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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

996 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:996
AUTHOR:William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION:Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless,
So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone,
Drew Priam’s curtain in the dead of night,
And would have told him half his Troy was burnt.
ATTRIBUTION:King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. Sc. 1.  [text]
WORKS:William Shakespeare Collection.