A Pirate of Parts. Richard Neville
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Richard Neville
A Pirate of Parts
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066192341
Table of Contents
"What stories I'll tell when my sojerin is o'er."
"Come all ye warm-hearted countrymen, I pray you will draw near."
"I would rather live in Bohemia than in any other land."
"What strange things we see and what queer things we do."
"He employs his fancy in his narrative and keeps his recollections for his wit."
"Every one shall offer according to what he hath."
"One man in his time plays many parts."
"Originality is nothing more than judicious imitation."
"There are more things in Heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
"Nature hath fram'd strange fellows in her time."
"The actors are at hand; and by their show you shall all know that you are like to know."
"Experience is a great book, the events of life its chapters."
"Is this world and all the life upon it a farce or vaudeville where you find no great meanings?"
"All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players."
"There's nothing to be got nowadays unless thou can'st fish for it."
"Joy danced with Mirth, a gay, fantastic Crowd."
CHAPTER I
"Is all our company here?"
—Midsummer Night's Dream.
Yes, he was a strolling player pure and simple. He was an actor by profession, and jack of all trades through necessity. He could play any part from Macbeth to the hind leg