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Pagina 7
... asked whether Crashem and Smashem - that shaky firm , whose paper he has unwisely trusted in - have taken up the last bill of exchange ? I don't care about Crashem and Smashem , and I have a very vague notion of the nature and ...
... asked whether Crashem and Smashem - that shaky firm , whose paper he has unwisely trusted in - have taken up the last bill of exchange ? I don't care about Crashem and Smashem , and I have a very vague notion of the nature and ...
Pagina 13
... asked the price of it , I often ask the price of things , for it's almost like buying them , you know , -and it was only eleven pounds ten , and I dare say they'd take less ; and oh , George , if you'd make the best parlour into a ...
... asked the price of it , I often ask the price of things , for it's almost like buying them , you know , -and it was only eleven pounds ten , and I dare say they'd take less ; and oh , George , if you'd make the best parlour into a ...
Pagina 17
... asked Mr. Raymond that question , and had been a little crushed by the reply . The Alien was a Midland- shire squire , Mr. Raymond had told her ; and the word squire suggested nothing but a broad - shouldered , rosy - faced man , in a ...
... asked Mr. Raymond that question , and had been a little crushed by the reply . The Alien was a Midland- shire squire , Mr. Raymond had told her ; and the word squire suggested nothing but a broad - shouldered , rosy - faced man , in a ...
Pagina 19
... asking that gentleman , with the orphans of course , to meet himself and his wife at Warncliffe Castle , the show ... asked you to marry me . Mr. Raymond will bring the key of Hurstonleigh Grove , and we're to drive there after we've ...
... asking that gentleman , with the orphans of course , to meet himself and his wife at Warncliffe Castle , the show ... asked you to marry me . Mr. Raymond will bring the key of Hurstonleigh Grove , and we're to drive there after we've ...
Pagina 21
... asked -the ottoman , and the Venetian blind , and the rose - coloured curtains- what would have been the use ? her room would never have looked like this . She gazed about her in a sort of walking dream , intoxicated by the beauty of ...
... asked -the ottoman , and the Venetian blind , and the rose - coloured curtains- what would have been the use ? her room would never have looked like this . She gazed about her in a sort of walking dream , intoxicated by the beauty of ...
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actor Adullam Alan Prescott amongst army asked Barbara beautiful Beresford Berkshire better Bobus called Captain Churchill Colley Cibber creature David Garrick dear delight dinner dress Drury Lane Eugene Aram eyes face fancy father fellow Frank Churchill Garrick Gaunt gentleman George Gilbert girl Graybridge hair hand happy head heart honour Horace husband India Isabel kind knew Lady Gwendoline Lechlade Ledbitter living look Lord Glenburn manner Marmaduke marriage married matter mind Miss Lexden Miss Pinto Molloy Mordred morning mother never night officers once passed play pleasant poor Prescott pretty Pringle Priscilla Raymond regiment replied Roland Lansdell round scarcely Schröder seemed servants Shakespeare Simnel Sleaford smile spirit Street talk tell theatre thing thought told Tom Larkins took town turned valet walked wife woman wonderful young Young Bengal
Populaire passages
Pagina 234 - There is a history in all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceased ; The which observed, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life, which in their seeds And weak beginnings lie intreasured.
Pagina 237 - But it must be remembered, that life consists not of a series of illustrious actions, or elegant enjoyments; the greater part of our time passes in compliance with necessities, in the performance of daily duties, in the removal of small inconveniences, in the procurement of petty pleasures ; and we are well or ill at ease, as the main stream of life glides on smoothly, or is ruffled by small obstacles and frequent interruption.
Pagina 135 - London; and next day, to see a new opera, after the Italian way, in recitative music and scenes, much inferior to the Italian composure and magnificence; but it was prodigious that in a time of such public consternation such a vanity should be kept up, or permitted.
Pagina 152 - I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
Pagina 350 - Here lies David Garrick, describe me who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man ; As an actor, confess'd without rival to shine : As a wit, if not first, in the very first line : Yet, with talents like these, and an excellent heart, The man had his failings, a dupe to his art.
Pagina 345 - Within the magic circle of the eye ; " If feelings which few hearts, like his, can know, " And which no face so well as his can show ; " Deserve the pref'rence; — Garrick, take the chair ; " Nor quit it — till thou place an equal there.
Pagina 350 - As an actor, confess'd without rival to shine : As a wit, if not first, in the very first line : Yet, with talents like these, and an excellent heart, The man had his failings, a dupe to his art. Like an ill-judging beauty, his colours he spread, 100 And beplaster'd with rouge his own natural red.
Pagina 185 - Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. The Shepherd in Virgil grew acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks.
Pagina 139 - Come, come, Cibber, tell me if there is not something like envy in your character of this young gentleman ; the actor who pleases every body must be a man of merit.
Pagina 145 - Wit, my Lords, is a sort of property; it is the property of those who have it, and too often the only property they have to depend on. It is indeed but a precarious dependence. Thank God! we, my Lords, have a dependence of another kind...