Eccentric biography; or, Sketches of remarkable characters, ancient and modernVernor & Hood, 1801 - 348 páginas |
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... by for bets , but as they were seldom offered , the strength of his play being very well known , he often lost , by repeated small sums , very con- siderable ones , It is generally believed , however , that he has It 10 ANDREWS .
... by for bets , but as they were seldom offered , the strength of his play being very well known , he often lost , by repeated small sums , very con- siderable ones , It is generally believed , however , that he has It 10 ANDREWS .
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... play was over ; and nothing more . So exact was he in imitating na- ture , than the look of surprise he assumed in the character of Hamlet ( when he first personated the ghost ) , astonished Booth to such a degree , that he was ...
... play was over ; and nothing more . So exact was he in imitating na- ture , than the look of surprise he assumed in the character of Hamlet ( when he first personated the ghost ) , astonished Booth to such a degree , that he was ...
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... play many other : surprising feats . He trained six turkey - cocks to go through a regular dance ; but , to accom- plish this , he acknowledged to have adopted the eastern method by which camels are made to dance , by heating the floor ...
... play many other : surprising feats . He trained six turkey - cocks to go through a regular dance ; but , to accom- plish this , he acknowledged to have adopted the eastern method by which camels are made to dance , by heating the floor ...
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... play ; but he declared , that nothing should induce him to be at another , because it had so disturbed and confounded his ideas , as to render him in- capable of business for several days after . When any uncommon difficulty presented ...
... play ; but he declared , that nothing should induce him to be at another , because it had so disturbed and confounded his ideas , as to render him in- capable of business for several days after . When any uncommon difficulty presented ...
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... play , or the splendid appearance of the house , and employ- ed himself in counting the words uttered by Mr. Garrick . It is very remarkable , that , be- yond mere calculation , this man's ideas were hardly above those of infancy . He ...
... play , or the splendid appearance of the house , and employ- ed himself in counting the words uttered by Mr. Garrick . It is very remarkable , that , be- yond mere calculation , this man's ideas were hardly above those of infancy . He ...
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Página 118 - The first time I was in company with Foote was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not to be pleased, and it is very difficult to please a man against his will. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to mind him. But the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back upon my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, Sir, he was irresistible.* He upon one occasion experienced, in an extraordinary degree,...
Página 297 - I need only tell you, that this ill-starred, good-natured, improvident man returned to Dublin, unhinged from all favour at court, and even banished from the castle. But still he remained a punster, a quibbler, a fiddler, and a wit. Not a day passed without a rebus, an anagram, or a madrigal. His pen and his fiddle-stick were in continual motion; and yet to little or no purpose...
Página 127 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Página 9 - My lords, cannot I take my subjects money when I want it, without all this formality in parliament ? The bishop of Durham readily answered, God forbid, Sir, but you should ; you are the breath of our nostrils : whereupon the king turned and said to the bishop of Winchester, well, my lord, what say you ? Sir, replied the bishop, I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases.
Página 219 - I will assure you that they are both very pleasant and very convenient. But I must tell you one circumstance: you are the fifth man that has had the reversion of the place, and I have buried them all. And what is more," continued he, looking very scientifically at him, "there is something in your face, that tells me I shall bury you too.
Página 98 - Elwes knew almost nothing of accounts, and never reduced his affairs to writing — he was obliged, in the disposal of his money, to trust much to memory — to the suggestions of other people still more.
Página 153 - And therefore his death was no less congratulated on the one party, than it was condoled in the other. In a word, what was said of Cinna might well be applied to him ; " he had " a head to contrive, and a tongue to persuade, " and a hand to execute, any mischief.
Página 148 - Fortune now seemed to take some notice of a man she had long neglected. The simplicity of his character, the integrity of his heart, and the merit of his productions, made his company very acceptable to a number of respectable...