 | Samuel Drew - 1824 - 766 pages
...HISTORY OF CORNWALL. 69 DRAMATIC PERFORMANCES OF THE ANCIENT BRITONS. set purpose) an actor's room, was accordingly lessoned (beforehand) by the ordinary, that he must say after him. His turn came. " Go forth, man, and shew thyself," quoth the ordinary. The gentleman steps out upon the stage, and... | |
 | 1862 - 482 pages
...gentleman of practising a merry prank, for he undertaking, perhaps of set purpose, an actor's room, was accordingly lessoned beforehand by the ordinary...say after him. His turn came. Quoth the ordinary, — 'Go forth, man, and show thyself.' The gentleman steps out upon the stage, and, like a bad clerk... | |
 | 1859 - 914 pages
...indecorous behaviour of a " pleasant conceyted gentleman : — "For he [the pleasant conceyted gentleman] vndertaking (perhaps of set purpose) an actors roome,...Ordinary, Goe forth man, and shew thyselfe. The Gentleman stops out upon the stage, and like a bad Clarke in scripture matters, cleaning more to the letter then... | |
 | 1860 - 458 pages
...gentleman, of practising a mery pranke : for he vndertaking (perhaps of set purpose) an actors roorne, was accordingly lessoned (beforehand) by the Ordinary,...stage, and like a bad Clarke in scripture matters, cleaning more to the letter then the sense, pronounced those words aloud. Oh (sayes the fellowe softly... | |
 | 1862 - 630 pages
...gentleman of practising a merry prank, for he undertaking, perhaps of set purpose, an actor's room, was accordingly lessoned. beforehand by the ordinary that he must say after him. HU him came. Quoth the ordinary, — 'Go forth, man, and show thyself.' The gentleman steps out upon... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1867 - 594 pages
...conceyted gentleman, of practising a mery pranke ; for he undertaking (perhaps of set purpose) an actor's roome, was accordingly lessoned (beforehand) by the...turn came. Quoth the Ordinary, Goe forth man and shew thy selfe. The gentleman steps out upon the stage, and like a bad Clarke in Scripture matters, cleaving... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1867 - 698 pages
...(perhaps of set purpose) an actor's roome, was accordingly lessoned (beforehand) by the Ordinary, that ho must say after him. His turn came. Quoth the Ordinary, Goe forth man and shew thy selfe. The gentleman steps out upon the stage, and like a bad Clarke in Scripture matters, cleaving... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - 1870 - 536 pages
...conceyted gentleman, of practising a mery pranke j for he undertaking (perhaps of set purpose) on actor's roome, was accordingly lessoned (beforehand) by the...turn came. Quoth the Ordinary, Goe forth man and shew thy selfe. The gentleman steps out upon the stage, and like a bad Clarke in Scripture matters, cleaving... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - 1871 - 528 pages
...than the other specimens of Cornish which we possess in the dramas, and in the poem of The Pennon. must say after him. His turn came. Quoth the Ordinary, Goe forth man and shew thy selfe. The gentleman steps out upon the stage, and like a had Clarke in Scripture matters, cleaving... | |
 | Thomas Fairman Ordish - 1894 - 334 pages
...conceyted gentleman of practising a mery pranke ; for he vndertaking (perhaps of set purpose) an acter's roome, was accordingly lessoned (beforehand) by the...turn came. Quoth the Ordinary, " Goe forth, man, and show thyself." The Gentleman steps out upon the stage, and like a bad Clarke in Scripture matters,... | |
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... prompted by one called the ordinary, who followeth at their back with the book in his hand, and telleth them softly what they must pronounce aloud. Which... 
