Personal ReminiscencesCharles Scribner's sons, 1887 - 297 ページ |
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248 ページ - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which, but an hour ago, Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness ; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
200 ページ - He had no sooner rinsed his mouth with the obnoxious fluid, than he spat it out, and vented his disgust in the following...
22 ページ - Methinks I should know you and know this man; Yet I am doubtful; for I am mainly ignorant What place this is, and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments; nor I know not Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me; For, as I am a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia.
177 ページ - Shakespearian length of his upper lip, his towering Pisgah of a forehead, which gave elevation and dignity to a physiognomy otherwise deficient in both, his abrupt movements, the mingled humor, urbanity, and benevolence of his smile, all recur to me with startling reality.
248 ページ - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed. The mustering squadron, and the clattering car. Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar...
92 ページ - Garrick had tolerated, had abolished the bag-wig of Brutus and the goldlaced suit of Macbeth, the alterations made in the costumes of the plays founded upon English history in particular, while they rendered them more picturesque, added but little to their propriety ; the whole series, King Lear...
119 ページ - Here stood a ruffian with a horrid face, Lording it o'er a pile of massy plate, Tumbled into a heap for public sale ; There was another making villanous jests At thy undoing: he had ta'en possession Of all thy ancient, most domestic ornaments, Rich hangings intermix'd and wrought with gold...
273 ページ - Dessert was laid out on the lawn. Mathews, without hinting his intention, rang the bell in the dining-room, and on its being answered, told the man to follow him to the stables while he gave the coachman certain directions in his presence. The instant Mathews reached the stable door, he called to the coachman (who he knew was not there), looked in, and, before the manservant could come up, started back, and, in a voice of horror, cried out, " Good heavens ! go back, go back — and tell Mr. Kemble...
193 ページ - ... wide-awake' he had just taken off), and in his right a sprig of apple-blossom overgrown with lichen. His cheeks were glowing with the effects of recent exercise. So noiseless had been his entry, that the peripatetic philosopher, whose back was turned to him at first, was unaware of his presence. But no sooner did he discover it than he shuffled up to him, grasped him by both hands, and backed him bodily into a neighbouring armchair. Having secured him safely there, he 'made assurance doubly sure...
167 ページ - I had never seen Young act. Every one about me for several years has told me he could not hold a farthing rushlight to me ; but he can ! He is an actor ; and though I flatter myself he could not act Othello as I do, yet what chance should I have in lago after him, with his personal advantages and his dd musical voice ? I don't believe he could play Jaffier as well as I can, but fancy me in Pierre after him ; I tell you what...