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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... seen ! " The pot - boys ran in , and the pot - boys ran out , And could not conceive what the noise was about , While the doctor address'd Sally Green . " Behold me ! thou jilt - flirt ! behold me ! " he cried , " You have broken the ...
... seen ! " The pot - boys ran in , and the pot - boys ran out , And could not conceive what the noise was about , While the doctor address'd Sally Green . " Behold me ! thou jilt - flirt ! behold me ! " he cried , " You have broken the ...
Page 161
... seen Garrick , has never seen a drama performed . It is easy to disfigure a face ; this may be conceived ; but Garrick neither grimaces nor overcharges his parts ; all the changes which affect his features , arise from his internal ...
... seen Garrick , has never seen a drama performed . It is easy to disfigure a face ; this may be conceived ; but Garrick neither grimaces nor overcharges his parts ; all the changes which affect his features , arise from his internal ...
Page 180
... seen in that kingdom ? Those in Dublin , he said , came nearer to the representations in London , than what he had seen in any other city there ; the people of that city , madam , said he , have more money and less pride , and ...
... seen in that kingdom ? Those in Dublin , he said , came nearer to the representations in London , than what he had seen in any other city there ; the people of that city , madam , said he , have more money and less pride , and ...
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A ComicSatiric Address in the Character | 1 |
The Devil | 8 |
Address on Closing a Theatre | 14 |
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