An Apology for the Life of George Anne Bellamy: Late of Covent-garden Theatreauthor, and sold, 1786 |
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第 10 頁
... promise of giving him the preference to Mr. Barry , who had moft illiberally pofted it up in one of the principal coffee - houfes in Dublin . It might not be unneceffary to add here , that when Mr. Calcraft was informed of this ...
... promise of giving him the preference to Mr. Barry , who had moft illiberally pofted it up in one of the principal coffee - houfes in Dublin . It might not be unneceffary to add here , that when Mr. Calcraft was informed of this ...
第 23 頁
... promise never to fign any paper whatever , fhe could not fet her hand to mine . Mr. Digges , I found , was gone into Wales to wait for my return ; it being inconvenient for him to cross the water , he could not go to Ireland to ...
... promise never to fign any paper whatever , fhe could not fet her hand to mine . Mr. Digges , I found , was gone into Wales to wait for my return ; it being inconvenient for him to cross the water , he could not go to Ireland to ...
第 44 頁
... promise he had made me . In two days after he left me , a post - chaise came to convey me on to the Grafs Market , as the driver told me . This I fuppofed to be a towa which was called by that name , and accordingly went with him . When ...
... promise he had made me . In two days after he left me , a post - chaise came to convey me on to the Grafs Market , as the driver told me . This I fuppofed to be a towa which was called by that name , and accordingly went with him . When ...
第 59 頁
... promise of returning as foon as poffible . But as he was not to play in future , that was immaterial . At the conclufion of the week , I fent to Mr. Still for the two hundred pounds ; and received for answer , that he had not a fhilling ...
... promise of returning as foon as poffible . But as he was not to play in future , that was immaterial . At the conclufion of the week , I fent to Mr. Still for the two hundred pounds ; and received for answer , that he had not a fhilling ...
第 64 頁
... promise to perform there in the fummer . To this we readily confented , as the inhabitants were not only opu- lent , but liberal to a degree . The theatre being now ready , we formed very agreeable ideas of the jaunt ; and that not only ...
... promise to perform there in the fummer . To this we readily confented , as the inhabitants were not only opu- lent , but liberal to a degree . The theatre being now ready , we formed very agreeable ideas of the jaunt ; and that not only ...
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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 頁 - 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 頁 - 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 頁 - 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 頁 - 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 頁 - 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 頁 - 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 頁 - 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 頁 - 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 頁 - 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...