The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

Comic song consisting of these two lines sung to the tune of Onward, Christian Soldiers, possibly by Tommy
Rhys Roberts (1910-75); sometimes with ‘knew’ substituted for ‘knows’
Lousy but loyal.
London East End slogan at George V’s Jubilee (1935), in Nigel Rees ‘Slogans’ (1982)
Love me little, love me long,
Is the burden of my song.
‘Love me little, love me long’ (1569-70)
Mademoiselle from Armenteers,
Hasn’t been kissed for forty years,
Hinky, dinky, parley-voo.
Song of World War I, variously attributed to Edward Rowland and to Harry Carlton
Child: Mamma, are Tories born wicked, or do they grow wicked afterwards?
Mother: They are born wicked, and grow worse.
In G. W. E. Russell ‘Collections and Recollections’ (1898) ch. 10
The man you love to hate.
Billing for Erich von Stroheim in the film ‘The Heart of Humanity’ (1918), in Peter Noble ‘Hollywood
Scapegoat’ (1950) ch. 2
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John,
The bed be blest that I lie on.
Four angels to my bed,
Four angels round my head,
One to watch, and one to pray,
And two to bear my soul away.
Thomas Ady ‘A Candle in the Dark’ (1656)
The ministry of all the talents.
A name given ironically to Grenville’s coalition of 1806, and also applied to later coalitions, in G. W. Cooke
‘History of Party’ (1837) vol. 3, p. 460
Miss Buss and Miss Beale
Cupid’s darts do not feel.
How different from us,
Miss Beale and Miss Buss.
Of the Headmistress of the North London Collegiate School and the Principal of the Ladies’ College,
Cheltenham, c.1884
Mother may I go and bathe?
Yes, my darling daughter.
Hang your clothes on yonder tree,
But don’t go near the water.
In Iona and Peter Opie ‘Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes’ (1951) p. 314.
Most Gracious Queen, we thee implore
To go away and sin no more,