The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events. St. Paul's to St. James's, Volume 2 |
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... present . St. James's Palace during the Reigns of the Stuarts and two first Georges . Anecdotes of Lord Craven and Prince George of Denmark . - Characters of Queen Anne , and of George the First and Second . - George the First and his ...
... present . St. James's Palace during the Reigns of the Stuarts and two first Georges . Anecdotes of Lord Craven and Prince George of Denmark . - Characters of Queen Anne , and of George the First and Second . - George the First and his ...
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... present , will observe on the left hand , near Lincoln's Inn Fields , a narrow street , composed of small buildings , on the corner of which is inscribed Whetstone Park . The repose and quiet of the place seem to proclaim strong ...
... present , will observe on the left hand , near Lincoln's Inn Fields , a narrow street , composed of small buildings , on the corner of which is inscribed Whetstone Park . The repose and quiet of the place seem to proclaim strong ...
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... present burial ground , just at the back of Surgeons ' College , and was subsequently the china warehouse of Messrs . Spode and Copeland . * This theatre , which was built of red brick , and had a front facing the market , is the one ...
... present burial ground , just at the back of Surgeons ' College , and was subsequently the china warehouse of Messrs . Spode and Copeland . * This theatre , which was built of red brick , and had a front facing the market , is the one ...
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... presents and addresses of the Earl of Oxford . The resistance inflamed his passion ; he had re- course to invectives and even spells ; but all in vain . This disappointment had such an effect upon him , that he could neither eat nor ...
... presents and addresses of the Earl of Oxford . The resistance inflamed his passion ; he had re- course to invectives and even spells ; but all in vain . This disappointment had such an effect upon him , that he could neither eat nor ...
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... present the reader with extracts from Cibber which contain little respecting this actor that might not be said of others ; only it may be observed , that in the better parts of the performances of the old players we have something ...
... present the reader with extracts from Cibber which contain little respecting this actor that might not be said of others ; only it may be observed , that in the better parts of the performances of the old players we have something ...
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Page 186 - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Page 259 - Majesty's lap and fell at his feet, though I rather think it was in his face. Much was the hurry and confusion; cloths and napkins were at hand to make all clean. His Majesty then got up and would dance with the Queen of Sheba, but he fell down and humbled himself before her and was carried to an inner chamber and laid on a bed of state, which was not a little defiled with the presents of the Queen which had been bestowed on his garments, such as wine, cream, jelly, beverage, cakes, spices, and other...
Page 62 - Dream," which I had never seen before, nor shall ever again, for it is the most insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life.
Page 132 - Mr. Davies mentioned my name, and respectfully introduced me to him. I was much agitated; and recollecting his prejudice against the Scotch, of which I had heard much, I said to Davies, "Don't tell where I come from." — "From Scotland," cried Davies roguishly. "Mr. Johnson, (said I) I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it.
Page 48 - I have seen a dreadful vision since I saw you. I have seen my dear wife pass twice by me through this room with her hair hanging about her shoulders and a dead child in her arms. This I have seen since I saw you.
Page 133 - What do you think of Garrick? He has refused me an order for the play for Miss Williams, because he knows the house will be full, and that an order would be worth three shillings.
Page 250 - That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls of the size of beans, and over it a mantle of black silk, shot with silver threads ; her train was very long, the end of it borne by a marchioness ; instead of a chain she had an oblong collar of gold and jewels.
Page 66 - ... pleasant hints of her knowledge of him, by that means setting his brains at work to find out who she was, and did give him leave to use all means to find out who she was, but pulling off her mask. He was mighty witty, and she also making sport with him very inoffensively, that a more pleasant rencontre I never heard. But by that means lost the pleasure of the play wholly, to which now and then Sir Charles Sedley's exceptions against both words and pronouncing were very pretty.
Page 50 - By our first strange and fatal interview, By all desires which thereof did ensue, By our long starving hopes, by that remorse Which my words...
Page 207 - I mean to speak of him in the language of our art. To speak then of Vanbrugh in the language of a Painter, he had originality of invention, he understood light and shadow, and had great skill in composition.