Memoirs of His Own Life, Volumul 2author, 1790 |
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Pagina 10
... thought a faint , though little nun's flesh in her compofition ; for fhe would have debauched a whole convent . She had much art , a cunning understanding , and a flow of fpirits , yet affectation that would have been furfeiting in a ...
... thought a faint , though little nun's flesh in her compofition ; for fhe would have debauched a whole convent . She had much art , a cunning understanding , and a flow of fpirits , yet affectation that would have been furfeiting in a ...
Pagina 11
... to a young performer and novice on the stage . However this is an after thought ; for I was at that time highly gratified with the large letters in which A 5 TATE WILKINSON . II fwallowed. She however wheedled Mr. Baker ...
... to a young performer and novice on the stage . However this is an after thought ; for I was at that time highly gratified with the large letters in which A 5 TATE WILKINSON . II fwallowed. She however wheedled Mr. Baker ...
Pagina 12
... of truth , of my being engaged , and worse than all to make my first appearance conjunctively with Foote at Drury - Lane ; that the thought it highly prudent for her fame and peace , from what materials of 12 MEMOIRS OF.
... of truth , of my being engaged , and worse than all to make my first appearance conjunctively with Foote at Drury - Lane ; that the thought it highly prudent for her fame and peace , from what materials of 12 MEMOIRS OF.
Pagina 15
... thought , fhe forgave me as I now do her : for had I been in her place I think I might and fhould , too probably , have acted the fame as fhe did . And by the fame rule , had Mrs. Wof- fington been Mr. Wilkinson she might not have acted ...
... thought , fhe forgave me as I now do her : for had I been in her place I think I might and fhould , too probably , have acted the fame as fhe did . And by the fame rule , had Mrs. Wof- fington been Mr. Wilkinson she might not have acted ...
Pagina 25
... thought all was over ; but the multitude of well wishers , and the number whofe curiofity had been raised , longed to be fatisfied , and bore all before them ; and very trifling marks were heard or fuf- fered after , fufficient to ...
... thought all was over ; but the multitude of well wishers , and the number whofe curiofity had been raised , longed to be fatisfied , and bore all before them ; and very trifling marks were heard or fuf- fered after , fufficient to ...
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Pagina 199 - I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth ; my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Pagina 39 - I should take it, for it cannot be But I am pigeon-liver'd, and lack gall To make oppression bitter, or ere this I should have fatted all the region kites With this slave's offal.
Pagina 39 - Why, what an ass am I! This is most brave, That I, the son of a dear father murdered, Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell, Must like a whore unpack my heart with words, And fall a-cursing like a very drab, A scullion!
Pagina 153 - For he who fights and runs away May live to fight another day ; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise and fight again.
Pagina 199 - This is the state of man : To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day, comes a frost, a killing frost; And, — when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Pagina 23 - Gibber thought the new player " well enough," but Foote, with the malice that was natural to him, remarked, " Yes, the hound has something clever, but if his excellence was to be examined, he would not be found in any part equal to Colley Gibber's Sir John Brute, Lord Foppington, Sir Courtly Nice, or Justice Shallow.
Pagina 183 - A pleafant fellow. —Who were your parents ? Shift. I was produced, Sir, by a left-handed marriage, in the language of the news-papers, between an illuftrious lamp-lighter and an eminent itinerant cat and dog butcher. — Cat's meat, and dog's meat 1 dare fay, you have heard my mother, Sir.
Pagina 183 - Here, firrah, light me a-crofs the kennel. ——I hope your honour will remember poor Jack. You ragged rafcal, I have no halfpence I'll pay you the next time I fee you. But, lack-a-day, fir, that time I faw as feldom as his tradefmen.
Pagina 94 - O, what an infernal limb of an actress you'll make ! What ! not know the meaning of prentice ! Why prentice, ma'am, is the plural of prentices !" The complaints of this original to the Dublin stage-manager upon her daughter's wrongs, are equally comic. " Sir, you have not used my daughter well, 'pon my sould, and Barry has left her in ' Love's Last Shift
Pagina 28 - ... why will you take a liberty with these gentlemen the players, and without my consent ? you never consulted or told me you were to take off, as you call it ; hey, why now, I never take such liberties — indeed I once did it, but I gave up such dd impudence.