| 1796 - 426 Seiten
..."Well, the great aftor was difcover'd, as Sir Edward Mortimer, in his library. Gloom and defolation fat upon his brow ; and he was habited, from the wig to the ihoeílrin¿, with the moft ftudied exaélnefs. Had one of King Charles the Firft s portraits walk'd... | |
| 1823 - 432 Seiten
...repent me : for never, sure, did man place the main strength of his building on so rotten a prop ! " Well, the great actor was discovered, as Sir Edward...his brow ; and he was habited, from the wig to the shoestring, with the most studied exactness. Had one of King CHARLES the First's portraits walked from... | |
| Literary gems - 1826 - 718 Seiten
...repent me: for never, sure, did man place the main strength of his building upon so rotten a prop ! Well, the great actor was discovered as Sir Edward...his brow; and he was habited, from the wig to the shoe-string, with the most studied exactness. Had one of King Charles the First's portraits walked... | |
| Richard Brinsley Peake - 1841 - 462 Seiten
...repent me; for never, sure, did man place the main strength of his building on so rotten a prop. " Well, the great actor was discovered as Sir Edward...his brow ; and he was habited, from the wig to the shoe-string, with the most studied exactness. Had one of King Charles the First's portraits walked... | |
| Belgravia - 1882 - 546 Seiten
...taking opium pills, a medicine he used very largely. When the scene drew off and discovered him seated in his library, 'gloom and desolation sat upon his...Had one of King Charles the First's portraits walked out of its frame upon the boards of the theatre, it could not have afforded a truer representation... | |
| 1882 - 916 Seiten
...taking opium pills, a medicine he used very largely. When the scene drew off and discovered him seated in his library, " gloom and desolation sat upon his brow, and he was habited, from the wig to the shoe-string, with the most studied exactness. Had one of King Charles the First's portraits walked... | |
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