Bon-mots of Samuel Foote and Theodore HookJ. M. Dent, 1894 - 192 Seiten |
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... Hay- market Theatre ; turning his talents as mimic to account in a concert , a farce , and an en- tertainment of his own ... Haymarket . -1748 . Chocolate in Ireland , and AnAuction of Pictures . - 1749 . March , The Knight , comedy ...
... Hay- market Theatre ; turning his talents as mimic to account in a concert , a farce , and an en- tertainment of his own ... Haymarket . -1748 . Chocolate in Ireland , and AnAuction of Pictures . - 1749 . March , The Knight , comedy ...
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... Haymarket Theatre on one occasion , saying , " Well , Foote , here I am ready , as usual , to swallow all your good things . " " Upon my soul , " replied Foote , " your Royal Highness must have an excellent diges- tion , for you never ...
... Haymarket Theatre on one occasion , saying , " Well , Foote , here I am ready , as usual , to swallow all your good things . " " Upon my soul , " replied Foote , " your Royal Highness must have an excellent diges- tion , for you never ...
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... Haymarket . He had studied the antiquated style of acting- in short , he was a fine bit of old stage buckram -and Cato was therefore selected for his first essay . He appeared in the same costume as , it is to be supposed , was adopted ...
... Haymarket . He had studied the antiquated style of acting- in short , he was a fine bit of old stage buckram -and Cato was therefore selected for his first essay . He appeared in the same costume as , it is to be supposed , was adopted ...
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... Haymarket . " Oh , I don't know how it was , " she said , " but he talked me over so by telling me he would make me immortal , that I did not know how to refuse him . " " Did he so , indeed ? " said Foote . " Well then , I suppose I ...
... Haymarket . " Oh , I don't know how it was , " she said , " but he talked me over so by telling me he would make me immortal , that I did not know how to refuse him . " " Did he so , indeed ? " said Foote . " Well then , I suppose I ...
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... Haymarket actors , praising a loin of veal on Foote's table , asked him who was his butcher . " I think his name is Addison , " said Foote . " Addison ! " exclaimed the other , " I wonder is he any relation to Addison ? " " Why , that I ...
... Haymarket actors , praising a loin of veal on Foote's table , asked him who was his butcher . " I think his name is Addison , " said Foote . " Addison ! " exclaimed the other , " I wonder is he any relation to Addison ? " " Why , that I ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
acquaintance actor answered Foote Aristophanes asked Foote AUBREY BEARDSLEY barber Bedford coffee-house bon-mots bore brother cabbage stalk called coffee-house comedy complaining to Foote cried David Garrick dear sir dining with Foote dinner Doctor Doctor Johnson dressed drink Duke of Cumberland Encyclopædia Britannica enquired farce fire fond Foote asked Foote one day Foote replied Foote's garden give green-room guest happened Haymarket Theatre HIFFERMAN Hook's humour John Bull kitchen lady look Lord Kellie Lord Townsend lordship Macklin madam Mauritius Miss Cox morning neighbours never night observed occasion once party performance person play poor Port wine pounds Pray remarked replied Foote replied Hook retorted Foote returned Hook round SAMUEL FOOTE Samuel Rogers says Foote servant Shakespeare Sir Francis soon spirit supposed sure tell THEODORE HOOK thing thought took turned verses window wine wish
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 13 - So he died, and she very imprudently married the barber; and there were present the Picninnies, and the Joblillies, and the Garyulies, and the Grand Panjandrum himself, with the little round button at top; and they all fell to playing the game of catch as catch can, till the gunpowder ran out at the heels of their boots.
Seite 115 - Jones ! — why surely I cannot have — yes I must — Good Heaven ! I see it all ! My dear sir, what an unfortunate blunder — wrong house — what must you think of such an intrusion ! — I am really at a loss for words in which to apologize — you will permit me to retire at present, and to-morrow — " " Pray don't think of retiring...
Seite 9 - discharged the character,' in the same costume as it is to be supposed was adopted by Booth, when the play was originally acted, that is in a shape, as it was technically termed, of the stiffest order, decorated with gilt leather upon a black ground, with black stockings, black gloves, and a powdered periwig.* " Foote had planted himself in the pit, when Digges stalked on before the public thus formidably accoutred. The...
Seite 13 - So she went into the garden to cut a cabbage-leaf, to make an apple-pie; and at the same time a great she-bear, coming up the street, pops its head into the shop. 'What! no soap?
Seite 147 - twill be found how simple an offence It is, to make the selfsame sound afford a double sense. For instance, ale may make you ail, your aunt an ant may kill, You in a vale may buy a veil, and Bill may pay the bill. Or if to France your bark you steer, at Dover, it may be, A peer appears upon the pier, who, blind, still goes to sea.
Seite 115 - The good old gentlewoman appeared thunderstruck, opened her eyes to their full extent, and gasped like a dying carp; vox faucibus hassit; seizing a daughter with each hand, she hurried without a word from the spot.
Seite 112 - University, he contrived to give his brother the slip, and joined a party of old schoolfellows in a carouse at one of the taverns. Sundry bowls of "Bishop...
Seite 149 - Paul feeding be declared. Thus one ripe fruit may be a pear, And yet be pared again, And still be one, which seemeth rare Until we do explain. It therefore should be all your aim To speak with ample care ; For who, however fond of game, Would choose to swallow hair...
Seite 9 - A Roman chimneysweeper on May-day !' The laughter which this produced in the pit was enough to knock up a debutant, and it startled the old stager personating the stoic of Utica...