An Apology for the Life of George Anne Bellamy: Late of Covent-garden Theatreauthor, and sold, 1786 |
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第8页
... supposed that my ap- pearance was not the most brilliant . My arrival having been hourly expected , curio- fity had induced many of the ftudents of the cok lege to watch for my coming . I accordingly found the door of the house , at ...
... supposed that my ap- pearance was not the most brilliant . My arrival having been hourly expected , curio- fity had induced many of the ftudents of the cok lege to watch for my coming . I accordingly found the door of the house , at ...
第38页
... be- fides , as I have already observed , it is not to be supposed that by figning the release I gave a re- ceipt for what was not mine to difpofe of . The release release is now in the hands of Mr. Stubbs , 38 THE LIFE O F.
... be- fides , as I have already observed , it is not to be supposed that by figning the release I gave a re- ceipt for what was not mine to difpofe of . The release release is now in the hands of Mr. Stubbs , 38 THE LIFE O F.
第91页
... supposed that I should receive a circumftance of fuch great import with the un- affected indifference I did . He expected that I should regret the restriction , with the fame poig- ' nant feelings he had declared he himself felt ; and ...
... supposed that I should receive a circumftance of fuch great import with the un- affected indifference I did . He expected that I should regret the restriction , with the fame poig- ' nant feelings he had declared he himself felt ; and ...
第101页
... supposed that I was not a little mor tified , when I confidered that a performer , who had always been esteemed of confequence , and who had every reafon to conclude herfelf in fome estimation with the public , fhould , according to F 3 ...
... supposed that I was not a little mor tified , when I confidered that a performer , who had always been esteemed of confequence , and who had every reafon to conclude herfelf in fome estimation with the public , fhould , according to F 3 ...
第158页
... supposed I should be restored , by the preference he would fhew me , to my former eligible fituation in the theatre . Actuated by this hope , I deter- mined to fpare no pains , in order to merit his continued approbation . * As Mr ...
... supposed I should be restored , by the preference he would fhew me , to my former eligible fituation in the theatre . Actuated by this hope , I deter- mined to fpare no pains , in order to merit his continued approbation . * As Mr ...
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acquainted advertiſement affiftance affured againſt Alderman anfwer appearance bufinefs buſineſs Calcraft caufe cauſe chaife circumftance Colman conclufion confent confequence confiderable Cracroft creditor debt defired Digges engagement expence faid falutation fame favour feemed fent fervant ferve fettled feven fhall fhew fhort fhould figned fince firft firſt fituation fome foon friendſhip ftill fuccefs fuch fummer fuppofed fure furprized gentleman GEORGE ANNE BELLAMY greateſt herſelf himſelf honour houfe houſe hundred pounds informed JOHN CALCRAFT juft juſt lady laſt letter likewife lofs Lord Lord Granby Lordſhip Metham Mifs Wordley moft moſt muſt myſelf neceffary never notwithſtanding obferving obliged occafion paffed perfon performer play pleaſed pleaſure poffeffed poffible prevented promiſe proprietors purpoſe racter reafon received refidence refuſed requeſted Scotland ſee ſeemed ſhe Sir George ſome ſtage theatre thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion told ufual uſe vifit whilft whofe whoſe woman Woodward
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第3页 - tis slander; Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile; whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world : kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave This viperous slander enters.
第18页 - Ah me! for aught that ever I could read. Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth: But, either it was different in blood; Her.
第18页 - Or, if there were a fympathy in choice, War, death, or ficknefs did lay fiege to it ; 'Making it momentary as a found, Swift as a fhadow, fhort as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in the collied night, .
第152页 - Tis thou, thrice sweet and gracious goddess, addressing myself to LIBERTY, whom all in public or in private worship, whose taste is grateful, and ever will be so, till NATURE herself shall change no tint of words can spot thy snowy mantle...
第68页 - Glasgow, told his auditors that he dreamed the preceding night he was in the infernal regions, at a grand entertainment, where all the devils...
第173页 - I wondered any gentleman who profefled liberal fentiments could advife a breach of truft. He told me that, if he had got hold of it, he would have burnt it, as he was fure two capital performers had figned it, who would not have done fo, had another paper been preferrted in their favour.
第126页 - Have with our needles created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key, As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds Had been incorporate. So we grew together Like to a double cherry, seeming parted But yet an union in partition, Two lovely berries moulded on one stem...
第9页 - Fashion to yourself the idea of a little dirty creature, bent nearly double, enfeebled by fatigue, her countenance tinged with the jaundice, and in every respect the reverse of a person who could make the least pretensions to beauty.
第72页 - I had prevailed upon a gentleman, who was poffefled of fome talents, to compile a little piece from the celebrated poem of Offian ; and I appeared in the character of Commela, there, with great fuccefs. But at Glafgow the applaufe I received was beyond all bounds. This little piece alone, tacked to any indifferent comedy, would fill the houfe, fo that it was crowded every night ;' which tended greatly to relieve me from the fatigue I daily underwent, not only from the duties of my profeffion, but...