The Stage: Both Before and Behind the Curtain: From "observations Taken on the Spot.", Volume 2R. Bentley, 1840 - Theater |
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... reply to a letter I thought it due to myself to write to Mr. Farley , expres- sive of the regret I felt then , and have since , at being unable to offer an engagement to one of the most gentlemanly and willing officers that ever were ...
... reply to a letter I thought it due to myself to write to Mr. Farley , expres- sive of the regret I felt then , and have since , at being unable to offer an engagement to one of the most gentlemanly and willing officers that ever were ...
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... reply in as short a time as " possible , and for which I will wait or call again at " the stage - door , " I remain , dear Sir , " With due deference , " Your obedient servant , " T. DIBDIN . “ P.S. — I have ventured to trouble you with ...
... reply in as short a time as " possible , and for which I will wait or call again at " the stage - door , " I remain , dear Sir , " With due deference , " Your obedient servant , " T. DIBDIN . “ P.S. — I have ventured to trouble you with ...
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... replying in the affirmative , I made a struggle for it , threw him off , and got up on my one leg , holding him fast by the collar , and finally succeeded in getting him down on the sofa , where , mutilated as I was , I would have made ...
... replying in the affirmative , I made a struggle for it , threw him off , and got up on my one leg , holding him fast by the collar , and finally succeeded in getting him down on the sofa , where , mutilated as I was , I would have made ...
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... the earliest disen- gaged day for the first rehearsal , and request you " will give me timely notice of it . " 66 " Yours faithfully , " W. C. MACREADY . " J. Cooper , Esq . " ( 40 MR . MACREADY'S APPEARANCE The only reply such a.
... the earliest disen- gaged day for the first rehearsal , and request you " will give me timely notice of it . " 66 " Yours faithfully , " W. C. MACREADY . " J. Cooper , Esq . " ( 40 MR . MACREADY'S APPEARANCE The only reply such a.
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... reply such a communication could be entitled to was , that he would not again be permitted under any pretence whatever to enter the theatre . If anything could surprise me more than the deed he had done , it was the one he subsequently ...
... reply such a communication could be entitled to was , that he would not again be permitted under any pretence whatever to enter the theatre . If anything could surprise me more than the deed he had done , it was the one he subsequently ...
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