A New History of the English Stage, from the Restoration to the Liberty of the Theatres, in Connection with the Patent Houses ...Tinsley brothers, 1882 - 900 oldal |
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... lord , [ Mr. Chetwood here interrupts his ballad to furnish commentaries . ] If you doubt of the truth , to confirm every word , I'll call for a witness - Will Thomas - Will Thomas , t I'll call for a witness - Will Thomas ! II . First ...
... lord , [ Mr. Chetwood here interrupts his ballad to furnish commentaries . ] If you doubt of the truth , to confirm every word , I'll call for a witness - Will Thomas - Will Thomas , t I'll call for a witness - Will Thomas ! II . First ...
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... lord , says this modest young man , I beg he'd invite me to dinner ; I'll be as diverting as ever I can , I will by the faith of a sinner ! I mimic all actors , the worst , and the best , I'll sing him a song , I'll crack him a jest , I ...
... lord , says this modest young man , I beg he'd invite me to dinner ; I'll be as diverting as ever I can , I will by the faith of a sinner ! I mimic all actors , the worst , and the best , I'll sing him a song , I'll crack him a jest , I ...
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... lord , fie upon you ! To us you're as hard as a Turk or a Jew , If you part with your money , pay where it is due ; Poor Betty's with child , and it may be by you . Here's fun for us all ! cried Will Thomas , Will Thomas , Here's fun ...
... lord , fie upon you ! To us you're as hard as a Turk or a Jew , If you part with your money , pay where it is due ; Poor Betty's with child , and it may be by you . Here's fun for us all ! cried Will Thomas , Will Thomas , Here's fun ...
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... lord in waiting , he advanced to the front of the box , and directing the attention of the audience to his proceedings , he deliberately beat the misleading timekeeper against the box- thus proving he was a great actor , and deserving ...
... lord in waiting , he advanced to the front of the box , and directing the attention of the audience to his proceedings , he deliberately beat the misleading timekeeper against the box- thus proving he was a great actor , and deserving ...
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... lord saluted Mr. Rich with a slap on the face , which he immediately returned ; and his lordship's face being round and fat , made his cheek ring with the force of it . Upon this spirited return , my lord's drunken companions collected ...
... lord saluted Mr. Rich with a slap on the face , which he immediately returned ; and his lordship's face being round and fat , made his cheek ring with the force of it . Upon this spirited return , my lord's drunken companions collected ...
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Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
acting actor actress appeared applause audience Beggar's Opera benefit Booth boxes brought called character Cibber Colley Cibber Colman comedians comedy Covent Garden Theatre curious dramatic dress Drury Lane Theatre Duke Elliston engaged entertainment extraordinary farce favour Fleetwood Foote gallery Garrick gave gentleman give Goodman's Fields grace green-room guineas Harris Haymarket Haymarket Theatre heard Highmore honour humour interest James Lacy Kemble King Lacy lady late licence Lincoln's Inn Fields lived London Lord Chamberlain Macklin Majesty manager matter ment Miss never night occasion opera pantomime patent patent theatres performers person Peter Moore piece play players playhouse present proprietors Quin received rehearsal Rich salary Samuel Whitbread says scenes season seemed servants Sheridan soon stage success Tate Wilkinson Theatre Royal theatrical thought told took town tragedy voice whole Wilks young
Népszerű szakaszok
317. oldal - ... who has lengthened, and one who has gladdened life ; with Dr. James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified with this character of our common friend. But what are the hopes of man ? I am disappointed by that stroke of death which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.
165. oldal - Nature fled. But forc'd, at length, her ancient reign to quit, She saw great Faustus lay the ghost of Wit; Exulting Folly hail'd the joyful day, And Pantomime and Song confirm'd her sway.
288. oldal - JOHNSON. " Because, Sir, she is a favourite of the public ; and when the public cares the thousandth part for you that it does for her, I will go to your benefit too.
25. oldal - He began on it ; and" when first he mentioned it to Swift, the doctor did not much like the project. As he carried it on, he showed what he wrote to both of us, and we now and then gave a correction, or a word or two of advice ; but it was wholly of his own writing.
252. oldal - ... by the name aforesaid shall be able and capable in law to have, hold, receive, enjoy, possess and retain for...
165. oldal - With every meteor of caprice must play, And chase the new-blown bubbles of the day. Ah ! let not censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please — to live.
164. oldal - The wits of Charles found easier ways to fame, Nor wish'd for Jonson's art, or Shakespeare's flame. Themselves they studied, as they felt they writ ; Intrigue was plot, obscenity was wit.
217. oldal - Not content with this, he proceeded to declare, that the author possessed the true theatric genius of Shakspeare and Otway, refined from the unhappy barbarism of the one and the licentiousness of the other.
187. oldal - WITH that low cunning, which in fools supplies, -* And amply too, the place of being wise, Which Nature, kind, indulgent parent ! gave To qualify the blockhead for a knave...
127. oldal - The trial scene wound up the fulness of my reputation. Here I was well listened to, and here I made such a silent yet forcible impression on my audience, that I retired from this great attempt most perfectly satisfied. On my return to the green-room, after the play was over, it was crowded with nobility and critics, who all complimented me in the warmest and most unbounded manner ; and the situation I felt myself in, I must confess, was one of the most flattering and intoxicating of my whole life....