 Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer; "why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure if I had seen a ghost I should have looked in the very same manner, and done just as he did.  Critical and Miscellaneous Essays - Page 137by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840Full view - About this book
 | Henry Fielding - England - 1749 - 320 pages
...(hould * have looked in the very fame Manner, .*. and done juft as he did. And. then,;, to * be fure, in that Scene, as you called . it, * between him and his Mother, where you * told me he acted fo fine, why, Lord help •' me, any Man, that is, any good Man, V that had had fuch a Mother, would... | |
 | Henry Fielding - English fiction - 1750 - 370 pages
...aGhoft, I fhould have looked in the very fame Manner, and done jull as he did. And then, to be fure, in that Scene, as you called it, between him and his Mother, where* you told me he acted fo fine, why, Lord help me, any Man, that is, any good Man, that had fuch a Mother, would have done... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1766 - 360 pages
...have looked in the very ' fame manner, and done juft as he did. And then, ' to be fure, in that fcene, as you called it, between ' him and his mother,, where you told me he afted ' fo fine, why, Lord help me, any man, that is, 1 any good man, that had fuch a mother, would... | |
 | Henry Fielding - English fiction - 1775 - 316 pages
...have looked in the ' very fame manner, and done juft as he did. And then, ' to be fure, in that fcene, as you called it, between him ' and his mother, where you told me he acted fo fine, ' why, Lord help me, any man, that is, any good man, ' that had fuch a mother, would have... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1786 - 552 pages
...say, of Garrick, ' why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure, if I had seen a ghost, I should have looked in the very same manner, and done just as he did2.' For, when I asked him, ' Would you not, Sir, start as Mr. Garrick does, if you saw a ghost ?'... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1791 - 412 pages
...very fame manner, and done „ juft as he did. And then to be fure, in that „ fcene, as you call it, between him and his „ mother, where you told me he acted fo fine, „ why, Lord help me, any man, that is, any „ good man, that had fuch a mother, would have... | |
 | Henry Fielding, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 566 pages
...contemptuous sneer, ' Why, I could act as well as he myself. I ' am sure if I had seen a ghost, I should have ' looked in the very same manner, and done just...mother, ' where you told me he acted so fine, why, Lord ' help me, any man, that is any good man, that ' luid such a mother, would have done exactly the... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1807 - 496 pages
...say, of Garrick, " why, I could act as well as he myself. I " am sure, if I had seen a ghost, I should have " looked in the very same manner, and done just " as he did." For, when I asked him, " Would not you, sir, start as Mr. Garrick does, if you saw a ghost? He answered,^"!... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1809 - 560 pages
...well as he myself. I am sure, if I had seen a ghost, I should have looked in the very same niaoner, and done just as he did. And then, to be sure, in...his mother, where you told me he acted so fine, why, Lord help me! 'any man, that is, any good man, that had snch a mother, would have done Atactly the... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1810 - 438 pages
...of Garrick, " why, I could act as well as he " myself. I am sure, if I had seen a ghost, I should " have looked in the very same manner, and done just " as he did." For, when I asked him, " Would not you, sir, start as Mr. Garrick does, if you saw a ghost?" He answered,... | |
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