 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 ; Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on Richard ; no man cried, God save him...  The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 1981870Full view - About this book
 | James Anderson - 1791 - 412 pages
...his prefaces. " As oh a theatre, the eyes of men, " After a well-grac'd atftor leaves the ftagfi, " Are idly bent on him that follows next, " Thinking his prattle to be tedious; " Even fo, or with much more contempt," &c. This dill iac'Umi is handfomely confeffed in the prologue... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 591 pages
...the wretchedness of his condition, and his carriage in it, and refrain from pity, if you can : " As in a theatre, the eyes of men, " After a well-graced...actor leaves the stage, " Are idly bent on him that enters next. *i Thinking his prattle to be tedious, — " Even so, or with much more contempt, men's... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 624 pages
...the wretchedness of his condition, and his carriage in it, and refrain from pity, if you can : " As in a theatre, the eyes of men, " After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, " Thinking his prattle to be tedious, — " Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes " Did scowl... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1816 - 452 pages
...cry'd, God save thee, Bolingbroke. Dutchess. Alas! poor Richard, where rides he the while 1 York. 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 : Even so, or with much more contempt, men's... | |
 | 1860 - 796 pages
...Shakspeare's description of his miserable ride in the train of his triumphant conqueror : — • • 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 : Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eres Did... | |
 | 1817 - 254 pages
...Paper, published weekly at No. 4, Hanover-Street, Edinburgh. A* in a theatre, the eyes of men, When that a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, Ac. Richard the Second. WE believe we are not singular in thinking, that of all classes... | |
 | 1819 - 792 pages
...that, in pursuing this farther, when more important objects are at hand, it should appear " • 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 lii.-i prattler to be tedious :'— we shall, ' sans cérémonie,' clear the... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1819 - 458 pages
...cry'd, God save thee, Bolingbroke. Dutchess. Alas ! poor Richard, where rides he the while ! York. As in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him who enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious: Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 522 pages
...the wretchedness of his condition, and his carriage in it ; and refrain from pity, if you can : 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 ; Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did... | |
 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 pages
...well-won thrift, Which he calls usury. Cursed be my tribe If I forgive him. — Merchant of Venice. 9. 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 ; Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes... | |
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