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• But when ill indeed, E'en dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.
  -- George Colman, the Younger (1762-1836) -- Lodgings for Single Gentleme...
• And what 's impossible can't be, And never, never comes to pass.
  -- George Colman, the Younger (1762-1836) -- The Maid of the Moo...
• Like two single gentlemen rolled into one.
  -- George Colman, the Younger (1762-1836) -- Lodgings for Single Gentleme...
• Mynheer Vandunck, though he never was drunk, Sipped brandy and water gayly.
  -- George Colman, the Younger (1762-1836) -- Mynheer Vandunck...
• O Miss Bailey! Unfortunate Miss Bailey!
  -- George Colman, the Younger (1762-1836) -- Love laughs at Locksmiths, Act ii, Song...
• On their own merits modest men are dumb.
  -- George Colman, the Younger (1762-1836) -- Epilogue to the Heir at Law...
• Three stories high, long, dull, and old, As great lords' stories often are.
  -- George Colman, the Younger (1762-1836) -- The Maid of the Moo...
• I had a soul above buttons. -- George Colman, the Younger (1762-1836) -- Sylvester Daggerwood, or New Hay at the Old Market, Sc.
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• T is a very fine thing to be father-in-law To a very magnificent three-tailed Bashaw!
  -- George Colman, the Younger (1762-1836) -- Blue Beard, Act ii, Sc. 5...