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Henry Carey
11 quotes
“God save our gracious king! Long live our noble king! God save the king!”
Henry Carey (1687–1743) first seen 1730 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: God Save the King" (1730).
“Genteel in personage, Conduct, and equipage; Noble by heritage, Generous and free.”
Henry Carey (1687–1743) first seen 1715 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Contrivances (1715), Act i. Sc. 2.
“What a monstrous tail our cat has got!”
Henry Carey (1687–1743) first seen 1737 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Dragon of Wantley (1737), Act ii. Sc. 1.
“Of all the girls that are so smart, There's none like pretty Sally.”
Henry Carey (1687–1743) first seen 1725 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sally in our Alley (c. 1725). Compare: "Of all the girls that e’er was seen, There's none so fine as Nelly", Jonathan Swift, Ballad on Miss Nelly Bennet.
“Of all the days that's in the week I dearly love but one day, And that's the day that comes betwixt A Saturday and Monday.”
Henry Carey (1687–1743) first seen 1725 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sally in our Alley (c. 1725).
“Aldeborontiphoscophornio! Where left you Chrononhotonthologos?”
Henry Carey (1687–1743) said by 1743 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“His cogitative faculties immersed In cogibundity of cogitation.”
Henry Carey (1687–1743) said by 1743 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Let the singing singers With vocal voices, most vociferous, In sweet vociferation out-vociferize Even sound itself.”
Henry Carey (1687–1743) said by 1743 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To thee, and gentle Rigdom Funnidos, Our gratulations flow in streams unbounded.”
Henry Carey (1687–1743) said by 1743 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The king shall eat, though all mankind be starved.”
Henry Carey (1687–1743) said by 1743 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Go call a coach, and let a coach be called; And let the man who calleth be the caller; And in his calling let him nothing call But “Coach! Coach! Coach! Oh for a coach, ye gods!”
Henry Carey (1687–1743) said by 1743 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source