 at Homes,' Foote invited the public ' to Tea,' and his invitation was accepted with avidity. The conception of this entertainment did credit to his eccentric taste and talent. While the audience were sitting wondering what it would be, the manager came...  The Lives of the Players: Macklin - 300 페이지저자: John Galt - 1831전체보기 - 도서 정보
 | William Cook - 1806 - 240 페이지
...audience were on the tip-toe of expectation, the manager came forward, and after m aking his respectful bow, acquainted them, " that as he was training some...ready) proceed with his instructions before them." This opened in a great degree the whole manauvre : Ihe joke succeeded to a tittle ; and he not only... | |
 | William Cook - 1806 - 244 페이지
...expectation, the manager came forward, and after making his respectful bow, acquainted them, " that Us he was training some young performers for the stage,...ready) proceed with his instructions before them." This opened in a great degree the whole manairure : the joke succeeded to a tittle ; and he not only... | |
 | 1806 - 310 페이지
...to the theatre, ignorant of what they were to expect, till Foote came forward, bowed, and informed them, " that as he was training some young performers for the stage, he would, with their permission, {while tea was getting ready) proceed with his instructions before them." This evasion was successful,... | |
 | G. H. Wilson - 1807 - 430 페이지
...audience were on the. tiptoe of expectation, the manager came forward and acquainted them, that os he was training some young performers for the stage, he would,. with their permission, while tea was getting ready, proceed with his instructions before them. The joke was successful, and... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 260 페이지
...of well-known persons. The success of Foote in this novel species of 1 Galt'i ' Livei of the PUyen.' entertainment excited the jealousy of the great theatres;...more visited. Few amusements were ever so popular." The ensuing season he produced another piece of the same kind, which he called ' The Auction of Pictures.'... | |
 | Englishmen - 1837 - 530 페이지
...of (he I'layen.' entertainment excited the jealousy of the great theatres; complaints were made аз if he had really immorally violated the law; constables...more visited. Few amusements were ever so popular." The ensuing season he produced another piece of the same kind, which he called ' The Auction of Pictures.'... | |
 | 1855 - 602 페이지
...intense expectation in the small densely-crowded theatre, when Foote came forward, and with a respectful bow acquainted them " that as he was training some...the stage, he would, with their permission, whilst chocolate was getting ready, proceed with his instructions before them." That was all his secret. The... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853 - 512 페이지
...well-known persons. The success of Foote in this novel species of 1 Gait's ' Lives of the Plavers.' entertainment excited the jealousy of the great theatres;...more visited. Few amusements were ever so popular." The ensuing season he produced another piece of the same kind, which he called ' The Auction of Pictures.'... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1853 - 602 페이지
...multitudes came; and while all were wondering what he would do, he appeared before them, and mentioned that, ' as he was training some young performers for the stage, he would, while tea was getting ready, proceed, if they had no objection, with his instructions.' This, it may... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1854 - 568 페이지
...intense expectation in the small denselycrowded theatre, when Foote came forward, and with a respectful bow acquainted them ' that as he was training some...the stage, he would, with their permission, whilst chocolate was getting ready, proceed with his instructions before them.' That was all his secret. The... | |
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