Fifty Years of London Life: Memoirs of a Man of the WorldHarper & brothers, 1885 - 444 páginas |
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... asking him , on the plea of his having formerly been a Carthusian , for some free admissions to the play . These came by the next post , enclosed in a half - sheet of paper , on which was written , " Floreat æter- num Carthusiana domus ...
... asking him , on the plea of his having formerly been a Carthusian , for some free admissions to the play . These came by the next post , enclosed in a half - sheet of paper , on which was written , " Floreat æter- num Carthusiana domus ...
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... advanced to the footlights , and , ous indignation , asked , " What's the meaning of know that I'm a drunken individual ? " The un- e delighted his hearers , and peace was restored . with extorted patronage or hearty grumbling . " He (
... advanced to the footlights , and , ous indignation , asked , " What's the meaning of know that I'm a drunken individual ? " The un- e delighted his hearers , and peace was restored . with extorted patronage or hearty grumbling . " He (
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... asked him what name he had mentioned . He at once repeated " Fred- erick Yates ; " then added , " the cleverest actor I ever saw , sir ! By far the cleverest ! You never saw him , sir ; you're too young ! But at the Adelphi Theatre , in ...
... asked him what name he had mentioned . He at once repeated " Fred- erick Yates ; " then added , " the cleverest actor I ever saw , sir ! By far the cleverest ! You never saw him , sir ; you're too young ! But at the Adelphi Theatre , in ...
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... asking the conductor the fare , the man replied , " Sixpence a head ! " — at least , so ran the story ; the horrible Daniel Good , who had special interest for me from his being a coachman at Roehampton , where we had friends ; and ...
... asking the conductor the fare , the man replied , " Sixpence a head ! " — at least , so ran the story ; the horrible Daniel Good , who had special interest for me from his being a coachman at Roehampton , where we had friends ; and ...
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... asked them to wait a mo- ment . When he called , they entered , and found him sitting up in bed : he had arranged his hair , twisted his face , put on a towel for a cravat , got hold of a stick , and sat there the living image of the ...
... asked them to wait a mo- ment . When he called , they entered , and found him sitting up in bed : he had arranged his hair , twisted his face , put on a towel for a cravat , got hold of a stick , and sat there the living image of the ...
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Fifty Years of London Life: Memoirs of a Man of the World ... Edmund Hodgson Yates Vista completa - 1881 |
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