 ... at once; and that the letter might not embarrass her attack, crack ! she crumbles it at once into her palm, and pours upon him her whole artillery of airs, eyes, and motion. Down goes her dainty, diving, body to the ground, as if she were sinking...  Our old actors - Página 86por Henry Barton Baker - 1878Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William Hazlitt - 1902 - 504 páginas
...motion ; down goes her dainty, diving body to the ground, as if she were sinking under the conscious load of her own attractions , then launches into a...of fine language and compliment, still playing her chett forward in fifty falls and risings, like a swan upon waving water ; and, to complete her impertinence,... | |
 | 1905 - 408 páginas
...motion ; down goes her dainty, diving body, to the ground, as if she were sinking under the conscious load of her own attractions ; then launches into a...forward in fifty falls and risings, like a swan upon 170 waving water ; and, to complete her impertinence, she is so rapidly fond of her own wit, that she... | |
 | John Dryden, George Villiers Duke of Buckingham - 1910 - 582 páginas
...motion ; down goes her dainty, diving body to the ground, as lf she were sinking under tbe conscious load of her own attractions; then launches Into a...like a swan upon waving water; and, to complete her impatience, she is BO rapidly fond of her own wit, that she will not give her low leave to praise It:... | |
 | John Dryden, George Villiers Duke of Buckingham - 1910 - 570 páginas
...she were sinking under the conscious load of her own attractions ; then launches into a flood of One language and compliment, still playing her chest forward...like a swan upon waving water ; and, to complete her impatience, she is so rapidly fond of her own wit, that she will not give her lover leave to praise... | |
 | William Archer - 1923 - 414 páginas
...Motion; down goes her dainty, diving Body, to the the Ground, as if she were sinking under the conscious Load of her own Attractions; then launches into a...Wit, that she will not give her Lover Leave to praise it.f That such a performance might be very delightful, no one who remembers that greatest of comic... | |
 | Bonamy Dobrée - 1924 - 196 páginas
...motion ; down goes her dainty, diving body, to the ground, as if she were sinking under the conscious load of her own attractions; then launches into a...like a swan upon waving water; and, to complete her impatience, she is so rapidly fond of her own wir, that she will not give her lover leave to praise... | |
 | Bonamy Dobrée - 1924 - 192 páginas
...diving body, to the ground, as if she were sinking under the conscious load of her own attractions 5 then launches into a flood of fine language, and compliment,...like a swan upon waving water; and, to complete her impatience, she is so rapidly fond of her own wir, that she will not give her lover leave to praise... | |
 | Bonamy Dobrée - 1924 - 204 páginas
...she were sinking under the conscious load of her own attractions; then launches into a flood of line language, and compliment, still playing her chest...like a swan upon waving water; and, to complete her impatience, she is so rapidly fond of her own wit, that she will not give her lover leave to praise... | |
 | J. L. Styan - 1975 - 272 páginas
...motion; down goes her dainty, diving body, to the ground, as if she were sinking under the conscious load of her own attractions; then launches into a...falls and risings, like a swan upon waving water. (chapter v) It is not a matter for despair, therefore, that such plays do not deal in good and evil... | |
 | J. L. Styan - 1986 - 292 páginas
...motion; down goes her dainty, diving body to the ground, as if she were sinking under the conscious load of her own attractions; then launches into a...falls and risings, like a swan upon waving water, (p. 96) In this performance Gibber believed he had seen 'the most complete 124 system of female foppery... | |
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