 | William Henry Pyne - 1824 - 686 pages
...seemed to compare notes with his neighbour, and the general opinion was in its favour. " In the second act, they broke their silence, by marks of their approbation,...frighted performers, as well as the author ; and the last act was received with universal applause." A favourite dog always accompanied Hogarth. It was... | |
 | Percy Fitzgerald - 1882 - 492 pages
...seemed to compare notes with his neighbour, and the general opinion was in its favour. In the second act they broke their silence by marks of their approbation,...frighted performers as well as the author ; and the last act was received with universal applause." Macklin was present at the first representation of... | |
 | Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald - 1882 - 486 pages
...seemed to compare notes with his neighbour, and the general opinion was in its favour. In the second act they broke their silence by marks of their approbation,...joy of the frighted performers as well as the author j and the last act was received with universal applause." Macklin was present at the first representation... | |
 | Calhoun Winton - 1993 - 236 pages
...Gay picked up in the next box, but "silent Attention" is not enough. Victor continues: "In the second Act they broke their Silence, by Marks of their Approbation,...frighted Performers, as well as the Author; and the last Act was received with universal Applause."31 Act II opens with the great tavern scene, the musical... | |
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... on the first night of performance its fate was doubtful for some time. The first act was received with silent attention, not a hand moved ; at the end of which they rose, and every man seemed to compare notes with his neighbour, and the general opinion... 