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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... debt , but having made a folemn promife never to fign any paper whatever , the 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 crofs the water , he could ...
... debt , but having made a folemn promife never to fign any paper whatever , the 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 crofs the water , he could ...
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... debts- with my creditors , if I would confent to go abroad till it was done , as none of them : would accept of lefs than the whole of their demand , whilst I was upon the fpot . And laftly , he would grant me an additional an- nuity ...
... debts- with my creditors , if I would confent to go abroad till it was done , as none of them : would accept of lefs than the whole of their demand , whilst I was upon the fpot . And laftly , he would grant me an additional an- nuity ...
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... debt . The companion of my journey was Mifs Betty Cibber , who had been left me as a le- gacy by her grandfather , Colley Cibber . As her intellects were rather weak , and fhe was liable to fall a prey to every defigning per- fon who ...
... debt . The companion of my journey was Mifs Betty Cibber , who had been left me as a le- gacy by her grandfather , Colley Cibber . As her intellects were rather weak , and fhe was liable to fall a prey to every defigning per- fon who ...
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... defigns of my creditor , fhe confented to receive her debt by inftalments of two hundred pounds a year . After this my other creditors , particularly Mr. Mr. Alderman Cracroft and Doctor Baillie , to whom I 44 THE LIFE OF.
... defigns of my creditor , fhe confented to receive her debt by inftalments of two hundred pounds a year . After this my other creditors , particularly Mr. Mr. Alderman Cracroft and Doctor Baillie , to whom I 44 THE LIFE OF.
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... , a very pleasant vil- lage , near Edinburgh . Our fuccefs at the theatre was very great , and we could have faved money , had not the debts my gentle- man man had contracted upon account of the perfon he formerly G. A. BELLAM Y. 45.
... , a very pleasant vil- lage , near Edinburgh . Our fuccefs at the theatre was very great , and we could have faved money , had not the debts my gentle- man man had contracted upon account of the perfon he formerly G. A. BELLAM Y. 45.
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Strana 134 - In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law; but 'tis not so above; There is no shuffling, there the action lies In his true nature, and we ourselves compell'd Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults To give in evidence.
Strana 2 - 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.
Strana 131 - 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...
Strana 58 - Glasgow, told his auditors that he dreamed the preceding night he was in the infernal regions, at a grand entertainment, where all the devils...
Strana 114 - We, Hermia, like two artificial Gods, Created with our needles both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion...
Strana 15 - 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, .
Strana 114 - 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...
Strana 131 - Liberty ! thrice fweet and gracious goddefs ! whom all, in public or in private, worfhip ; whofe tafte is grateful, and ever will be fo till Nature herfelf fhall change.
Strana 151 - I fhould, upon due refleclion, be of his way of thinking, that he would leave the paper with me, and eat a chop with me the next day. Mr. Colman was fcarcely gone, before Mr. Rutherford and Mr. Woodward came in ; and, I have fome reafon to think, on the fame bufinefs ; as the former immediately exclaimed, " have you figned it ?" Upon my anfwering in the negative, but acknowledging that the paper was left with me for my confideration, Mr.
Strana 148 - ... 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.