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Prologues like compliments are loss of time;
'Tis penning bows and making legs in rhyme.
Prologues like compliments are loss of time;
'Tis penning bows and making legs in rhyme.
Like his that lights a candle to the sun.
Like his that lights a candle to the sun.
By all that's good and glorious.
By all that's good and glorious.
As innocent as a new-laid egg.
As innocent as a new-laid egg.
Within a stone's throw of it.
Within a stone's throw of it.
A precious pair of brothers [i.e., rascals].
A precious pair of brothers [i.e., rascals].
Everybody has his own theatre, in which he is manager, actor,
prompter, playwright, sceneshifter, boxkeepeer, doorkeeper, all
in read more
Everybody has his own theatre, in which he is manager, actor,
prompter, playwright, sceneshifter, boxkeepeer, doorkeeper, all
in one, and audience into the bargain.
