first seen 1607 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Knight of the Burning Pestle (c. 1607; published 1613), Act I, scene 1.
“Nose, nose, jolly red nose, And who gave thee that jolly red nose? Nutmegs and ginger, cinammon and cloves; And they gave me this jolly red nose.”
Francis Beaumont (1584–1616) first seen 1607 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Knight of the Burning Pestle (c. 1607; published 1613), Act I, scene 4.
“Plot me no plots.”
Francis Beaumont (1584–1616) first seen 1607 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Knight of the Burning Pestle (c. 1607; published 1613), Act II, scene 5.
“What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtile flame As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life.”
Francis Beaumont (1584–1616) first seen 1605 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to Ben Jonson (1605), verses prefacing Jonson’s Volpone, as reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Mortality, behold and fear! What a change of flesh is here! Think how many royal bones Sleep within this heap of stones: Here they lie, had realms and lands, Who now want strength to stir their hands”
Francis Beaumont (1584–1616) said by 1616 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Here are sands, ignoble things, Dropt from the ruined sides of kings.”
Francis Beaumont (1584–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“It is always good When a man has two irons in the fire.”
Francis Beaumont (1584–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source