The Jolly Duchess Harriot Mellon Afterwards Mrs Coutts And the Duchess of St
The Jolly Duchess Harriot Mellon Afterwards Mrs Coutts And the Duchess of St
Charles E Pearce
The book The Jolly Duchess Harriot Mellon Afterwards Mrs Coutts And the Duchess of St was written by author Charles E Pearce Here you can read free online of The Jolly Duchess Harriot Mellon Afterwards Mrs Coutts And the Duchess of St book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Jolly Duchess Harriot Mellon Afterwards Mrs Coutts And the Duchess of St a good or bad book?
What reading level is The Jolly Duchess Harriot Mellon Afterwards Mrs Coutts And the Duchess of St book?
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
" " Master Wigley, aged 4£ years, played some time on the bugle horn. " The parents of a precocious little girl of seven persuaded the Drury Lane management to bring her CHARLES LAMB'S FARCE MR. H. 165 out, and crowds assembled at Covent Garden on November 23, 1823, to see her play Peggy in The Country Girl. The absurdity of a child acting in such a play was manifest. Hisses and other signs of disapprobation were heard in the second act, they increased in the third, and in the fourth the play c...ould not proceed, whereupon the child, with the utmost assurance, advanced to the front and thus addressed the audience : " Ladies and gentlemen, I have done nothing to offend the company sent here to hiss me, and I hope you'll turn 'em out. " This only increased the tumult. Kemble, full of apologies, asked that Miss Mudie might be allowed to finish, and she was permitted to say a few lines, but after these the audience would hear no more and she retired. Miss Searle tried to continue in her place, but the Mudie-ites would have none of her, and the war of partisans went on with such pleasant pro- vocatives as " Silence that fool in the boxes !
You can download books for free in various formats, such as epub, pdf, azw, mobi, txt and others on book networks site. Additionally, the entire text is available for online reading through our e-reader. Our site is not responsible for the performance of third-party products (sites).
User Reviews: