The old age of Mr. Mathews is like the rest of his excellencies, perfectly unaffected and correct ; the appearance of years he manages so well, that many of his admirers, who have never seen him off the stage, insist that he is an elderly man, and the... Memoirs of Charles Mathews, Comedian - Strana 458podľa Mrs. Mathews (Anne Jackson) - 1839Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| Leigh Hunt - 1807 - Počet stránok 436
...with such honest throats as to be incapable of the slightest deception. The old age of MR. MATHEWS is like the rest of his excellencies, perfectly unaffected...into so unnatural an imbecility that they are apt on occasion to forget their tottering knees and bent shoulders, and like VERTUMNUS in the poet are young... | |
| Brander Matthews - 1886 - Počet stránok 352
...coat that he buttoned up. LEIGH HUNT : ' Autobiography,' vol. i., chap. 6. The old age of Mr. Mathews is, like the rest of his excellencies, perfectly unaffected...upon us for something very ancient, or sink into so unnaturnl an imbecility that they are apt, on occasion, to forget their tottering knees, and bent shoulders,... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1894 - Počet stránok 316
...with such honest throats as to be incapable of the slightest deception. The old age of Mr. Mathews is like the rest of his excellencies, perfectly unaffected...into so unnatural an imbecility that they are apt on occasion to forget their tottering knees and bent shoulders, and like Vertumnus, in the poet, are young... | |
| Brander Matthews, Laurence Hutton - 1900 - Počet stránok 384
...coat that he buttoned up. LEIGH HUNT : ' Autobiography,' vol. i., chap. 6. The old age of Mr. Mathews is, like the rest of his excellencies, perfectly unaffected...upon us for something very ancient, or sink into so unnaturnl an imbecility that they are apt, on occasion, to forget their tottering knees, and bent shoulders,... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1910 - Počet stránok 394
...unaffected and correct ; the appearance of years he manages so well, that many of his admirers, who !iave never seen him off the stage, insist that he is an...into so unnatural an imbecility that they are apt on occasion to forget their tottering knees and bent shoulders, and like Vertumnus in the poet are young... | |
| Mrs. Mathews (Anne Jackson) - 1839 - Počet stránok 358
...The appearance of years he manages so well, that many of his admirers, who have never seen him offthe stage, insist that he is an elderly man, and the reason...representation of age, either make no alteration of theirvoice, and, like antiquarian cheats, palm a walking-stick or a hat upon us for something very... | |
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