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... took with them a Company of Comedians to play such pieces as were calculated to please the inhabitants of the country , and to diffuse amongst them such ideas as were favorable to the French interests ; among the natives the Turks and ...
... took with them a Company of Comedians to play such pieces as were calculated to please the inhabitants of the country , and to diffuse amongst them such ideas as were favorable to the French interests ; among the natives the Turks and ...
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... countries ; but on the other side of the Atlantic , they rise and are still rising much higher than ever they were known to do forty or fifty years ago . C 14 At one time great alarm took place in consequence A MANAGER . 17.
... countries ; but on the other side of the Atlantic , they rise and are still rising much higher than ever they were known to do forty or fifty years ago . C 14 At one time great alarm took place in consequence A MANAGER . 17.
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... took place in consequence of what occurred in France ; - then a fear of despotism followed ; and next , after the great Battle of Waterloo , an apprehension of another kind prevailed : Some good , wise , and moderate men , entertained ...
... took place in consequence of what occurred in France ; - then a fear of despotism followed ; and next , after the great Battle of Waterloo , an apprehension of another kind prevailed : Some good , wise , and moderate men , entertained ...
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... took them up ! Squire Hyett , eldest hand , led off an ace ; the knave the lawyer played ; Shatford most joyously put forth his deuce , and said " my life upon the game ! " while artful Satan leaning over his shoulder produced a ...
... took them up ! Squire Hyett , eldest hand , led off an ace ; the knave the lawyer played ; Shatford most joyously put forth his deuce , and said " my life upon the game ! " while artful Satan leaning over his shoulder produced a ...
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... took away his appetite , and he ran to the window to recover himself . One of the gentlemen near him explained- That none of his countrymen ever eat melted butter with any thing , and as to sauce with fish , all the sauce they wanted ...
... took away his appetite , and he ran to the window to recover himself . One of the gentlemen near him explained- That none of his countrymen ever eat melted butter with any thing , and as to sauce with fish , all the sauce they wanted ...
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Memoirs of a Manager: Or, Life's Stage with New Scenery, Volume 2 Henry Lee Visualização completa - 1830 |
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Página 13 - There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack!
Página 144 - I doubt not but there is some truth in that rant of a mad poet, that there is a pleasure in being mad, which none but madmen know.
Página 107 - Mr. Whiteley had the address to get the public to build theatres for him, and left them under his own direction. Now I have not been blessed with such powers of persuasion: I have all my life been so dull as to build theatres for myself; Mr. Whiteley's plan was much the...
Página 97 - King, are pretty sure of seeing something of Mr. King's manner, whenever they see Sir Peter Teazle on the stage : it is much the same with all other parts we see done. The authors draw the outlines, and form the leading characteristics ; but the peculiar, and personal qualities of the original performer go down to posterity, as a necessary and absolute portion of the said character.
Página 174 - A story told by Mr. Henry Lee about Incledon is worth recording. " I had engaged him for Barnstaple for the third time, and told him that I had discovered the house where Gay was born, and I had, or was about to have, the chair in which Gay sat when he wrote many of his works. One night, or rather morning, on going homeward, Charles wanted to again look at the house where ' Jacky Gay ' was born ; he sent a boy to fetch a chair, which he pretended was Gay's chair ; in it he sat, and sang several songs...
Página 54 - They soon began to be verj annoying to the most respectable ladies and gentlemen in the boxes and other parts of the house : when silenced by the plaudits bestowed on the actors, by those who came to be entertained with the play, they...
Página 133 - I oft found both : 1 urge this childhood proof, Because what follows is pure innocence. I owe you much ; and, like a wilful youth, That which I owe is lost: but if you please To shoot another arrow that self way...
Página 53 - But I will do him the justice to say that he never budged an inch. ' "Come and see how it was done," I said, and led the way back to the chancel rail.
Página 101 - French people have honored themselves by freely calling him forward as their legitimate, and most illustrious sovereign ! and it is to be hoped that the whole of Europe, will soon...