One of you may be Baptisto's son, for anything I know to th… - W. S. Gilbert

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One of you may be Baptisto's son, for anything I know to the contrary; but the other is no less a personage than the only son of the late King of Barataria. ... And I trust — I trust it was that one who slapped me on the shoulder and called me his man!

W. S. Gilbert

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Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18 November 1836 – 29 May 1911) was an English dramatist and librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his operatic collaborations with the composer Sir Arthur Sullivan.

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Birth Name: William Schwenck Gilbert

Alternative Names: Sir William Schwenck Gilbert • William S. Gilbert • William Schwenk Gilbert • Bab • Bab Gilbert • William Gilbert

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Pooh Bah: This professional conscientiousness is highly creditable to you, but it places us in a very awkward position.
Koko: My good sir, the awkwardness of your position is grace itself compared with that of a man engaged in the act of cutting off his own head.

My object all sublime
I shall achieve in time—
To let the punishment fit the crime,
The punishment fit the crime.

No money, no grovel! (Actually an ad-lib introduced by Rutland Barrington when playing the rôle of Pooh-Bah, to the annoyance of Gilbert.)

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