Richard Harris Barham
Richard Harris Barham
Richard Harris Barhamwas an English cleric of the Church of England, novelist, and humorous poet. He was known better by his nom de plume Thomas Ingoldsby...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth6 December 1788
funny halloween ghost
Ghosts, like ladies, never speak till spoke to.
dream book knights
The Jackdaw sat in the Cardinal's chair! Bishop and Abbot and Prior were there, Many a monk and many a friar, Many a knight and many a squire, With a great many more of lesser degree,-- In sooth a goodly company; And they served the Lord Primate on bended knee. Never, I ween, Was a prouder seen, Read of in books or dreamt of in dreams, Than the Cardinal Lord Archbishop of Rheims.
long billing thrice
Thrice happy's the wooing that's not long adoing. So much time is saved in the billing and cooing.
father cucumbers chill
Tis not her coldness, father, That chills my labouring breast; It's that confounded cucumber I've ate and can't digest.