Literary and Historical Memorials of London, Հատոր 2Richard Bentley, 1847 |
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... marriage with the daughter of Sir James Thornhill , which the decorator of Windsor Castle and Green- wich Hospital was little inclined either to overlook or to forgive . They were living on bad terms to- gether , the son - in - law in ...
... marriage with the daughter of Sir James Thornhill , which the decorator of Windsor Castle and Green- wich Hospital was little inclined either to overlook or to forgive . They were living on bad terms to- gether , the son - in - law in ...
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... marry her . " It is almost needless to add , that the jealous disposition of Lady Drogheda rendered their mar- riage almost as an unhappy a one , as was that of Wycherley's contemporary , Addison , with the Countess of Warwick . At the ...
... marry her . " It is almost needless to add , that the jealous disposition of Lady Drogheda rendered their mar- riage almost as an unhappy a one , as was that of Wycherley's contemporary , Addison , with the Countess of Warwick . At the ...
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... marry a woman of the lowest extraction , the least wit , and less beauty . " Cla- rendon afterwards speaks of her as a woman with nothing feminine about her but her make ; " and Burnet styles her a " ravenous , mean , and con- temptible ...
... marry a woman of the lowest extraction , the least wit , and less beauty . " Cla- rendon afterwards speaks of her as a woman with nothing feminine about her but her make ; " and Burnet styles her a " ravenous , mean , and con- temptible ...
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... marriage of Charles the First with Henrietta Maria , in 1625 , they resumed their old name of the Queen's servants . The present theatre stands on the Of the character of the performances , and the names of the plays which were acted on ...
... marriage of Charles the First with Henrietta Maria , in 1625 , they resumed their old name of the Queen's servants . The present theatre stands on the Of the character of the performances , and the names of the plays which were acted on ...
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... married man , had no objection to being admitted into the dressing - rooms of the actresses , at the " King's House " in Drury Lane . 66 Here it was that he was first introduced to Nell Gwynne behind the scenes , after she had been act ...
... married man , had no objection to being admitted into the dressing - rooms of the actresses , at the " King's House " in Drury Lane . 66 Here it was that he was first introduced to Nell Gwynne behind the scenes , after she had been act ...
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Էջ 304 - All scatter'd in the bottom of the sea. Some lay in dead men's skulls ; and in those holes Where eyes did once inhabit, there were crept, As 'twere in scorn of eyes, reflecting gems, That woo'd the slimy bottom of the deep, And mock'd the dead bones that lay scatter'd by.
Էջ 386 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Էջ 306 - Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous, By drunken prophecies, libels, and dreams, To set my brother Clarence and the king In deadly hate the one against the other...
Էջ 72 - There, in a lonely room, from bailiffs snug, The muse found Scroggen stretch'd beneath a rug. A window, patch'd with paper, lent a ray, That dimly...
Էջ 404 - My prime of youth is but a frost of cares; My feast of joy is but a dish of pain; My crop of corn is but a field of tares, And all my good is but vain hope of gain. The day is fled and yet I saw no sun, And now I live and now my life is done.
Էջ 345 - My last and only request shall be, that myself may only bear the burden of your Grace's displeasure, and that it may not touch the innocent souls of those poor gentlemen who, as I understand, are likewise in strait imprisonment for my sake. If ever I have found favour in your sight, if ever the name of...
Էջ 232 - Let him that is a true-born gentleman, And stands upon the honour of his birth, If he suppose that I have pleaded truth, From off this brier pluck a white rose with me. 30 Som. Let him that is no coward nor no flatterer, But dare maintain the party of the truth, Pluck a red rose from off this thorn with me.
Էջ 20 - Dear Bob, — I have not anything to leave thee, to perpetuate my memory, but two helpless girls ; look upon them, sometimes ; and think of him that was, to the last moment of his life, thine, — GEORGE FARQUHAR.
Էջ 42 - It is said when Addison had suffered any vexation from the countess, he withdrew the company from Button's house. From the coffee-house he went again to a tavern, where he often sat late, and drank too much wine.
Էջ 71 - I'm sped, If foes, they write, if friends, they read me dead. Seized and tied down to judge, how wretched I! Who can't be silent, and who will not lie. To laugh, were want of goodness and of grace, And to be grave, exceeds all power of face.