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. |