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... indulgent and charitable to them , and that their gratitude was a little too apt to degenerate into flattery . The letters of Mrs. Pilkington and of Colley Cibber appear с HILL, MISS FIELDING, AND MISS COLLIER. 21 ...
... indulgent and charitable to them , and that their gratitude was a little too apt to degenerate into flattery . The letters of Mrs. Pilkington and of Colley Cibber appear с HILL, MISS FIELDING, AND MISS COLLIER. 21 ...
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... Cibber , Mrs. B. says that " they show in every line the man of wit and the man of the world . " We are sorry to dissent from so respectable an opinion ; but the letters appear to us in every respect contemptible and disgusting ...
... Cibber , Mrs. B. says that " they show in every line the man of wit and the man of the world . " We are sorry to dissent from so respectable an opinion ; but the letters appear to us in every respect contemptible and disgusting ...
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Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey. MRS . PILKINGTON , CIBBER , AND EDWARDS . 23 ah ! you may laugh if you please ; but how will you be able to look me in the face , if the lady should ever be able to show hers again ... CIBBER, AND EDWARDS. 23 ...
Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey. MRS . PILKINGTON , CIBBER , AND EDWARDS . 23 ah ! you may laugh if you please ; but how will you be able to look me in the face , if the lady should ever be able to show hers again ... CIBBER, AND EDWARDS. 23 ...
Pagina 26
... Cibber calls him papa ) , and Mr. Cibber at seventy - seven , hunting after new faces ; and thinking themselves happy if they can obtain the notice and familiarity of a fine woman ! - How ridiculous ! - " Mr. Cibber was over head and ...
... Cibber calls him papa ) , and Mr. Cibber at seventy - seven , hunting after new faces ; and thinking themselves happy if they can obtain the notice and familiarity of a fine woman ! - How ridiculous ! - " Mr. Cibber was over head and ...
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Pagina 8 - Klopstock, she loves him as her lifely son, and thanks God that she has not persisted. We married, and I am the happiest wife in the world. In some few months it will be four years that I am so happy, and still I dote upon Klopstock as if he was my bridegroom. If you knew my husband, you would not wonder. If you knew his poem, I could describe him very briefly, in saying he is in all respects what he is as a poet.
Pagina 6 - Its run is over, even with us. Is it true that France had virtue enough to refuse to license such a profligate performance ?" But the worst of all is the following— " I have not been able to read any more than the first volume of Amelia.
Pagina 9 - there is no coming at her, she is so surrounded by the -toupets.' — And I left him upon the fret — But he was called to soon after ; and in he flew, and his face shone again, and looked smooth.
Pagina 7 - After having seen him two hours, I was obliged to pass the evening in a company which never had been so wearisome to me. I could not speak ; I could not play ; I thought, I saw nothing but Klopstock.
Pagina 8 - But this was a horrible idea for me, and thank Heaven that I have prevailed by prayers ! At this time, knowing Klopstock, she loves him as her lifely son, and thanks God that she has not persisted. We married, and lam the happiest wife in the world. In some few months it will be four years that I am so happy, and still I dote upon Klopstock as if he was my bridegroom.