| Music - 1825 - 590 pages
...of course she thought I did not understand, ' Look at that girl dressed in boy's clothes !' To ner astonishment, I answered in the same language, ' You...honour to your memories, Stephen and Nancy Storace ! " When Mr. Sheridan married Miss Linley, and brought her from Bath, their first lodging in London... | |
| Michael Kelly, Theodore Edward Hook - Actors - 1826 - 384 pages
...beautiful building, and was then used as an hospital for seamen. After we had been visited by the ofiicers of health, I went on shore to shew my passport at...language, " You are mistaken, Miss, I am a very proper he anjmal, and quite at your service !" We all laughed till we were tired, and became immediately intimate;... | |
| Music - 1864 - 390 pages
...addressing Nancy in the same Language, tho wearer of tho Sicilian capoto and the flowing tresses, said : ' You are mistaken, miss. I am a very proper he animal, and quite at jotir service. ' A ringing burst of laughter followed this speech ; a'.l three laughed till they were... | |
| Ellen Creathorne Clayton - Opera - 1865 - 578 pages
...addressing Nancy in the same language, the wearer of the Sicilian capote and the flowing tresses said, " You are mistaken, miss. I am a very proper he animal, and quite at your service." A ringing burst of laughter followed this speech ;. all three laughed till they were tired, and ultimately... | |
| 1883 - 568 pages
...looked at me, she laughed ; and, as I approached, I heard her say to her companion, in English : " Look at that girl dressed in boy's clothes ! " To...a very proper he animal, and quite at your service ! " ' Thus began an acquaintance destined to ripen into a life-long intimacy, for the young couple... | |
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