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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... best fuppers I had ever fat down to at an inn , but with a finall neat bed - room , and a very good bed , and every accommodation that could be hoped for in the best inns on the road . And all this at fo trifling an ex- pence , that it ...
... best fuppers I had ever fat down to at an inn , but with a finall neat bed - room , and a very good bed , and every accommodation that could be hoped for in the best inns on the road . And all this at fo trifling an ex- pence , that it ...
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... best dia- mond ear - rings , which coft me five hundred and feventy pounds of the fame jeweller ; together with many other valuable ones ; among which was my pink diamond ring , a gem of fo rare a kind as not be matched . A Their being ...
... best dia- mond ear - rings , which coft me five hundred and feventy pounds of the fame jeweller ; together with many other valuable ones ; among which was my pink diamond ring , a gem of fo rare a kind as not be matched . A Their being ...
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... best temper with each other , without pursuing any fixed route ; and when we arrived at Cam- bridge , I had fresh cause of distress . Some rhyming Cantab had defaced the windows of the inn , where we put up , with fome lines in my ...
... best temper with each other , without pursuing any fixed route ; and when we arrived at Cam- bridge , I had fresh cause of distress . Some rhyming Cantab had defaced the windows of the inn , where we put up , with fome lines in my ...
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... trary , I have every reafon to admire fince- rity ; for , by walking hand in hand with that celeftial viitor , it has procured for me F 6 the the friendship of many perfons of the best understanding , A. 107 BELLAMY .
... trary , I have every reafon to admire fince- rity ; for , by walking hand in hand with that celeftial viitor , it has procured for me F 6 the the friendship of many perfons of the best understanding , A. 107 BELLAMY .
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... best understanding , as well as the beft hearts . As I fhall have occafion to mention Mr , Woodward frequently in my fubfequent let- ters , I fhall endeavour to draw a portrait of him in private life . His merit as an actor was fo ...
... best understanding , as well as the beft hearts . As I fhall have occafion to mention Mr , Woodward frequently in my fubfequent let- ters , I fhall endeavour to draw a portrait of him in private life . His merit as an actor was fo ...
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An Apology for the Life of George Anne Bellamy: Late of Covent-Garden ... George Anne Bellamy Visualização integral - 1785 |
An Apology for the Life of George Anne Bellamy: Late of Covent-Garden ... Alexander Bicknell Pré-visualização indisponível - 2016 |
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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.