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Quotes from Prologue at the Opening of Drury Lane Theatre — Samuel Johnson

1709–1784 England

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Declamation roared, while Passion slept.

Prologue at the Opening of Drury Lane Theatre (1747)

Cold approbation gave the ling'ring bays,
For those who durst not censure, scarce could praise.

Prologue at the Opening of Drury Lane Theatre (1747)

Ah! let not Censure term our fate our choice,
The stage but echoes back the public's voice;
The drama's laws the drama's patrons give,
For we that live to please must please to live.

Prologue at the Opening of Drury Lane Theatre (1747)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Samuel Johnson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.