 | Abel F. Fitch - Counterfeiters - 1851 - 898 pages
...back-woodsman, and one village mason ; and they acted their parts with as much boldness, and even more, than the clowns in the interlude in Midsummer Night's Dream....the clowns of Leoni. They proclaimed themselves the unterrified — "Leoni against the world ! " This testimony is too ludicrous for grave discussion ;... | |
 | Abel F. Fitch - Counterfeiters - 1851 - 874 pages
...than the clowns in the interlude in Midsuirimer Night's Dream. For when Bottom .proposed to act,the part of Lion he was overruled, lest he might roar...the clowns of Leoni. They proclaimed themselves the unterrified-^-"Leoni against the world ! " This testimony is too ludicrous for grave discussion ; but... | |
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... a dozen humble tenements. Who were the members of this band ? One country gentleman, one keeper of a tavern and ball-alley, one drinking teamster, one back-woodsman, and one village mason ; and they acted their parts with as much boldness, and even... 