 When Mrs. Siddons came into the room, there happened to be no chair ready for her, which he observing, said with a smile, ' Madam, you who so often occasion a want of seats to other people, will the more easily excuse the want of one yourself.  The Collected Writings of Thomas De Quincey - Side 452af Thomas De Quincey - 1889 - 454 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1905 - 314 sider
...and included one of the most perfect compliments probably ever paid to a lady. When the great actress came into the room there happened to be no chair ready...the more easily excuse the want of one yourself." (To be continued.) NOTICES AND REVIEWS OF BOOKS. MASS AND CLASS : A SURVEY OF SOCIAL DIVISIONS. By... | |
 | 1791 - 508 sider
...intention of exhibiting this winter the characters of Confiance, Catherine, and Ifabella, in Shakfpeare.' " When Mrs. Siddons came into the room, there happened to be no chair ready for her, which heobferving, faid with a fini le, ' Madam, you who fo often occafion a want of feats to other people,... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1872 - 996 sider
...l>eforo her ' you, who so often occasion a want of seats lodgings in the Strand was crowded with the | to other people, will the more easily excuse the want of one yourself." When chainwere brought he seated himself beside her, and unlocked the gates of liis old theatrical... | |
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