 How can you conduct the King's Theatre perpetually in durance as you are ? ' remarked a friend. ' My dear fellow,' replied the manager, ' how could I possibly conduct it if I were at liberty ? I should be eaten up, sir, devoured. Here comes a dancer,...  History of the Opera: From Monteverde to Donizetti - Side 123av Henry Sutherland Edwards - 1862Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | 1828 - 442 sider
...IIP rules of the King's Bench. " How can you conduct the management of the King's Theatre," I sakt to him one day, " perpetually in durance as you are ?"...Sir, devoured. Here comes a dancer — ' Mr. Taylor, f want such a dress ;' another, ' I want snch and such ornaments.' One singer demands to sing in a... | |
 | 1862 - 538 sider
...of the King's Bench prison. ' How can you conduct the affairs of the King's Theatre,' asked a friend one day, ' perpetually in durance as you are ?' '...fellow,' he replied, ' how could I possibly conduct them if I were at liberty? I should be eaten up, sir — devoured.' Taylor died in prison. Waters,... | |
 | James Hogg, Florence Marryat - 1865 - 816 sider
...inconvenience him in the least. ' How can you conduct the management of the King's Theatre,' said some ouo to him one day, ' perpetually in durance as you are ?'...— " Mr. Taylor, I want such a dress ;" another, " 1 want such and such a thing." One singer demands to sing in a part not allotted to him ; another... | |
 | 1865 - 642 sider
...inconvenience him in the least. ' How can you conduct the management of the King's Theatre,' said some one to him one day, 'perpetually in durance as you are ? ' My dear fellow,' ho replied, ' how could I possibly conduct it it' I were at liberty? I should bo eaten up, sir, devoured.... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1876 - 636 sider
...inquired of him one day, "How can you possibly continue the management of the King's Theatre, while perpetually in durance as you are ? " " My dear fellow," he replied, "how could I possibly da it if I were at liberty ? I should be eaten up, sir, devoured. Here comes a dancer — ' Mr. Taylor,... | |
 | 1877 - 562 sider
...perpetually in durance as you are ? ' remarked a friend. ' My dear fellow,' replied the manager, ' how could I possibly conduct it if I were at liberty...such and such ornaments." One singer demands to sing a part different from the one allotted to him, another to have an addition to his appointments. No... | |
 | Belgravia - 1877 - 556 sider
...perpetually in durance as you are ? ' remarked a friend. ' My dear fellow,' replied the manager, ' how could I possibly conduct it if I were at liberty...such and such ornaments." One singer demands to sing a part different from the one allotted to him, another to have an addition to his appointments. No... | |
 | 1877 - 616 sider
...perpetually in durance as you are ? ' remarked a friend. ' My dear fellow,' replied the manager, ' how could I possibly conduct it if I were at liberty...such and such ornaments." One singer demands to sing a part different from the one allotted to him, another to have an addition to his appointments. No... | |
 | Henry Barton Baker - 1904 - 604 sider
...Theatre, perpetually in durance as you are ? " remarked a friend. "My dear fellow," replied the manager, "how could I possibly conduct it if I were at liberty ? I should be eaten up, sir—devoured. Here comes a dancer—' Mr. Taylor, I want such a dress'; another—' I want such and... | |
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