 Here I could no longer defend our customs, for I could scarcely breathe while thus surrounded by a host of strapping fellows, standing with their dirty boots on the seats of the benches. The little Frenchman, who thus found a temporary shelter from the...  History of the American Theatre - Pagina 176de William Dunlap - 1833Vizualizare completă - Despre această carte
 | Washington Irving - 1866 - 496 pagini
...candle-grease ; by and by I shall have my other clothes dirtied by sitting down, as I perceive everybody mounted on the benches. I wonder if they could not...not tiresome, and you choose to give this view of a New- York Theatre a place in your paper, you may, perhaps, hear further from your friend, JONATHAN... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1867 - 496 pagini
...candle-grease ; by and by I shall have my other clothes dirtied by sitting down, as I perceive everybody mounted on the benches. I wonder if they could not...not tiresome, and you choose to give this view of a New- York Theatre a place in your paper, you may, perhaps, hear further from your friend, JONATHAN... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1867 - 540 pagini
...friends, was the only person benefited. At last the bell again rung, and the cry of " Down, down!—hats off!" was the signal for the commencement of the play....paper, you may, perhaps, hear further from your friend, December 3, 1802. JONATHAN OLDSTYLE. LETTER V. SIR,—I shall now conclude my remarks on the Theatre,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1869 - 504 pagini
...candle-grease ; by and by I shall have my other clothes dirtied by sitting down, as I perceive everybody mounted on the benches. I wonder if they could not...not tiresome, and you choose to give this view of a New- York Theatre a place in your paper, you may, perhaps, hear further from your friend, JONATHAN... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1881 - 990 pagini
...the benches. The little Frenchman, who thus found a temporary shelter from the missive complunents of his gallery friends, was the only person benefited....not tiresome, and you choose to give this view of a New- York Theatre a place in your paper, you may, perhaps, hear further from your friend, JONATHAN... | |
 | 1903 - 404 pagini
...thus found a temporary shelter from the missive compliments of his gallery friends was the only fellow benefited. At last, the bell again rung, and the cry...— was the signal for the commencement of the play. crept into our theatres, and which particularly prevails in the boxes. In old times, people went to... | |
 | Louis Charles Baker - 1917 - 188 pagini
...door, and to have my head battered with rotten apples and my coat spoiled by candle-grease; by and by I shall have my other clothes dirtied by sitting down,...was the signal for the commencement of the play." Such was the theatre in New York in 1803. Summary for the Season 1802-1803. Pizarro, November 3, 1802,... | |
 | Louis Charles Baker - 1917 - 182 pagini
...door, and to have my head battered with rotten apples and my coat spoiled by candle-grease; by and by I shall have my other clothes dirtied by sitting down,...was the signal for the commencement of the play." Such was the theatre in New York in 1803. Summary for the Season 1802-1803. Pizarro, November 3, 1802,... | |
 | Arthur Hornblow - 1919 - 412 pagini
...the seats of the benches. The little Frenchman who thus found a temporary shelter from the massive compliments of his gallery friends, was the only person...was the signal for the commencement of the play.' In January of the following year, Mr Cooper was seen as Macbeth, a role in which he had been already... | |
 | Arthur Hornblow - 1919 - 418 pagini
...the seats of the benches. The little Frenchman who thus found a temporary shelter from the massive compliments of his gallery friends, was the only person...hats off," was the signal for the commencement of the play.3 In January of the following year, Mr Cooper was seen as Macbeth, a role in which he had been... | |
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