Arthur Murphy

Arthur Murphy (December 27, 1727 – June 18, 1805) was an Irish writer, known by the pseudonym, Charles Ranger.

A 1777 portrait of Arthur Murphy

Quotes

• Thus far we run before the wind.
  • The Apprentice: A Farce in Two Acts (1756), Act v. Sc. 1.

• Wit is the most rascally, contemptible, beggarly thing on the face of the earth.
  • The Apprentice: A Farce in Two Acts (1756).

• Above the vulgar flight of common souls.
  • Zenobia (1768), Act v.

• Picked up his crumbs.
  • The Upholsterer; or, What News? (1757-58), Act i.

External links

• Life of Arthur Murphy