The Seamy Side: A Story of the True Condition of Things TheatricalPercy Ives Publishing Company, 1906 - 312 páginas |
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... gown , after I had perfunctorily aided in the morning duties about the house and taking the Shakespeare from its shelf in the dark parlor , I slipped down to the meadow where stood a great , lone horse - chestnut THE SEAMY SIDE . 7.
... gown , after I had perfunctorily aided in the morning duties about the house and taking the Shakespeare from its shelf in the dark parlor , I slipped down to the meadow where stood a great , lone horse - chestnut THE SEAMY SIDE . 7.
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... gown is long and clinging ; the room I stand in , old and atmospheric . The soft glow from a massive fireplace falls half way across the heavily carpeted floor , and at the window a soft blue light , just tinged with amber , tells of ...
... gown is long and clinging ; the room I stand in , old and atmospheric . The soft glow from a massive fireplace falls half way across the heavily carpeted floor , and at the window a soft blue light , just tinged with amber , tells of ...
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... gowns . " I opened my eyes and sat up quickly . To my seventeen - year - old ears those words breathed a romance deep and sweet . Of course Mr. Nevermind and Miss Melloweye loved each other . I might have known it from their very ...
... gowns . " I opened my eyes and sat up quickly . To my seventeen - year - old ears those words breathed a romance deep and sweet . Of course Mr. Nevermind and Miss Melloweye loved each other . I might have known it from their very ...
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... gowns each , and that we had agreed to work for very low salaries we had to do some tall figuring . Only we didn't figure . After many years I now say it calmly , truthfully - we of the profession theatrical never do . We just went ...
... gowns each , and that we had agreed to work for very low salaries we had to do some tall figuring . Only we didn't figure . After many years I now say it calmly , truthfully - we of the profession theatrical never do . We just went ...
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... gowns as we needed them ; sometimes procuring an advance of salary from the management , sometimes asking the dressmaker and shopkeepers to wait for their money , keeping absolutely no trace of what we were spending , or borrowing nor ...
... gowns as we needed them ; sometimes procuring an advance of salary from the management , sometimes asking the dressmaker and shopkeepers to wait for their money , keeping absolutely no trace of what we were spending , or borrowing nor ...
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The Seamy Side: A Story of the True Condition of Things Theatrical (Classic ... H. A. Dennison Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
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Página 100 - But midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men, To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess, And roam along, the world's tired denizen, With none who bless us, none whom we can bless; Minions of splendour shrinking from distress!
Página 245 - It is silly of you, for there is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
Página 100 - And roam along, the world's tired denizen, With none who bless us, none whom we can bless Minions of splendour shrinking from distress ! None that, with kindred consciousness endued, If we were not, would seem to smile the less Of all that flatter'd, follow'd, sought, and sued ; This is to be alone ; this, this is solitude ! XXVII.
Página 32 - ... father ; and for Henderson, — well, pleasantly, as her friend. The fine, lasting romance of their relationship was heightened almost unendurably for Shore by this threefold apprehension of it. He got up yearningly, went over to her, touched her shoulders once with his hands lightly, then put the hands in his pockets and began to pace up and down in front of her, after a habit of his. His lips shook a little, and his brow tightened and relaxed, tightened, relaxed. Once, a keen pain twitched...
Página 57 - I had a letter from her the other day, in which she wrote, " I have three silver forks which you quite ruined.
Página 74 - He had become so much a part of my daily life that I dared not give him up. "And I am ill," I whimpered, "and need someone to love me.