Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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A mockery king of snow.

King Richard II. Act iv. Sc. 1.

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.

King Richard II. Act v. Sc. 2.

As for a camel

To thread the postern of a small needle's eye.[82:1]

King Richard II. Act v. Sc. 5.