An Apology for the Life of George Anne Bellamy: Late of Covent-Garden Theatre. Written by Herself. To which is Annexed, Her Original Letter to John Calcraft, ... The Third Edition. In Five Volumes. ...author, and sold, 1785 |
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第17页
... offered to a man of his great confequence , he threw the cause into chancery , where it remained hung up during Mr. Davy's life , who was * Midfummer's Night Dream , Act I. Scene I. too too opulent and too indolent to carry on the fuit ...
... offered to a man of his great confequence , he threw the cause into chancery , where it remained hung up during Mr. Davy's life , who was * Midfummer's Night Dream , Act I. Scene I. too too opulent and too indolent to carry on the fuit ...
第25页
... offered me ten thousand pounds to be admitted as a favoured lover . As the gentleman is now happily married , I will not mention his name ; there are , however , I believe , living vouchers of the truth of this affertion . And here I ...
... offered me ten thousand pounds to be admitted as a favoured lover . As the gentleman is now happily married , I will not mention his name ; there are , however , I believe , living vouchers of the truth of this affertion . And here I ...
第35页
... offered me a fresh in- fult , by getting a friend to deliver me a meffage , of an extraordinary nature , juft after my return from Ireland . This aggra- vation of his injuries , will be fully explained in the letter already hinted at ...
... offered me a fresh in- fult , by getting a friend to deliver me a meffage , of an extraordinary nature , juft after my return from Ireland . This aggra- vation of his injuries , will be fully explained in the letter already hinted at ...
第55页
... offering a favour . I thanked him cordially for his intended kindness , but de- clined accepting it ; affuring him at the fame time , that I did not do so from being hurt at the offer , which gave me fingular pleasure , but because I ...
... offering a favour . I thanked him cordially for his intended kindness , but de- clined accepting it ; affuring him at the fame time , that I did not do so from being hurt at the offer , which gave me fingular pleasure , but because I ...
第56页
... offered to build a theatre by fubfcription , if our com- pany would promife to perform there in the fummer . To this we readily confented , as the inhabitants were not only opulent , but but liberal to a degree . The theatre being now ...
... offered to build a theatre by fubfcription , if our com- pany would promife to perform there in the fummer . To this we readily confented , as the inhabitants were not only opulent , but but liberal to a degree . The theatre being now ...
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第148页 - ... advertifement, Mr. Calcraft had been at his houfe, vowing vengeance againft the theatre, if I did not promife to give up all 'thoughts of fuch a publication ; which, he faid, was at once putting a dagger into his heart, and a piftol to his head.