The Romance of the English Stage, Volume 1R. Bentley & son, 1874 |
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Page 34 - written at three, four, and five o'clock (in the morning) by an octogenary pen ; a heart (as Mrs. Lee says) twenty-six years old, and as HLP feels it to be, all your own.
Page 149 - We passed some hours in the most friendly and delightful conversation, and I began to flatter myself that all our differences were adjusted. But what words can express my surprise and chagrin when, on meeting his Royal Highness the very next day in Hyde Park, he turned his head to avoid seeing me, and even affected not to know me f " Overwhelmed by this blow, my distress knew no limits.
Page 126 - ... the occasion ; and Mr Smith, whose gentlemanly manners and enlightened conversation rendered him an ornament to the profession, who performed the part of Leontes, laughingly exclaimed, " By Jove, Mrs Robinson, you will make a conquest of the prince ; for to-night you look handsomer than ever.
Page 138 - The Duke of York was now on the eve of quitting the country for Hanover ; the Prince was also on the point of receiving his first establishment; and the apprehension that his attachment to a married woman might injure his Royal Highness in the opinion of the world, rendered the caution which we invariably observed of the utmost importance. A considerable time elapsed in these delightful scenes of visionary happiness. The Prince's attachment seemed to increase daily...
Page 139 - This effort to conceal the emotion I felt on quitting a profession I enthusiastically loved, was of short duration ; and I burst into tears on my appearance.
Page 137 - Lord Maiden and myself returned to the island. The Prince never quitted the avenue, nor the presence of the Duke of York, during the whole of this short meeting. Alas ! my friend, if my mind was before influenced by esteem, it was now awakened to the most enthusiastic admiration. The rank of the Prince no longer chilled into awe that being, who now considered him as the lover and the friend. The graces of his person, the irresistible sweetness of his smile, the tenderness of his melodious yet manly...
Page 136 - Lord Maiden and myself dined at the inn on the island between Kew and Brentford. We waited the signal for crossing the river in a boat which had been engaged for the purpose. Heaven can witness how many conflicts my agitated heart endured at this most important moment ! I admired the Prince; I felt grateful for his affection.
Page 126 - The play of The WINTER'S TALE was this season commanded by their majesties. I never had performed before the royal family ; and the first character in which I was destined to appear, was that of PERDITA. I had frequently played the part, both with the Hermione of Mrs Hartley and of Miss Farren : but I felt a strange degree of alarm when I found my name announced to perform it before the royal family. In the...
Page 146 - In the anguish of my soul, I once more addressed the Prince of Wales; I complained, perhaps too vehemently, of his injustice ; of the calumnies which had been by my enemies fabricated against me, of the falsehood of which he was but too sensible. I conjured him to render me justice. He did so; he wrote me a most eloquent letter, disclaiming the causes alleged by a calumniating world, and fully acquitting me of the charges which had been propagated to destroy me.
Page 140 - The daily prints now indulged the malice of my enemies by the most scandalous paragraphs respecting the Prince of Wales and myself. I found it was too late to stop the hourly augmenting torrent of abuse that was poured upon me from all quarters. Whenever I appeared in public, I was overwhelmed by the gazing of the multitude.