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Prologues precede the piece in mournful verse, As undertakers walk before the hearse.
Prologues precede the piece in mournful verse, As undertakers walk before the hearse.
Approximate author period: c. 1747 AD · early modern
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- David Garrick
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- Approximate author period: c. 1747 AD · early modern
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- Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)
Printed page 4 · quotation 15 · David Garrick · Apprentice. Prologue.
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