 | 1766 - 128 pages
...make it appear absolutely ludicrous. He paused so long before he spoke, that somebody, it was said, called out from the gallery, "Why don't you tell the gentleman whether you will meet him or not?" In March 1748 happened the dreadful fire in Cornhill, which gave Mr. Quin an opportunity of displaying... | |
 | Thomas Davies - 1780 - 372 pages
...jpeet thqo there !'' in fuch a manner as to make it appear ab» fblutely ludicrous. He paufe4 fo Ipng before he fpoke, that fomebody, it was faid, called out from the gallery " Why don/fe you tell the gentleman whether you will meet him or not ?'' When the fame aftors came on the... | |
 | 1781 - 732 pages
...unembarrafled brow of lupcrior bravery, made a luir-' paufe, and dragged cut the words, " I'll meet thce there !" in fuch a manner as to make it appear abfolutely...you tell the gentleman whether you will meet him or rôti" The fuccefs of the Lying Valet and Lethe induced Mr. Garrick to try his fortune once more as... | |
 | 1788 - 734 pages
...unembarrafled brow of fuperior bravery, made a long paufe, and dragged out the words, " I'll meet Лее there !" in fuch a manner as to make it appear abfolutely ludicrous. He paufcd fo long before he .{poke, that fomebódy, it was faid, called out from the gallery, " IV hy... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1836 - 274 pages
...words, « I'll meet thee here." He paused so long before he spoke, that some impatient person honestly called out from the gallery, " Why don't you tell the gentleman whether you will meet him or not!" But Quin, notwithstanding his pauses, was distinguished for giving full sway to the language and sentiment... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1836 - 276 pages
...thee here." He paused so long before he spoke, that some impatient person honestly called out ftom the gallery, " Why don't you tell the gentleman whether you will meet him or notr But Quin, notwithstanding his pauses, was distinguished for giving full sway to the language and... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1848 - 348 pages
...make it appear absolutely ludicrous. He paused so long before he spoke, that somebody, it was said, called out from the gallery, 'Why don't you tell the gentleman whether you will meet him or not?'" we suspect his comedy must have been finer ; because his own nature was one of greater sprightliness... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1848 - 334 pages
...make it appear absolutely ludicrous. He paused so long before he spoke, that somebody, it was said, called out from the gallery, ' Why don't you tell the gentleman whether you will meet him or not?'" we suspect his comedy must have been finer ; because his own nature was one of greater sprightliness... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 478 pages
...Churchill's opinions are worth attending to, paused so long before he spoke, that somebody, it was said, called out from the gallery, ' Why don't you tell the gentleman whether yon will meet him or not ?'" * Davis's Miscellanies, ut supra, vol. i., p. 126. though he expresses... | |
 | Dr. Doran (John) - 1865 - 438 pages
...make it appear absolutely ludicrous." He paused so long before he spoke, that somebody, it was said, called out from the gallery, " Why don't you tell the gentleman whether you will meet him or no ?" But there is no one who gives us so lively a picture of the principal actors in this piece, as... | |
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in such a manner as to make it appear absolutely ludicrous. He paused so long before he spoke, that somebody, it was said, called out from the gallery, ' Why don't you tell the gentleman whether you will meet him or not? 
