An Apology for the Life of George Anne Bellamy: Late of Covent-garden Theatreauthor, and sold, 1786 |
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... knew ; and that this was the caufe of my leaving Mr. Calcraft . So improbable a story , I think , could hardly gain belief . For , had that been the cafe , I fhould cer- tainly have ftaid in London , where my imagined lover was , rather ...
... knew ; and that this was the caufe of my leaving Mr. Calcraft . So improbable a story , I think , could hardly gain belief . For , had that been the cafe , I fhould cer- tainly have ftaid in London , where my imagined lover was , rather ...
第17页
... knew he fhould eafily have got the money , but he wifhed to prevent my playing that night . " Every thing , " continued he , " is fair , " " where interefts clash . " When Mr. Digges found me in this fituation , he was like a distracted ...
... knew he fhould eafily have got the money , but he wifhed to prevent my playing that night . " Every thing , " continued he , " is fair , " " where interefts clash . " When Mr. Digges found me in this fituation , he was like a distracted ...
第19页
... knew of the affair , but was confenting to it . I accord- ingly , when he faluted me with his ufual cordia- lity , could not help expreffing my furprise at it . An explanation took place ; immediately after which , he abruptly left the ...
... knew of the affair , but was confenting to it . I accord- ingly , when he faluted me with his ufual cordia- lity , could not help expreffing my furprise at it . An explanation took place ; immediately after which , he abruptly left the ...
第34页
... knew not what courfe to take . Mr. Digges , being much embarraffed in his affairs , had accepted of an invitation to return to Edinburgh , where he was a great favourite ; and there he intended to continue , till I could get my affairs ...
... knew not what courfe to take . Mr. Digges , being much embarraffed in his affairs , had accepted of an invitation to return to Edinburgh , where he was a great favourite ; and there he intended to continue , till I could get my affairs ...
第37页
... knew , had great influence over me , and therefore he was in hopes she would remove my prepoffeffions . But they were too deeply rooted ; particularly as he had offered me a frefh infult , by getting a friend to deliver me a message ...
... knew , had great influence over me , and therefore he was in hopes she would remove my prepoffeffions . But they were too deeply rooted ; particularly as he had offered me a frefh infult , by getting a friend to deliver me a message ...
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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...