„He made him a hut, wherein he did put
The carcass of Robinson Crusoe.
O poor Robinson Crusoe!“
The Mayor of Garratt (1763, published 1764), Act i, Scene 1.
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Samuel Foote
Geburtstag: 27. Januar 1720
Todesdatum: 21. Oktober 1777
Samuel Foote war ein englischer Schauspieler und Dramatiker.
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„He made him a hut, wherein he did put
„"Foote," (said lord Sandwich) "I have often wondered what catastrophe would bring you to your end; but I think, that you must either die of the p-x, or the halter."
"My lord," (replied Foote instantaneously) "that will depend upon one of two contingencies; — whether I embrace your lordship's mistress, or your lordship's principles."“
Percival Stockdale, The Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Percival Stockdale (1809), quoted in The Yale Book of Quotations, ed. Fred R. Shapiro, 2006, Yale University Press.
„Born in a cellar, and living in a garret.“
The Author (1757), Act ii. Compare: "Born in the garret, in the kitchen bred", Lord Byron, A Sketch; "I came up stairs into the world, for I was born in a cellar" William Congreve, Love for Love, Act ii, Scene 7.
„Play me no plays.“
The Knights (1748, published 1754), act ii.
