The Actor's Budget of Wit and Merriment: Consisting of Monologues, Prologues, Epilogues, Tales, Comic Songs, Rare and Genuine Theatrical Anecdotes and Jests |
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Page 172
... scene of this play is laid in ancient Rome , neverthe- less , Titus has a French phrase put into his mouth : - : - " With horn and hound we'll bid your grace bon jour . " Act 1. Scene 2 . It is , however , but fair to infer , that ...
... scene of this play is laid in ancient Rome , neverthe- less , Titus has a French phrase put into his mouth : - : - " With horn and hound we'll bid your grace bon jour . " Act 1. Scene 2 . It is , however , but fair to infer , that ...
Page 199
... scene painting . As it frequently happened that he was too much hurried to leave his engagements for a regular dinner , he contented himself with a beef - steak broiled on the fire in the painting - room . In this hasty meal , he was ...
... scene painting . As it frequently happened that he was too much hurried to leave his engagements for a regular dinner , he contented himself with a beef - steak broiled on the fire in the painting - room . In this hasty meal , he was ...
Page 298
... scene of Romeo and the Apothecary , who , going for the phial of poison , found it broken ; not to detain the scene , he snatched , in a hurry , a pot of soft pomatum . Quick was no sooner presented with it , than he fell into a most ...
... scene of Romeo and the Apothecary , who , going for the phial of poison , found it broken ; not to detain the scene , he snatched , in a hurry , a pot of soft pomatum . Quick was no sooner presented with it , than he fell into a most ...
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