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Letter "W" » William S. Gilbert Quotes
«The mildest curate going.»
«I'm called Little Buttercup - dear Little Buttercup, / Though I could never tell why.»
«I'm a greenery-yallery, Grosvenor Gallery, / Foot-in-the-grave young man!»
«All baronets are bad.»
«In enterprise of martial kind / When there was any fighting, / He led his reg'ment from behind / He found it less exciting.»
Author: William S. Gilbert
(Lyricist)
«I've got to take under my wing, / Tra la, / A most unattractive old thing, / Tra la, / With a caricature of a face.»
Author: William S. Gilbert
(Lyricist)
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caricature, caricatures, most unattractive, tra-la, tra
«I often think it's comical / How Nature always does contrive / That every boy and every gal, / That's born into the world alive, / Is either a little Liberal, / Or else a little Conservative!»
«Funny without being vulgar.»
Author: William S. Gilbert
(Lyricist)
«Time was when Love and I were well acquainted.»
Author: William S. Gilbert
(Lyricist)
«Three little maids who, all unwary, / Come from a ladies' seminary.»
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