Macready's Reminiscences, and Selections from His Diaries and Letters, Opseg 1Macmillan and Company, 1875 |
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... whilst I deliberately advanced to my place in the centre of the school . My speech was the oration of Titus Quintius , translated from Livy . It was a little triumph in its way , but the last I was doomed to obtain in dear old Rugby ...
... whilst I deliberately advanced to my place in the centre of the school . My speech was the oration of Titus Quintius , translated from Livy . It was a little triumph in its way , but the last I was doomed to obtain in dear old Rugby ...
Stranica 26
... the stage was a gentle- manly profession . My experience has taught me that whilst the law , the church , the army , and navy give a man the rank 1808-11 . ADOPTS THE STAGE . 27 of a gentleman 26 CHAP . II . MACREADY'S REMINISCENCES .
... the stage was a gentle- manly profession . My experience has taught me that whilst the law , the church , the army , and navy give a man the rank 1808-11 . ADOPTS THE STAGE . 27 of a gentleman 26 CHAP . II . MACREADY'S REMINISCENCES .
Stranica 27
... whilst any of those above- named vocations , whatever the private character , might be received at Court , the privilege of appearing in the sacred precincts was too exclusive for any , however distinguished , on the stage . In giving ...
... whilst any of those above- named vocations , whatever the private character , might be received at Court , the privilege of appearing in the sacred precincts was too exclusive for any , however distinguished , on the stage . In giving ...
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... whilst taking measures ( at that time necessary , from the state of the law ) to make himself a dealer in goods , in order to pass through the Court of Bankruptcy . By the kind aid of friends he was enabled eventually to accomplish this ...
... whilst taking measures ( at that time necessary , from the state of the law ) to make himself a dealer in goods , in order to pass through the Court of Bankruptcy . By the kind aid of friends he was enabled eventually to accomplish this ...
Stranica 33
... whilst it was permitted , and the next morning he went with the officer to his sad prison , Lancaster Castle , and I with no less heavy a heart to take charge of the company of players still in his service at Chester . I was but sixteen ...
... whilst it was permitted , and the next morning he went with the officer to his sad prison , Lancaster Castle , and I with no less heavy a heart to take charge of the company of players still in his service at Chester . I was but sixteen ...
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