An Apology for the Life of George Anne Bellamy: Late of Covent-garden Theatreauthor, and sold, 1786 |
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... accordingly found the door of the house , at which I was to alight , crowded with them , in expectation of be- holding a wonder . For it could not enter into the imagination of thofe young gentlemen , that any any thing less than a ...
... accordingly found the door of the house , at which I was to alight , crowded with them , in expectation of be- holding a wonder . For it could not enter into the imagination of thofe young gentlemen , that any any thing less than a ...
第13页
... accordingly were able to per- form it before the proprietors of Crow - street , and got eight great audiences ere the finery they fo much boafted of arrived . This manœuvre proved a fore disappointment to the expectations of the gentry ...
... accordingly were able to per- form it before the proprietors of Crow - street , and got eight great audiences ere the finery they fo much boafted of arrived . This manœuvre proved a fore disappointment to the expectations of the gentry ...
第22页
... accordingly fulfilled his promife , and advanced me fome money for my present exigencies . Mr. Rich received me with open arms ; and my engagement being figned , I was fo far easy . My My letter of licence was likewife figned in a few ...
... accordingly fulfilled his promife , and advanced me fome money for my present exigencies . Mr. Rich received me with open arms ; and my engagement being figned , I was fo far easy . My My letter of licence was likewife figned in a few ...
第23页
... accordingly , like a true Don Quixote , fet off after them , in order to refcue his Dulcinea from the hands of her ravifher . He could not overtake them till he got to Holywell , where he was informed they were in bed . His fears how ...
... accordingly , like a true Don Quixote , fet off after them , in order to refcue his Dulcinea from the hands of her ravifher . He could not overtake them till he got to Holywell , where he was informed they were in bed . His fears how ...
第34页
... accordingly called , foon after , at the perfon's house , and having read the bond , which was ftipulated for the time mentioned , I figned it ; but , being in haste , I very imprudently omitted feeing whether the judgment was of the ...
... accordingly called , foon after , at the perfon's house , and having read the bond , which was ftipulated for the time mentioned , I figned it ; but , being in haste , I very imprudently omitted feeing whether the judgment was of the ...
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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...