“Was Williams enjoying a philistine practical joke at the expense of an intrusive antiquary and transparently naive bardolator?”

“Looking annoyed, Thomas clears his throat, and not to be outdone as a bardolater, quotes the same again.”

“I guess you have to be a genuine Bardolater to get into the spirit of the thing, but I was really looking forward to it.”

“The florid old actor-manager at the heart of Forkbeard Fantasy's Shooting Shakespeare is effusive in his bardolatry.”

“American history is filled with manifestos of cultural independence paradoxically coupled with exercises in bardolatry and Anglophilia.”

“Anyone doubting the status of bardolatry as a world religion need only visit the gift shops at Anne Hathaway's Cottage or the Folger Shakespeare Library for reassurance.”

“Fortunately for me, after college I moved to New York City and found a group of like-minded bardolaters.”

“One of the most fervent bardolaters of the period was the artist and antiquarian Samuel Ireland.”