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James Sheridan Knowles, born on May 12, 1784, in Ireland, and died on November 30, 1862. He was a prominent American dramatist of the 19th century, known for his significant contributions to the art of theater.

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Famous James Sheridan Knowles Quotes

“The longest time that man may live, The lapse of generations of his race, The continent entire of time itself, Bears not proportion to Eternity; Huge as a fraction of a grain of dew Co-measured with the broad, unbounded ocean! There is the time of man--his proper time, Looking at which this life is but a gust, A puff of breath, that's scarcely felt ere gone!”

Men May Life Is Felt Race Gone Generations Huge Bears Ocean Eternity Breaths This Life Proportion Broads Grain Continents Dew Fractions Puff Lapses Proper Time

Book:The Maid of Mariendorpt: A Play, in Five Acts

Source: The Maid of Mariendorpt: A Play, in Five Acts

“The herald, earth-accredited, of heaven,--which when men hear, they think upon heaven's king, and run the items over of the account to which he is sure to call them.”

Thinking Men Running Earth Heaven Kings Accounts Thunder Items

Book:Dramatic Works: Caius Gracchus. Virginius. William Tell. Alfred the Great; or, The patriot king. The hunchback. The wife; a tale of Mantua. The beggar of Bethnal Green. The daughter

Source: Dramatic Works: Caius Gracchus. Virginius. William Tell. Alfred the Great; or, The patriot king. The hunchback. The wife; a tale of Mantua. The beggar of Bethnal Green. The daughter