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As is gloriously sung in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta H.M.S. Pinafore, in the words of W. S. Gilbert: Things are seldom as they seem, Skim milk masquerades as cream.
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W. S. Gilbert
Age: 74 †
Born: 1836
Born: November 18
Died: 1911
Died: May 29
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I am the Captain of the Pinafore And a right good captain too! . . . . And I'm never, never sick at sea! What, never? No, never! What never? Hardly ever! He's hardly ever sick at sea! Then give three cheers, and one cheer more, For the hardy Captain of the Pinafore!
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I am a courtier grave and serious Who is about to kiss your hand: Try to combine a pose imperious With a demeanour nobly bland.
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I am the very model of a modern Major-General, I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral, I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical, From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical.
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I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all.
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He led his regiment from behind. He found it less exciting.
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I'm very good at integral and differential calculus, I know the scientific names of beings animalculous In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral, I am the very model of a modern Major-General.
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He did nothing in particular, and did it very well.
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every Jack He must study the knack If he wants to make sure of his Jill!
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The idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone, All centuries but this, and every country but his own.
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Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.
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Oh! a private buffoon is a light-hearted loon, If you listen to popular rumour From morning to night he's so joyous and bright, And he bubbles with wit and good humour!
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Bow, bow, ye lower middle classes! Bow, bow, ye tradesmen, bow, ye masses!
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Utopia's quite another land In her enterprising movements, She is England--with improvements
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A man is but an ass Who fights in a cuirass
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No good play is a success fine writing and high morals are useless on the stage. I have been scribbling twaddle for thirty-five years to suit the public taste, and I should know.
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When everyone is somebody, then no one's anybody.
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Deerstalking would be a very fine sport if only the deer had guns.
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Oh, wouldn't the world seem dull and flat with nothing whatever to grumble at?
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Saturday afternoon, although occurring at regular and well-foreseen intervals, always takes this railway by surprise.
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If the jests that you crack have an orthodox smack, You may get a bland smile from these sages But should it, by chance, be imported from France, Half-a-crown is stopped out of your wages!
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