William Barnes Rhodes

British dramatist

William Barnes Rhodes (17721826) was a dramatist and banker. In 1810, he wrote a burlesque, Bombastes Furioso, which achieved great popularity.

Quotes edit

  • Who dares this pair of boots displace,
    Must meet Bombastes face to face.
    • Bombastes Furioso (1810), Act i, scene 4, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "Let none but he these arms displace, Who dares Orlando's fury face", Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote, part ii, chapter lxvi; Ray, Proverbs; Thomas, English Prose Romance, page 85.
  • Bom. So have I heard on Afric's burning shore
    A hungry lion give a grievous roar;
    The grievous roar echoed along the shore.
    Artax. So have I heard on Afric's burning shore
    Another lion give a grievous roar;
    And the first lion thought the last a bore.
    • Bombastes Furioso (1810), Act i, scene 4, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

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