 And thus still doing, thus he pass'd along. Duch. 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 that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious...  The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare - Page 147by William Shakespeare - 1821Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pages
...2. 168 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...and smiles, The badges of his grief and patience,— That had not God, for some strong purpose, steel'd The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 pages
...? Yoik. As in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a wcll-grac'd actor leaves the stage. Are idly bent or heavy, in the substance, Or the division of the...the scale do turn But in the estimation of a hair Uod save him ; I>io joyful tongue gave him his welcome home : But dust was thrown upon his sacred head... | |
 | Leonard Woods, Charles D. Pigeon - American essays - 1838 - 688 pages
...preacher ? " 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" — are men's eyes but too often turned upon the humble, devoted, though less gifted servant of Jesus.... | |
 | Richard Shusterman - Criticism - 1984 - 248 pages
...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...and smiles (The badges of his grief and patience), That had not God (for some strong purpose) steel'd The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted,... | |
 | John Dryden - Literary Criticism - 1985 - 672 pages
...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 more contempt, mens eyes Did scowl on Richard: no man cry'd God save him: No joyful tongue gave him his welcom home,... | |
 | Joseph Crosby - Book collectors - 1986 - 368 pages
...Thinking his prattle to be 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...and smiles, The badges of his grief and patience, That had not God, for some strong purpose, steel'd The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted... | |
 | C. A. Patrides - English literature - 1989 - 370 pages
...10) The second occasion forms part of York's moving report on Richard after his forced abdication: No joyful tongue gave him his welcome home: But dust...tears and smiles, The badges of his grief and patience .... (V.ii.29-33) The pattern reappears next in King Lear, where it also occurs twice, initially affirmed... | |
 | Michael E. Mooney - Drama - 1990 - 260 pages
...joyful tongue gave" Richard "his welcome home" (5.2.11,2829). York reports that dust was thrown on his sacred head, Which with such gentle sorrow he...and smiles, The badges of his grief and patience, That had not God, for some strong purpose, steel'd The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted,... | |
 | Phyllis Rackin - Drama - 1990 - 276 pages
...mediation: 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...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 home, But dust was... | |
 | Meredith Anne Skura - Drama - 1993 - 348 pages
...actors: As in a theater 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...much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on Richard. (R2 5.2.23-28)* As the play unfolds we see how appropriate it is that Shakespeare portray the known... | |
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