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 - Página 38por Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 744 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1845 - 544 páginas
...trembling with anxiety, his face the colour of his brief, and awaiting the 1 " He the best player 1" said Partridge with a contemptuous sneer. " Why I could...looked in the very same manner, and done just as he did."—Tom Jones, book xvi. c. 5. result of "the clearest case in the world" in breathless suspense.... | |
 | James Boswell, John Wilson Croker - 1848 - 1798 páginas
...contrary opinion to that of Fielding, in his " Tom Jones ; " who makes Partridge say of Garrick, " "4 For, when I asked him, " Would not you. Sir, start as Mr. Garrick does, if you saw a ghost ? " he answered,... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 624 páginas
...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,...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 - 1851 - 762 páginas
...' He the best player !' cries Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer ; ' Why, I could act as well aa " So you think," I said, " that what appears so regular...letters of your name cannot be by chance?" "Yes," said then, to be sure, in that scene, as you called it, between him and his mother, where you told me he... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 764 páginas
...Mrs. MilJer, '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... | |
 | 1852 - 778 páginas
...Mrs. Mil)er, 'you are not of the same opinion with the ujwn; for they are all agreed that Hamlet is then, to be sure, in that scene, as you called it, between him and his mother, where you told me he... | |
 | 1852 - 486 páginas
...William Styles, and John Noakes, to say, " they wet their whistles, and then '"He the best actor,'' cries Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer, " Why...in the very same manner, and done just as he did." Tom Jones, Book 16. Chapter 5. t Sir Walter Scott used to say, " nothing is vulgar that is not vicious."... | |
 | Frederick Lawrence - 1855 - 430 páginas
...itself so effectually from the vulgar eye, that the player altogether disappears from the scene. " He the best player ! " cries Partridge, with a contemptuous...well as he myself. I am sure if I had seen a ghost, / should have looked in the very same manncr, and donc just as he did. And then, to be sure, in that... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1856 - 548 páginas
...at the critical moment of their beginning to consider their verdict. * " 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 Jones, book xvi. c. 5. He had defended a gentleman of rank and fortune against a charge of... | |
 | 1856 - 1490 páginas
...dialogues given in the dull monotony of the vernacular, and unrelieved by scraps • " He the best actor," cries Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer, " Why...well as he myself; I am sure if I had seen a ghost, / should have looked in the very sane manner, and done just at he did." Tom Jones, liook 16. Chapter... | |
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