The Seamy Side: A Story of the True Condition of Things TheatricalPercy Ives Publishing Company, 1906 - 312 páginas |
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... stars to my vision but also made me see again , with unflattering reality , the tree , the brook , and the sward . Yet now there was another sound mingling distinctly with the gurgling of the little stream , coming from the direction of ...
... stars to my vision but also made me see again , with unflattering reality , the tree , the brook , and the sward . Yet now there was another sound mingling distinctly with the gurgling of the little stream , coming from the direction of ...
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... star . ” I gasped again and caught at the massive trunk of the tree for support . I felt ready to faint with joy . " Oh , if I only could ! " I murmured . " But it is too wonderful . Such a thing never could be for me . " " Nonsense ...
... star . ” I gasped again and caught at the massive trunk of the tree for support . I felt ready to faint with joy . " Oh , if I only could ! " I murmured . " But it is too wonderful . Such a thing never could be for me . " " Nonsense ...
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... to opportunity in the world of art , and this man , himself an artist , associate of a great star , had just now told me I possessed that magic password . • I dared not breathe my aspirations at home ; but 14 PROLOGUE .
... to opportunity in the world of art , and this man , himself an artist , associate of a great star , had just now told me I possessed that magic password . • I dared not breathe my aspirations at home ; but 14 PROLOGUE .
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... stars and celebrities , and we dub this almost insane mental attitude , governed only by the uncontrolled nervous ... star with whom she had trusted her season's fate ) , " and ' father ' enjoys giving the merry little supper parties ...
... stars and celebrities , and we dub this almost insane mental attitude , governed only by the uncontrolled nervous ... star with whom she had trusted her season's fate ) , " and ' father ' enjoys giving the merry little supper parties ...
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... star who held a most exalted position and who , as he had said , received two dollars ( and sometimes more ) a seat for his enter- tainments . Where were my hopes of being associated only with the best if I was to meet , even there ...
... star who held a most exalted position and who , as he had said , received two dollars ( and sometimes more ) a seat for his enter- tainments . Where were my hopes of being associated only with the best if I was to meet , even there ...
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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 |
The Seamy Side: A Story of the True Condition of Things Theatrical H. A. Dennison,Percy Ives Publishing Co Pbl Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
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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.