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“As in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious.”
Provenance
- Source:
- King Richard II. Act v. Sc. 2.
- Type:
- play
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- c80d716baabf1986aefb71da2d5f9b58b229b0e03101b3b01c0adff92fa71251
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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