...she had desired to have entirely to herself, to compose her spirits before the piny began. He hurst in, and prophesied that she would ruin herself for...story leads naturally to one told by Sir Humphry Davy : " Sir Humphry repeated to us a remarkable cricicism of Buonaparte's on Talma's acting : ' You don't...

..." Through Lydia White we have become more acquainted with Mrs. Siddons than I ever expected to be. She gave us the history of her first acting of Lady...Fox, Sheridan, and Sir Joshua Reynolds in the pit. She invited us to a private reading-party at her own house : present only her daughter, a very pretty...

...grandest parties. And then they become ' very intimate ' with Wollaston. and Kater, Mr. Warburtou, and Dr. and Mrs. Somerville. 'They and Dr. and Mrs....story leads naturally to one told by Sir Humphry Davy : ' Sir Humphry repeated to us a remarkable criticism of Buonaparte's on Talma's acting : " You don't...

...she would ruin herself for ever if she persevered in this resolution to lay down the candlestick I She persisted, however, in her determination, succeeded,...story leads naturally to one told by Sir Humphry Davy: Before hastening (and we must hasten) to the conclusion, we may mention, in passing, that the third...

...this resolution to lay down the candlestick! She persisted, however, in her determination—succeeded, was applauded, and Sheridan begged her pardon. She...Fox, Sheridan, and Sir Joshua Reynolds in the pit." In 1823, Miss Edgeworth visited Sir Walter Scott, at Abbotsford. " Everything about you is exactly...

...and Sheridan begged her pardon. She described well the awe she felt, and the power of the i TO I .< o excitement given to her by the, sight of Burke, Fox, Sheridan, and Sir Joshua Eeynolds in the pit." In 1823, Miss Edgeworth visited Sir Walter Scott, at Abbotsford. " Everything...

...described well the awe she felt, and the power of the excitement given to her by the sight of Burke, Pox, Sheridan, and Sir Joshua Reynolds in the pit.' To...story leads naturally to one told by Sir Humphry Davy : ' Sir Humphry repeated to us a remarkable criticism of Bonaparte's on Talma's acting : " You don't...

...introduces them to Lady Londonderry, who invites them to one of her grandest parties. During this visit they become ' very intimate ' with Wollaston and Kater,...story leads naturally to one told by Sir Humphry Davy : ' Sir Humphry repeated to us a remarkable criticism of Bonaparte's on Talma's acting : " You don't...

...history of her first acting of Lady Macbeth, and of her resolving, in the sleep scene, to lay clown the candlestick, contrary to the precedent of Mrs....story leads naturally to one told by Sir Humphry Davy : ' Sir Humphry repeated to us a remarkable criticism of Bonaparte's on Talma's acting: " You don't...

...she would ruin herself for ever if she persevered in this resolution to lay down the candlestick I She persisted, however, in her determination, succeeded,...sight of Burke, Fox, Sheridan, and Sir Joshua Reynolds hi the pit.' To excuse her constant yearning for the stage after her formal retirement, she was wont...