Henry Brooke (writer)

Henry Brooke (1703 – 10 October 1783) was an Irish novelist and dramatist.

Quotes

• Tyranny
  Absolves all faith; and who invades our rights,
  Howe'er his own commence, can never be
  But an usurper.
  • Gustavus Vasa (1739), act 4, sc. 1

• For righteous monarchs,
  Justly to judge, with their own eyes should see;
  To rule o’er freemen, should themselves be free.
  • The Earl of Essex (1761), act 1
  • Cf. James Boswell, Life of Johnson, June 1784:

    Who drives fat oxen should himself be fat.

External links

• Encyclopedic article on Henry Brooke (writer) on Wikipedia