Memoirs of Mrs. Inchbald: Including Her Familiar Correspondence with the Most Distinguished Persons of Her Time. To which are Added The Massacre, and A Case of Conscience; Now First Published from Her Autograph Copies, Volume 1R. Bentley, 1833 |
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Page 16
... paid their annual visit to Bury Fair ; that is , they went to their Cousin Willis's , and staid till the 18th , enjoying the delights of the fair , morn- ing rehearsals , and the usual performances at the theatre . On the 15th Mrs ...
... paid their annual visit to Bury Fair ; that is , they went to their Cousin Willis's , and staid till the 18th , enjoying the delights of the fair , morn- ing rehearsals , and the usual performances at the theatre . On the 15th Mrs ...
Page 59
... paid him for twenty lessons the humble sum of one guinea . These lessons she subsequently continued . Her appli- cation never failed her ; all that she wanted was to pronounce well , and get rid of the English ac- cent while speaking to ...
... paid him for twenty lessons the humble sum of one guinea . These lessons she subsequently continued . Her appli- cation never failed her ; all that she wanted was to pronounce well , and get rid of the English ac- cent while speaking to ...
Page 75
... paid him the homage of very particular study as a character out of the common road , and consequently in some danger of losing his way ; for as to the powers of his genius , per- haps they needed the brilliant success of his sister to ...
... paid him the homage of very particular study as a character out of the common road , and consequently in some danger of losing his way ; for as to the powers of his genius , per- haps they needed the brilliant success of his sister to ...
Page 105
... paid twelve shillings per week for her board and lodging . Tyler seems to have accommodated other members of the com- pany at the same time . George Inchbald , Miss Hitchcock , Miss Mills , Mr. Chalmers , either lodged or boarded in his ...
... paid twelve shillings per week for her board and lodging . Tyler seems to have accommodated other members of the com- pany at the same time . George Inchbald , Miss Hitchcock , Miss Mills , Mr. Chalmers , either lodged or boarded in his ...
Page 108
... paid her very great attention ; but she says of a Mr. Monson that his behaviour surprised her ; this was on Sunday , the 16th of July , when , in a party of pleasure , they visited Rosslyn Castle , and returned home by Dalkeith and ...
... paid her very great attention ; but she says of a Mr. Monson that his behaviour surprised her ; this was on Sunday , the 16th of July , when , in a party of pleasure , they visited Rosslyn Castle , and returned home by Dalkeith and ...
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Page 155 - It must not be; there is no power in Venice Can alter a decree established: 'Twill be recorded for a precedent; And many an error, by the same example, Will rush into the state: it cannot be.
Page 208 - You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age; wretched in both! If it be you that stir these daughters...
Page 208 - Thou'lt come no more, Never, never, never, never, never! Pray you, undo this button. Thank you, sir. Do you see this? Look on her, look, her lips, Look there, look there!
Page 144 - Sir Giles Overreach, how is it with Your honourable daughter ? Has her honour Slept well to-night? or, will her honour please To accept this monkey, dog, or paraquit,5 (This is state in ladies), or my eldest son To be her page, and wait upon her trencher...
Page 145 - We worldly men, when we see friends and kinsmen Past hope sunk in their fortunes, lend no hand To lift them up, but rather set our feet Upon their heads, to press them to the bottom.
Page 276 - Guided by a wish, that the reflecting reader may experience the sensation, which an attention to circumstances like these, must excite ; he is desired to imagine seventeen years elapsed, since he has seen or heard of any of those persons who, in the foregoing part of this narrative have been introduced to his acquaintance ; — and then, supposing himself at the period of those seventeen years, follow the sequel of their history.
Page 340 - What mortal eye can fix'd behold? Who stalks his round, an hideous form, Howling amidst the midnight storm ; Or throws him on the ridgy steep Of some loose hanging rock to sleep...
Page 41 - A course of small, quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as to be misunderstood, with now and then a look of kindness, and little or nothing said upon it, leaves Nature for your mistress, and she fashions it to her mind.
Page 317 - ... but agrees with the verb, or is governed by the verb or the preposition, expressed or understood ; as, " Thou art wiser than I ;" that is,
Page 282 - Save me!" Her voice unmanned him. His long-restrained tears now burst forth, and, seeing her relapsing into the swoon, he cried out eagerly to recall her. Her name did not, however, come to his recollection — nor any name but this : " Miss Milner — dear Miss Milner...