Players, Sir! I look on them as no better than creatures set upon tabl…

Samuel Johnson
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Players, Sir! I look on them as no better than creatures set upon tables and joint stools to make faces and produce laughter, like dancing dogs. ✨ In James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 2, p. 404 (1775)
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Players, Sir! I look on them as no better than creatures set upon tables and joint stools to make faces and produce laughter, like dancing dogs. ✨ In James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 2, p. 404 (1775)

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