 And thus still doing, thus he pass'd along. Duch. Alas, poor Richard ! where rides he the whilst? York. As in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-grac'd actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious...  The Juvenile Mentor; Or, Select Readings ... - Page 249by Albert Picket - 1825 - 262 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2000 - 270 pages
...Alack poor Richard, where rode he the whilst? YORK As in a theatre the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that...tedious; Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on gentle Richard. No man cried 'God save him'. No joyful tongue gave him his welcome... | |
 | John Dryden - English drama - 1956 - 682 pages
...consider the wretchedness of his condition, and his carriage in it; and refrain from pitty if you can. As in a Theatre, the eyes of men After a well-grac'd Actor leaves the Stage, 20 Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious: Even so, or with much... | |
 | Harold Bloom - Characters and characteristics in literature - 2001 - 750 pages
...giv'st / Me cause to wail, but teachest me the way / How to lament the cause. [IV.i. 276-302] 17. York. As in a theatre the eyes of men, / After a well-grac'd...tedious; / Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes / Did scowl on Richard. No man cried "God save him!" / No joyful tongue gave him welcome home,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2001 - 686 pages
...passion] before I do justice to that Divine Poet, After a well grac'd A&or leaues the Stage, 27 Are idlely bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious : Euen fo, or with much more contempt, mens eyes 30 Did fcowle on Richard: no man cride, God faue him:... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Quotations, English - 2002 - 244 pages
...childishness and mere oblivion, Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything. Jacques — AYLI lI.vii In a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-grac'd...that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious. York — Richard II V.ii O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention,... | |
 | Paul Hammond - Drama - 2002 - 484 pages
...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...tedious: Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on R1chard: no man cried, 'God save him': No joyful tongue gave him his welcome home,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1989 - 1286 pages
...Richard! where rode he the whilst? DUKE OF YORK. As in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-graced oQ eyes Did scowl on gentle Richard; no man cried, 'God save him!' No joyful tongue gave him his welcome... | |
 | Agnes Heller - Fiction - 2002 - 390 pages
...Henry, the man who did not play. So he speaks: "As in a theatre the eyes of men, / After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, / Are idly bent on him that...tedious, / Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes / Did scowl on gentle Richard. No man cried 'God save him!' (5.2.23-28). Richard's words sounded... | |
 | Michael Hattaway - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 308 pages
...of Bullingbrook to the appearance of Richard: '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' (5.2.23-6). For Dekker the City as actor must abandon its role, made possible by the presence of the... | |
 | M. Thomas Hester, Christopher Cobb - History - 2003 - 170 pages
...spectators. Think of York's account in Richard II of the entry of the humiliated, deposed king into London: As in a theatre the eyes of men, After a well-grac'd...that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious . . . (V.ii.23 ff) Here the energy of the metaphor issues from amusement at our capacity to suspend... | |
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