A Collection of Farces and Other After-pieces, which are Acted at the Theatres Royal, Drury-Lane, Covent-Garden and Hay-Market: Printed Under the Authority of the Managers from the Prompt Book, Volume 3Mrs. Inchbald Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1809 - English drama |
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... means you are to chouse Sir Gregory ? -- Well , that will be clever . Sir Gre . " Chouse Sir Gregory ! " A pretty black- leg phrase , truly ! Pray go on . [ Aside . ] Cart . You see what a double game I'm obliged to play . I pass upon ...
... means you are to chouse Sir Gregory ? -- Well , that will be clever . Sir Gre . " Chouse Sir Gregory ! " A pretty black- leg phrase , truly ! Pray go on . [ Aside . ] Cart . You see what a double game I'm obliged to play . I pass upon ...
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... mean by appear- ing in print ? Advertised , perhaps , for plundering a church , or some such virtuous exploit . Pere . Yes ; it was said , that every thing I had was stolen from Baron Munchausen . Sir Gre . Dam'me , I believe you'd ...
... mean by appear- ing in print ? Advertised , perhaps , for plundering a church , or some such virtuous exploit . Pere . Yes ; it was said , that every thing I had was stolen from Baron Munchausen . Sir Gre . Dam'me , I believe you'd ...
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... mean me , I shall remain - silent as a spiked cannon . Sir Gre . Your's ? [ Turning to PEREGRINE . ] Pere . Iusolent demand ! Go to the top of the Tau- rus Mountains , or to the pendent tomb of Mahomet ; inquire in the frosty vallies of ...
... mean me , I shall remain - silent as a spiked cannon . Sir Gre . Your's ? [ Turning to PEREGRINE . ] Pere . Iusolent demand ! Go to the top of the Tau- rus Mountains , or to the pendent tomb of Mahomet ; inquire in the frosty vallies of ...
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... didn't make the most of that ! round we came on our heel , run athwart her fore - foot , and tickled her up with the larboard tier : — every shot told . Oak . What the devil does he mean about heel 54 . ACT II . NETLEY ABBEY .
... didn't make the most of that ! round we came on our heel , run athwart her fore - foot , and tickled her up with the larboard tier : — every shot told . Oak . What the devil does he mean about heel 54 . ACT II . NETLEY ABBEY .
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... mean about heel and fore - foot ? M'Scrape . Something of a sort of hornpipe step , I guess . Gun . That dose was a sickener - her fire slack'd- she filled - kept large , and would fain been off - we twigged her drift - let run the clue ...
... mean about heel and fore - foot ? M'Scrape . Something of a sort of hornpipe step , I guess . Gun . That dose was a sickener - her fire slack'd- she filled - kept large , and would fain been off - we twigged her drift - let run the clue ...
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Page 223 - Then for the performance. Mr. Dodd was astonishingly great in the character of Sir Harry. That universal and judicious actor, Mr. Palmer, perhaps never appeared to more advantage than in the Colonel ; but it is not in the power of language to do justice to Mr. King; indeed he more than merited those repeated bursts of applause which he drew from a most brilliant and judicious audience. As to the scenery, the miraculous powers of Mr.
Page 249 - Puff. Why, by that shake of the head, he gave you to understand that even though they had more justice in their cause, and wisdom in their measures — yet, if there was not a greater spirit shown on the part of the people, the country would at last fall a sacrifice to the hostile ambition of the Spanish monarchy.
Page 211 - Steal ! — to be sure they may ; and, egad, serve your best thoughts as gypsies do stolen children, disfigure them to make 'em pass for their own.
Page 223 - Lud, sir, you are very ignorant, I am afraid ! — Yes, sir, puffing is of various sorts ; the principal are, the puff direct, the puff preliminary, the puff collateral, the puff collusive, and the puff oblique, or puff by implication. These all assume, as circumstances require, the various forms of letter to the editor, occasional anecdote, impartial critique, observation from correspondent, or advertisement from the party.
Page 213 - Or, if I made any objection, I am sure it was to nothing in the piece; but that I was afraid it was on the whole, a little too long.
Page 222 - Sneer. Oh, I understand you. Puff. And in truth I deserved what I got ; for I suppose never man went through such a series of calamities in the same space, of time ! — Sir, I was five times made a bankrupt, and reduced from a state of affluence by a train of unavoidable misfortunes ! then, sir, though...
Page 211 - Why, sir, for aught I know, he might take out some of the best things in my tragedy, and put them into his own comedy.
Page 213 - Oh, if Mr. Dangle read it, that's quite another affair !— But I assure you, Mrs. Dangle, the first evening you can spare me three hours and a half...
Page 213 - I'll undertake to read you the whole, from beginning to end, with the prologue and epilogue, and allow time for the music between the acts.
Page 221 - But pray, Mr. Puff, what first put you on exercising your talents in this way? Puff. Egad, sir, sheer necessity — the proper parent of an art so nearly allied to invention : you must know, Mr.