Quote#Desire
As the lone Angler, patient man
Quote byGeorge Colman the Younger · 1762–1836
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Lady of the Wreck (1813), canto II, st. xviii.
English (original)
As the lone Angler, patient man, At Mewry-Water, or the Banne, Leaves off, against his placid wish, Impaling worms to torture fish
— George Colman the Younger
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