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 ...Richard Bentley, 1833 |
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... taken in Hart Street- At length has a farce accepted by Colman - Was induced to act in it Was at the reading , not known to be the writer - The ' Mogul Tale ' brings her 100 guineas Stammers on the first night of it - Letters from Twiss ...
... taken in Hart Street- At length has a farce accepted by Colman - Was induced to act in it Was at the reading , not known to be the writer - The ' Mogul Tale ' brings her 100 guineas Stammers on the first night of it - Letters from Twiss ...
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... taken , however indiscreet , is no ways crimi- nal ; unless I sin by not acquainting you with it , which was impossible for me to do , though strongly pressed by the desire of giving you a personal farewell . I now endure every pang ...
... taken , however indiscreet , is no ways crimi- nal ; unless I sin by not acquainting you with it , which was impossible for me to do , though strongly pressed by the desire of giving you a personal farewell . I now endure every pang ...
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... taken to the play . She visited the theatre afterwards usually twice a week , and sought in every way instruction as an actress , and any engagement that should appear respectable . From the 7th May , visits are kept up with Dodd , who ...
... taken to the play . She visited the theatre afterwards usually twice a week , and sought in every way instruction as an actress , and any engagement that should appear respectable . From the 7th May , visits are kept up with Dodd , who ...
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... taken . On the 22nd she had occasion to see him twice ; once after dinner : she was then " terri- fied and vexed beyond measure at his behaviour . ' She does not herself mention the circumstance , but it is pretty well understood that ...
... taken . On the 22nd she had occasion to see him twice ; once after dinner : she was then " terri- fied and vexed beyond measure at his behaviour . ' She does not herself mention the circumstance , but it is pretty well understood that ...
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... taken from the French . There was a doctor of the Sor- bonne who wrote of the action of God upon his creatures ; and of this man the authors of the Nouveau Dictionnaire ' still more daringly said , Il trempe sa plume dans le sein de ...
... taken from the French . There was a doctor of the Sor- bonne who wrote of the action of God upon his creatures ; and of this man the authors of the Nouveau Dictionnaire ' still more daringly said , Il trempe sa plume dans le sein de ...
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Page 157 - 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 210 - 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 33 - Faith, once or twice she heaved the name of "father" Pantingly forth, as if it pressed her heart; Cried "Sisters! sisters! Shame of ladies! sisters! Kent! father! sisters! What, i
Page 147 - 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 188 - Your regular and continent life gives you the assurance of many healthful years ; and your uncommon talents, having now forced themselves into notice, will crown you with growing reputation. If I could write, I would : I cannot — so you must receive esteem instead of flattery, and sincerity for wit, when I swear there is no WOMAN I more truly admire, nor any MAN whose abilities I more highly esteem.
Page 210 - 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 278 - 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 342 - 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 319 - ... 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 284 - 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...