Henry Carey

Henry Carey (c. August 26, 1687 – October 5, 1743) was an English poet, dramatist and song-writer. He is remembered as an anti-Walpolean satirist and also as a patriot. Several of his melodies continue to be sung today, and he was widely praised in the generation after his death.

Quotes

 * God save our gracious king! Long live our noble king! God save the king!
 * "God Save the King" (1730).


 * Genteel in personage, Conduct, and equipage; Noble by heritage, Generous and free.
 * The Contrivances (1715), Act i. Sc. 2.


 * What a monstrous tail our cat has got!
 * The Dragon of Wantley (1737), Act ii. Sc. 1.


 * Of all the girls that are so smart, There's none like pretty Sally.
 * 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.
 * Sally in our Alley (c. 1725).

Chrononhotonthologos (1734)

 * Aldeborontiphoscophornio! Where left you Chrononhotonthologos?
 * Act i. Sc. 1.


 * His cogitative faculties immersed In cogibundity of cogitation.
 * Act i. Sc. 1.


 * Let the singing singers With vocal voices, most vociferous, In sweet vociferation out-vociferize Even sound itself.
 * Act i. Sc. 1.


 * To thee, and gentle Rigdom Funnidos, Our gratulations flow in streams unbounded.
 * Act i. Sc. 3.


 * The king shall eat, though all mankind be starved.
 * Act ii. Sc. 4.


 * 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!”
 * Act ii. Sc. 4.