 Sir, (said the veteran,-) I eyed through the slit of the curtain, and was glad to see there, as I wished, in such a cause, to be tried by a special jury. "When I made my appearance in the green-room, dressed for the part, with my red hat on my head, my...  Tales and Novels - Page 48by Maria Edgeworth - 1839Full view - About this book
 | William Cook - Actors - 1804 - 468 pages
...long-expected night at last arrived, and the Mouse was crowded, from top to bottom, with the first company ia town. The two front rows of the pit, as usual, were full of critics, " Who, Sir, (said the veteran,) I eyed through the slit of the curtain, and was glad to see there,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1834 - 614 pages
...what took place when the appointed evening arrived: — "When the long expected night at last came, the house was crowded, from top to bottom, with the first company in town. The two front rows of i in- pit, as usual, were full of critics. I eyed them," said Macklin, " I eyed them, sir, through... | |
 | Great Britain - 1834 - 730 pages
...the house was crowded, from top to bottom, with the first company in town. The two front rows of i ne pit, as usual, were full of critics. I eyed them,"...in the curtain, and was glad to see them there; as 1 wished, in such a cause, to be tried by a special jury. When I made my appearance in the green-room,... | |
 | Englishmen - 1837 - 530 pages
...what took place when the appointed evening arrived : — " When the long expected night at last came, the house was crowded, from top to bottom, with the...Sir, through the slit in the curtain, and was glad to sec them there ; as I wished, in such a cause, to be tried by a special jury. When I made my appearance... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - Great Britain - 1853 - 512 pages
...what took place when the appointed evening arrived : — " When the long expected night at last came, the house was crowded, from top to bottom, with the...front rows of the pit, as usual, were full of critics. 1 eyed them," said Macklin, "I eyed them, Sir, through the slit in the curtain, and was glad to see... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - Great Britain - 1863 - 826 pages
...wnat took place when the appointed evening arrived : — " When the long expected night at last came, the house was crowded, from top to bottom, with the...front rows of the pit, as usual, were full of critics. 1 eyed them," said Macklin, " I eyed them, Sir, through the slit in the curtain, and was glad to see... | |
 | Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald - Theater - 1882 - 486 pages
...Macklin to give up the part." He himself gives an account of the night in this characteristic style : The house was crowded, from top to bottom, with the...front rows of the pit, as usual, were full of critics, who, sir, I eyed through the slit of the curtain and was glad to see there, as I wished, in such a... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1888 - 508 pages
...:— ] COOKE {Life of Alacklin, 1806, p. 92, 2d ed.) : The long-expected night at last arrived, and the house was crowded from top to bottom with the...in town. The two front rows of the pit, as usual, full of critics, 'who, sir' (said the veteran), ' I eyed through the slit in the curtain, and was glad... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1888 - 504 pages
...: — ] COOKE (Life of Machlin, 1806, p. 92, 2d ed.) : The long-expected night at last arrived, and the house was crowded from top to bottom with the...in town. The two front rows of the pit, as usual, full of critics, 'who, sir' (said the veteran), ' I eyed through the slit in the curtain, and was glad... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1888 - 504 pages
...: — ] COOKE (Life of Macklin, 1806, p. 92, 2d ed.) : The long-expected night at last arrived, and the house was crowded from top to bottom with the...in town. The two front rows of the pit, as usual, full of critics, 'who, sir' (said the veteran), . ' I eyed through the slit in the curtain, and was... | |
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