 | Thomas Davies - Actors - 1780 - 458 pages
...reaJL i fonably fonably expect no thanks for, .the acting a, new play, which, he would. hay £•. rejected,; if. he had not. been convinced it would have^ amply rewarded -his pains au4 expence. !believe the manager was walling, to accept the. play,. but he wifhed to be courted to... | |
 | James Plumptre - English drama - 1812 - 552 pages
...this he " was certainly justifiable : Mr. Garrick could reason" ably expect no thanks for the acting a new play, " which he would have rejected, if he...would have amply rewarded his pains " and expence." Davies appears to me to have expressed himself with too much latitude on this subject, for though,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith (the Poet.) - 1839 - 358 pages
...in this he was certainly justifiable. Mr. Garrick could reasonably expect no thanks for the acting a new play, which he would have rejected, if he had...convinced it would have amply rewarded his pains and expense. I believe the manager was willing to accept the play, hut he wished to be courted to it, and... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Medicine in literature - 1839 - 360 pages
...was certainly justifiable. Mr. Garrick could reasonably expect no thanks for the acting a new pliiy, which he would have rejected, if he had not been convinced it would have amply rewarded his pains and expense. 1 believe the manager was willing to accept the play, hut he wished to be courted to it, and... | |
 | 1852 - 788 pages
...this he was certainly justifiable. Mr. Garrick could reasonably expect no thanks for the acting » new play, which he would have rejected if he had not...convinced it would have amply rewarded his pains and expense. I believe the manager was willing to accept the play, but he wished to be courted to it; and... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1851 - 400 pages
...in this he was certainly justifiable ; Mr. Garrick could reasonably expect no thanks for the acting a new play, which he would have rejected if he had...convinced it would have amply rewarded his pains and expense. I believe the manager was willing to accept the play, but he wished to be courted to it ;... | |
 | Washington Irving - American literature - 1851 - 402 pages
...in this he was certainly justifiable ; Mr. Garrick could reasonably expect no thanks for the acting a new play, which he would have rejected if he had...convinced it would have amply rewarded his pains and expense. I believe the manager was willing to accept the play, but he wished to be courted to it ;... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1851 - 376 pages
...in this he was certainly justifiable. Mr. Garrick could reasonably expect no thanks for the acting a new play, which he would have rejected, if he had...convinced it would have amply rewarded his pains and expense. I believe the manager was willing to accept the play, but he wished to be courted to it, and... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1853 - 404 pages
...certainly justifiable ; Mr. Garrick could reasonably expect no thanks for the acting a new play, which.he would have rejected if he had not been convinced it would have amply rewarded his pains and expense. I believe the manager was willing to accept the play, but he wished to be courted to it ;... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1853 - 380 pages
...would have rejected if he had not been convinced it would have amply rewarded his pains and expense. I believe the manager was willing to accept the play ; but he wished to be courted to it, and the Doctor was not disposed to purchase his friendship by the resignation... | |
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... and in this he was certainly justifiable. Mr. Garrick could reasonably expect no thanks for the acting a new play, which he would have rejected, if he had not been convinced it would have amply rewarded his pains and expense. I believe the manager... 
