His Majesty's Well-beloved: An Episode in the Life of Mr. Thomas Betterton as Told by His Friend John HoneywoodGeorge H. Doran Company, 1919 - 318 sivua |
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Sivu 253 - Twixt right and wrong ; for pleasure and revenge Have ears more deaf than adders to the voice Of any true decision.
Sivu 292 - There were enough staring at them, heaven knows ; so I turned my eyes away a moment, and then I saw two boys in threadbare roundabouts standing near, wiping their eyes on their sleeves, and bursting into tears anew at every fresh demonstration on the part of their...
Sivu 267 - ... belle Parabere," nor the amorous George in " Perdita," nor either Prince Schwartzenberg or the Arab Sheik in Lady Ellenborough. In order to judge, one must know. We, who do not know these Fair Women of the past, cannot judge. We must each seek an Ideala of our own. After all, as some one has said, women are like melons : it is only after having tasted them that we know whether they are good or not. We must be content with some one short of Perfecta. Unequal unions are deplorable. Moreover, it...
Sivu 168 - ... Mrs. Christopherson; and, unfortunately, it turned out that my library is regarded as an objection — a fatal objection. We have quite reconciled ourselves to staying where we are." I could not help asking, without emphasis, whether Mrs. Christopherson would have cared for life in the country. But no sooner were the words out of my mouth than I regretted them; so evidently did they hit my companion in a tender place. 'I think she would have liked it,' he answered, with a strangely pathetic look...
Sivu 24 - ... And why not Mr. Milward ?' said Constance, indignantly ; ' he is a man of honour ; he did not take an advantage of me, which he might have taken — for I was frenzied at the time— I was then, I admit, not myself. I do not love Mr. Milward, but I shall always respect him for saving me from a step which I should have regretted to the end of my days. And I wish so well of him — without loving him — that I would give — give I know not what — if he did not love me. But he does love me,...
Sivu 34 - It was not until the spring of the following Year that I first noticed the cloud which was gathering over your happiness.
Sivu 298 - Insults, levelled against the Woman who had done so much for him, and whom he should have been the first to protect, lashed Mr.