Personal Memoirs: Or, Reminiscences of Men and Manners at Home and Abroad, During the Last Half Century. With Occasional Sketches of the Author's Life; Being Fragments from the Portfolio of Pryse Lockhart Gordon ...H. Colburn & R. Bentley, 1830 |
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Página 101 - The Spanish fleet thou canst not see — because — It is not yet in sight !
Página 211 - Than beauty brought to unworthy wretchedness, Through envy's snares, or fortune's freaks unkind. I, whether lately through her brightness blind, Or through allegiance and fast fealty, Which I do owe to all womankind, Feel my heart pierced with so great agony, When such I see, that all for pity I could die.
Página 336 - ... her lord. At this time there arrived at the York House Mr. Pryse Gordon, whose memoirs we know. Mr. Coates himself was staying at number ** Gay Street, but was in the habit of breakfasting daily at the York House, where he attracted Mr. Gordon's attention by "rehearsing passages from Shakespeare, with a tone and gesture extremely striking both to the eye and the ear.
Página 455 - So much so," replied the doctor, " that I will stake my character as a prophet on it, and therefore I beg you will take a memorandum of it." The gentleman immediately noted it in his pocket-book ; and it so happened, that on that very day we had an account of its surrender to the British arms. A...
Página 210 - It was presented to her ; she took it into her fair hand covered with rings, and looking at the encrusted Jacobin blood, kissed it and handed it to the hero of the Nile! Had I not been an eye-witness to this disgraceful act, I would not have ventured to relate it.
Página 343 - I met at a supper-party, to which Miss Phillips had also been invited. This celebrated actor complimented her in the most flattering manner on her talents, advising her to study her profession, and to assume a higher walk in comedy than playing Romps; and success, he said, would be certain. On her return to Dublin, her salary was raised to three guineas a week.
Página 201 - Hamilton was an affair of more ceremony, and got up with considerable stage effect. When we had sat a few minutes, and had given all our details of Naples, which we thought were received with great sang-froid, the Cavaliere retired, but shortly returned, entering by a porte battante, and on his arm or rather his shoulder was leaning the interesting Melpomene, her raven tresses floating round her expansive form and full bosom. What a model for a Roman matron ! but alas ! poor Emma was indisposed,...
Página 282 - ... couple. It caused no small speculation among the Greeks what could induce the Professor to marry, and in so mysterious a manner. Poor Mrs. Porson did not live long to enjoy her new honours ; within a year after the event her health began to decline, and before two had expired she was consigned to the grave. In her brother she had found a father for her children, whom he educated and provided for. She was a good-tempered and an amiable person, and the Professor treated her with all the kindness...
Página 267 - I calculated that he finished a bottle of alcohol, two of Trinity ale, six of claret, besides the lighter sort of wines, of which I could take no account ; he also emptied a half-pound canister of snuff, and during the first night smoked a bundle of...
Página 337 - I am ready and willing," he replied, "to play 'Romeo' to a Bath audience, if the manager will get up the play and give me a good 'Juliet ;' my costume is superb and adorned with diamonds, but I have not the advantage of knowing the manager, Dimonds." Pleased by the stranger's ready wit, Mr. Gordon scribbled a note of introduction to Dimonds there and then. So soon as he had "discussed a brace of muffins and so many eggs...