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 Second Edition. In Two Volumes. ... ...Messrs. Moncrieffe, Burnet, Jenkin, Wilson, Exshaw [and 4 others in Dublin], 1785 |
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... lived with Mr. Pel- ham till his death . Having made fo con- fiderable an addition to our ftile of living , Mr. Calcraft agreed to allow two thoufand five hundred pounds a year for the table ; which , with the produce of the farm , pre ...
... lived with Mr. Pel- ham till his death . Having made fo con- fiderable an addition to our ftile of living , Mr. Calcraft agreed to allow two thoufand five hundred pounds a year for the table ; which , with the produce of the farm , pre ...
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... lived , I recollect as little as I do that of Hippolytus , which I have been trying to call to memory , but without fuccefs . The illness , which proceeded from the fright just mentioned , lafted a confidera- ble time , and prevented my ...
... lived , I recollect as little as I do that of Hippolytus , which I have been trying to call to memory , but without fuccefs . The illness , which proceeded from the fright just mentioned , lafted a confidera- ble time , and prevented my ...
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... lived but in King Street . Never did I feel more real happiness , than in being the means of relieving this amiable woman and her family from the extreme distress in which they were involved . The fame pleafing reward attended , I doubt ...
... lived but in King Street . Never did I feel more real happiness , than in being the means of relieving this amiable woman and her family from the extreme distress in which they were involved . The fame pleafing reward attended , I doubt ...
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... lived . But I fhall tire you with the repetition of thefe gloomy reflections . I will endeavour , therefore , to avoid them in future as much as poffible . - The most pointed ftings of recollection only fhall draw a figh from me . - And ...
... lived . But I fhall tire you with the repetition of thefe gloomy reflections . I will endeavour , therefore , to avoid them in future as much as poffible . - The most pointed ftings of recollection only fhall draw a figh from me . - And ...
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... lived with Mr. Metham , he certainly would hold no corre-- spondence with me , were I upon the fame terms with a man who was in no fhape his equal . However , as Calcraft had talked fe- riously at the time we heard of Mr. Sykes's death ...
... lived with Mr. Metham , he certainly would hold no corre-- spondence with me , were I upon the fame terms with a man who was in no fhape his equal . However , as Calcraft had talked fe- riously at the time we heard of Mr. Sykes's death ...
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An Apology for the Life of George Anne Bellamy: Late of Covent-Garden ... Alexander Bicknell Náhled není k dispozici. - 2016 |
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Strana 76 - The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils ; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted.
Strana 69 - That they are not a pipe for fortune's finger To sound what stop she please. Give me that man That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart, As I do thee.
Strana 69 - Hath seal'd thee for herself: for thou hast been As one, in suffering all, that suffers nothing; A man that fortune's buffets and rewards Hast ta'en with equal thanks : and blest are those Whose blood and judgment are so well commingled That they are not a pipe for fortune's finger To sound what stop she please.
Strana 65 - ... year, sometimes oftener, and sets a number of prisoners free. And he not only does this, but he gives them sufficient to support themselves and their families till they can find employment. This," continued the man, " is one of his extraordinary visits.
Strana 66 - Lordfhip would not- fuffer me to. enter the. gate, left the noifomenefs of the place fhould prove difagreeable to me; but he ordered the coachman to drive to the George Inn in the Borough, where a dinner was ordered for the happy wretches he was about to liberate.
Strana 64 - ... man. On his expressing an inclination for this purpose, Major Vaughan and another gentleman undertook to watch his lordship's motions. They accordingly set out ; and observing him to go to St. George's Fields, they followed him at a distance, till they lost sight of...
Strana 67 - And — drop not, thoufelfifh tear /—my amiable young friend was removed to thofe realms, where alone his expanded heart could find its benevolent propenfities indulged and rewarded. By the death of this valuable young nobleman, the poor were deprived of a generous benefactor, his acquaintance of a defirable companion, and the community of one of its brighteft ornaments. But to no one was his lofs more grievous than to Major Vaughan, Faugbari, to whom he was an unknown patron.
Strana 78 - HAIL ye small sweet courtesies of life, for smooth do ye make the road of it! like grace and beauty which beget inclinations to love at first sight : 'tis ye who open this door and let the stranger in.
Strana 105 - ... together with the anxiety naturally attendant on appearing in, a new character, made me anfwer that good man with a petulance, which afterwards gave me uneafinels.