Memoirs of a Manager: Or, Life's Stage with New Scenery, Volume 1W. Bragg, 1830 |
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... laugh , instead of looking at our books , if we happened to cast our eyes towards the old dame or her shelf , we were in an instant awed into silence , and our eyes if not our thoughts again turned to the books before us resuming our ...
... laugh , instead of looking at our books , if we happened to cast our eyes towards the old dame or her shelf , we were in an instant awed into silence , and our eyes if not our thoughts again turned to the books before us resuming our ...
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... laughed with the happy swains - until I almost deemed the whole the work of enchantment . But an incident occurred there which has served to imprint it more deeply on my memory , and which , from its ludicrous nature , may be worth ...
... laughed with the happy swains - until I almost deemed the whole the work of enchantment . But an incident occurred there which has served to imprint it more deeply on my memory , and which , from its ludicrous nature , may be worth ...
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... laughed ) ; " Ay , ay " ( he cried ) " you may be merry if you like , but not at my expense ; it is no laugh- ing matter for me ; I insist on having my money again , or I'll tear this rascal to pieces . He then again shook the actor ...
... laughed ) ; " Ay , ay " ( he cried ) " you may be merry if you like , but not at my expense ; it is no laugh- ing matter for me ; I insist on having my money again , or I'll tear this rascal to pieces . He then again shook the actor ...
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... laughing stock , he ventured not to return to the theatre , but consoled himself as well as he could with an extra glass of his favorite beverage , went to bed and slept till the next morning . This story stopped not hastily ; it became ...
... laughing stock , he ventured not to return to the theatre , but consoled himself as well as he could with an extra glass of his favorite beverage , went to bed and slept till the next morning . This story stopped not hastily ; it became ...
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... is a law by custom made ; A lie's allowable in way of trade ! Touching the booksellers , accept an anecdote which 1 had from the once well - known Dubois , who . E was for many years the favorite of the laughter- loving A MANAGER . 38.
... is a law by custom made ; A lie's allowable in way of trade ! Touching the booksellers , accept an anecdote which 1 had from the once well - known Dubois , who . E was for many years the favorite of the laughter- loving A MANAGER . 38.
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