 Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer, Why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure, if I had seen a ghost, I should have looked in the very same manner, and done just as he did.  Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Page 38by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 744 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Maurice Cross - 1835 - 440 pages
...Miller, 'yog are not of the «атe opinion with the town ; for they arc all agreed that Hamlet is acted by the best player who was ever on the stage.'...Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer ; 'why I could act ns well as he myself. 'I am sure, if I had seen a ghost, 1 should have looked in i he very same manner,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 604 pages
...in his " Tom Jones ;" who makes Partridge say of Garrick, " Why, I could act as well as he mysslf. of the vulgar and ignorant, which he held to be an For, when I asked him, " Would not yon, sir, start as Mr, Garrick does, if you saw a ghost? " He answered,... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1836 - 428 pages
...same opinion with the town ; for they are all agreed, that Hamlet is acted by the best player that was ever on the stage." — "He the best player!"...contemptuous sneer: " Why, I could act as well as he myself. 1 am sure, if I had seen a ghost, I should have looked in the very same manner, and done just as he... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 466 pages
...Mrs. Miller, " you are not of the same opinion with the town ; for they are all agreed that Hamlet is acted by the best player who was ever on the stage."...as he myself. I am sure, if I had seen a ghost, I shold have looked in the very same manner, and done just as he did. And then, to be sure, in that scene,... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1842 - 318 pages
...stage.' ' He the best player,' cries Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer, ' why I could act as well myself, I am sure if I had seen a ghost, I should...the very same manner, and done just as he did ; and then to be sure in that scene, as you called it, between him and his mother, where you told me he acted... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 390 pages
...Mrs. Miller, 'you are not of the same opinion with the town; for they are all agreed that Hamlet is acted by the best player who was ever on the stage.'—'...the very same manner, and done just as he did. And then, to be sure, in that scene, as you called it, between him and his mother, where you told me he... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...opinion with the town ; for they are all agreed that Hamlet is acted by the best player who ever was and Robert Chambers then, to be sure, in that scene, as you called it, between him and his mother, where you told me he... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...opinion with the town ; for they are all agreed that Hamlet is acted hy the best player who ever was OD hings ! no tongue Their beauty might declare : A spring...I blessed them unaware. The self-same moment I co dune just as he did. And then, to be sure, in that scene, as you called it, between him and his mother,... | |
 | 1845 - 550 pages
...trembling with anxiety, his face the colour of his brief, and awaiting the 1 " He the best player ! " said Partridge with a contemptuous sneer. " Why I could...in the very same manner, and done just as he did." — Tom Jonet, book xvi. c. 5. result of "the clearest case in the world" in brcathless suspense. This... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1845 - 578 pages
...opinion with the town ; for they are all agreed, that Hamlet is acted by the best player who ever was on the stage." " He the best player!" cries Partridge,...if I had seen a ghost, I should have looked in the Tery same manner, and done just as he did. And then, to be sure, in that scene, as you call it, between... | |
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