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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... able to clothe them with an appearance of plaufibility , which made them believed ; and my filence gave her every advantage over me . My extra- vagance furnished her with a fund of ca- lumny . Nor was this the worst . It was in ...
... able to clothe them with an appearance of plaufibility , which made them believed ; and my filence gave her every advantage over me . My extra- vagance furnished her with a fund of ca- lumny . Nor was this the worst . It was in ...
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... able to indulge my tender emotions , the mortification and dif- guft I had fo long been a prey to , entirely engroffed my thoughts . I had not even the flighteft idea of forming another connection . Not that I thought myfelf debarred ...
... able to indulge my tender emotions , the mortification and dif- guft I had fo long been a prey to , entirely engroffed my thoughts . I had not even the flighteft idea of forming another connection . Not that I thought myfelf debarred ...
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... able to perform it be- fore the proprietors of Crow - ftreet , and got eight great audiences , ere the finery they fo much boasted of arrived . This manœuvre proved a fore disappointment to the expecta- tions of the gentry of the other ...
... able to perform it be- fore the proprietors of Crow - ftreet , and got eight great audiences , ere the finery they fo much boasted of arrived . This manœuvre proved a fore disappointment to the expecta- tions of the gentry of the other ...
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... able to pay me the whole of what he had engag- ed for , I was obliged to borrow four hun- dred pounds , before I could leave the king- dom . After I landed in England , I was taken fo ill at Chester , that I was confined for feve- ral ...
... able to pay me the whole of what he had engag- ed for , I was obliged to borrow four hun- dred pounds , before I could leave the king- dom . After I landed in England , I was taken fo ill at Chester , that I was confined for feve- ral ...
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... able fum ; and he had expreffed fome dif- pleasure in a letter he wrote me , upon ac- count of my leaving the kingdom , without acquainting him with my defign . I own I was unpardonable in not doing it ; and the more fo , as I was very ...
... able fum ; and he had expreffed fome dif- pleasure in a letter he wrote me , upon ac- count of my leaving the kingdom , without acquainting him with my defign . I own I was unpardonable in not doing it ; and the more fo , as I was very ...
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An Apology for the Life of George Anne Bellamy: Late of Covent-Garden ... George Anne Bellamy Visualização integral - 1785 |
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acquainted advertiſement affured againſt Alderman anfwer appear apprehenfion befides beſt bufinefs Calcraft caufe cauſe chaife circumftance Colman confent confequence Cracroft creditor debt defired Digges diſcharge Edinburgh engagement expences faid falutation fame favour feemed fent fervant ferve fettled feven fhall fhew fhort fhould fign fince firft firſt fitors fituation fome foon fooner fore friendſhip ftage ftill fubject fuccefs fuch fuffer fuit fummer fuppofed fupport fure gentleman GEORGE ANNE BELLAMY greateſt herſelf himſelf honour houfe houſe hundred pounds informed intereft JOHN CALCRAFT juft lady laft leaſt letter likewife lofs London Lord Lord Granby Metham Mifs Wordley moft moſt muft muſt myſelf neceffary never notwithſtanding obferved obliged occafion paffed perfon performer pleaſed pleaſure poffeffed poffible prefent promife purpoſe racter reafon received refidence requeſted Scotland ſhe Sir George theatre thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe told ufual uſe vifit whilft whofe Woodward
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 114 - We, Hermia, like two artificial Gods, Created with our needles both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion...
Página 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, .
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.