Alexander Montgomerie

The mold is lost wherein was made
This a per se of all.

Alexander Montgomerie (Scottish Gaelic: Alasdair Mac Gumaraid; c. 1550 – 1598) was a Scottish Jacobean courtier and poet, or makar, born in Ayrshire.

Quotes

• Her arms are long, her shoulders braid,
     Her middle gent and small;
  The mould is lost, wherein was made
     This A per se of all.
  • The Scots Observer, vol. 1, no. 17 (16 March 1889) p. 467. Cross-references in Notes and Queries, ser. 2, vol. 2 (20 September 1856) p. 225:
    • Sighing that Nature formed but one such man
      And broke the die—in moulding Sheridan.
      • Lord Byron, "Monody—Death of Sheridan"
    • Si la nature a bien ou mal fait de briser le moule dans lequel elle m'a jeté, c'est ce dont on ne peut juger qu'après m'avoir lu.
      • J. J. Rousseau, Les Confessions, ch. 1
    • L'on peut dire sans hyperbole, que la nature, après l'avoir fait en cassa la moule.
      • Angelo Costantini, La Vie de Scaramouche (1695) p. 245
    • Non è un si bello in tante altre persone,
      Natura il fece, e poi roppa la stampa.
      • Ariosto, Orlando Furioso, Canto 10, St. 84

External links

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