The Actor's Budget: Consisting of Monologues, Prologues, Epilogues, and Tales, Serious and Comic : Together with a Rare and Genuine Collection of Theatrical Anecdotes and Comic Songsprinted at the Columbian Press, 1824 - 379 páginas |
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... an inch more near . By madam serv'd with body bended , With knife and fork , and arms extended , He reach'd as far as he was able , To plate that overhung the table ; The Farmer's Blunder . 66 With little morsels cheats his 6 PROLOGUES ,
... an inch more near . By madam serv'd with body bended , With knife and fork , and arms extended , He reach'd as far as he was able , To plate that overhung the table ; The Farmer's Blunder . 66 With little morsels cheats his 6 PROLOGUES ,
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... arms ; While around her neck the tender bantling clings , She dandless the baby , and baby - like sings , ( Holding up the flap of his coat , he sings to the tune of " O my Kitten . " ) " Here's papa's nose and features , and here's a ...
... arms ; While around her neck the tender bantling clings , She dandless the baby , and baby - like sings , ( Holding up the flap of his coat , he sings to the tune of " O my Kitten . " ) " Here's papa's nose and features , and here's a ...
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... arm'd as these gentlemen , - ( Orchestra . ) - witness , en flute . We've great guns of tragedy loaded so well , If they do but go off , they must certainly tell ; While with small shot , from farce and low comedy swivels , We've sworn ...
... arm'd as these gentlemen , - ( Orchestra . ) - witness , en flute . We've great guns of tragedy loaded so well , If they do but go off , they must certainly tell ; While with small shot , from farce and low comedy swivels , We've sworn ...
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... , claim thee as bride , " And bear thee away to the grave ! " Thus saying , his arms round the lady he wound , While loudly she shriek'd in dismay ; } ..... Giles Jollop the Grave , and Brown Sally Green 24 PROLOGUES ,
... , claim thee as bride , " And bear thee away to the grave ! " Thus saying , his arms round the lady he wound , While loudly she shriek'd in dismay ; } ..... Giles Jollop the Grave , and Brown Sally Green 24 PROLOGUES ,
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... Arm'd with a mortar and a pestle . Yet some affirm no enemies they are , But meet just like prize - fighters in a fair , Who first shake hands before they box , Then give each other plaguy knocks With all the love and kindness of a ...
... Arm'd with a mortar and a pestle . Yet some affirm no enemies they are , But meet just like prize - fighters in a fair , Who first shake hands before they box , Then give each other plaguy knocks With all the love and kindness of a ...
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Página 136 - For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, — Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, 'Oft Have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn.
Página 136 - Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind; The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.
Página 139 - Scotland's shore. So thick a haze o'erspreads the sky They cannot see the sun on high ; The wind hath blown a gale all day, At evening it hath died away. On the deck the Rover takes his stand, So dark it is they see no land. Quoth Sir Ralph, "It will be lighter soon, For there is the dawn of the rising moon.
Página 134 - The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Página 136 - Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their...
Página 136 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.
Página 14 - With spectacles on nose and pouch on side; His youthful hose, well sav'd, a world too wide For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness and mere oblivion, Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
Página 135 - Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire, Hands that the rod of empire might have...
Página 138 - Rover walked his deck, And he fixed his eye on the darker speck. He felt the cheering power of spring ; It made him whistle, it made him sing : His heart was mirthful to excess, But the Rover's mirth was wickedness. His eye was on the Inchcape...
Página 135 - Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of Death...