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Barton Booth
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Barton Booth (1681 – May 10, 1733) was one of the most famous dramatic actors of the first part of the 18th century.
Quotes
True as the needle to the pole,Or as the dial to the sun.
Song, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "True as the dial to the sun, Although it be not shin’d upon", Samuel Butler, Hudibras, Part iii, Canto ii, line 175.
External links
Category:Actors from England
Category:Songwriters from England
Category:1681 births
Category:1733 deaths