 | William Charles Macready - 1875 - Počet stránok 538
...a play as a man devoid of information, industry, genius, or talent may be supposed to be. He could not understand the object of what I pointed out as...actor's professional career. If he is idle, he feels ho is, or fears to be lost sight of, and his income suffers in the exaltation of those who " push him... | |
 | William Charles Macready - 1875 - Počet stránok 764
...(from whom 1 had received a note of invitation to supper in the morning) to meet Charles Lamb ; met i there Price, Forster, Mr. and Mrs. Field (I fancy...wished might be through a pipe and exhaled in a pun." 10M. — At rehearsal (" Sardanapalus ") I heard of the great expectations formed of the new play read... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1876 - Počet stránok 466
...met Lamb at Talfourd's, and was particularly " arrided" by his speech, " that the last breath he drew he wished might be through a pipe, and exhaled in a pun." — F. 1 In 18z0 Charles Lamb and his sister paid a visit to Cambridge. " It was a pleasure," says... | |
 | Alfred Ainger - 1882 - Počet stránok 212
...diary how he was asked to meet him at Talfourd's, and this is what he records of the interview : " I noted one odd saying of Lamb's, that 'the last breath...wished might be through a pipe, and exhaled in a pun.' " Lamb may have discovered at a glance that he and the great tragedian were not likely to take the... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1882 - Počet stránok 466
...met Lamb at Talfourd's, and was particularly " arrided" by his speech, " that the last breath he drew he wished might be through a pipe, and exhaled in a pun." — F. 1 In 1820 Charles Lamb and his sister paid a visit to Cambridge. "It was a pleasure," says the... | |
 | Addison Peale Russell - 1883 - Počet stránok 378
...and boldness, luckily sinned himself out of it." One of his odd sayings is reported by Macready, — that " the last breath he drew in he wished might be through a pipe and exhaled in a pun." You have heard of his defense of lying, related by Leigh Hunt, that " Truth was precious, and not to... | |
 | Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1892 - Počet stránok 338
...met Lamb at Talfourd's, and was particularly " arrided" by his speech, " that the last breath he drew he wished might be through a pipe, and exhaled in a pun." — F. 1 In 18z0 Charles Lamb and his sister paid a visit to Cambridge. "It was a pleasure," says the... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1904 - Počet stránok 460
...frivolity.1 This explains the impression left on Macready and Carlyle. The great actor records with disgust " one odd saying of Lamb's that the last breath he drew...wished might be through a pipe and exhaled .in a pun." One can also readily see why Elia appeared to the stern Scotch seer "a sorry phenomenon," and his talk... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1905 - Počet stránok 352
...1 This explains the impression left on Macready and Carlyle. The great actor records with disgust " one odd saying of Lamb's that the last breath he drew in he wished might be through a pipe and j exhaled in a pun." One can also readily see why Elia / appeared to the stern Scotch seer ^ a sorry... | |
 | William Charles Macready - 1912 - Počet stránok 608
...respect and duty, as he (Lamb) had literally brought her up, and wanted her attention and assistance. I noted one odd saying of Lamb's, that "the last breath...wished might be through a pipe and exhaled in a pun." Spent a pleasant evening and walked home under a " pitiless storm " with Price. Talfourd apologized... | |
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I noted one odd saying of Lamb's, that " the last breath he drew in he wished might be through a pipe and exhaled in a pun. 
