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... end, I thank my husband Jeffrey Cathcart, my dear friend Tom Westlake, and actors Gerard Butler and Earl Carpenter for inspiration. I am also grat... ...bers to prepare for the night’s performance. Overhead, I heard a beautiful male voice singing. This was not the first time: probably one of the 4... ...many different countries and could converse passably in German, Italian and English by the time I returned to Baincthuin. By the same token, I loved... ...cs a month. I could not even hold the bank account in my name as long as a male relative was available to manage the funds for me. It was a generou... ...e out of my reach, but I had no opportunity for dining out or attending the theatre. I sighed wistfully and returned to the carriage with my small p... ...tonight. I will send a note to your cousin, and to the fools who manage my theatre. You need a night to rest.” I could see there was no arguing wit... ...e that Erik was safely away from the opera house, and presented me with the musical monkey. Madame Giry’s eye’s widened. “It is one of his most pre... ... am what Francois always called an overeducated chit,” I laughed. “I speak English fairly well.” I did not point out that, no matter where we went,... ...osom like the prow of a ship. She left a calling card, and invited us to a musical evening at their home just a few nights hence. Lady Harrington ...

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...ions begin with a bustle before beginning to describe an election in the provinces, it is proper to state that the town of Arcis-sur-Aube was not the theatre of the events here related. The arrondissement of Arcis votes at Bar-sur-Aube, which is forty miles from Arcis; consequently there is no deputy from Arcis in the Chamber....

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ovinces, it is proper to state that the town of Arcis-sur-Aube was not the theatre of the events here related. The arrondissement of Arcis votes at Ba... ...attached to the Comtesse de Cinq-Cygne, the well-known Gothard, one of the actors and witnesses in the Simeuse affair. Poupart, though a most devoted ... ...triple itself. Into that land, now without luxury, where homes are barren, English comfort will penetrate, money will obtain that rapid circulation wh... ... and such was her horror for all who were connected, near or far, with the actors in the judicial drama so fatal to her family, that she strictly enjo... ... Mademoiselle Mars. By calling to mind the most charming Celimene that the Theatre-Francais ever had, an excellent idea of Severine Grevin’s appearanc... ...e than Bixiou’s, I would have chosen it. As it was, I have profited by the malevo- lent curiosity which induces that amiable lepidopter to in- sinuate... ...him to the spirit of party; shall you silence him every time he makes some malevolent insinuation about Monsieur de Sallenauve, and denies his honor a... ...Luigia said,— “I hope you were satisfied with your humble servant.” “Y our musical powers did not surprise me, for those I knew already; but those tra...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ..., looking at the fashions, or reading 4 Men’s Wives Cumberland’s “British Theatre.” The Sunday Times was her paper, for she voted the Dispatch, that ... ...ry one of the roulades, flourishes, and ornaments as she heard them at the theatres by Mrs. Humby, Mrs. Waylett, or Madame V estris. The girl had a fi... ...nfluence of great men; he was an agent for half-a-dozen theatrical people, male 13 Thackeray and female, and had the interests of the latter especial... ... world, from Bond Street to Bread Street; he knew all the authors, all the actors, all the “notorieties” of the town, and the private histo- ries of e... ...to me, considering these things, it seemed that there were a hundred other male brutes squatted round about, and treated just as reasonably as Bottom ... ...d a prodi- gious quantity of her time and energy on the cultivation of her musical talent; and having, as before stated, a very fine loud voice, speed... ... genius in his profession. This gentleman, then, undertook to complete the musical edu- cation of Mrs. Walker. He expressed himself at once 52 Men’s ... ...d. Incledon knew no music, and who could sing so well now? Give her a good English ballad: it was a thousand times sweeter than your “Figaros” and “Se...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... that time they had never been to a play; the churches of Paris were their theatre. Their education in their mother’s house had been as rigorous as it... ...dies, was spent in needlework done for the poor, or in walks like those an Englishwoman allows herself on Sunday, saying, apparently, “Not so fast, or... ...e. Such was Schmucke, formerly chapel-master to the Margrave of Anspach; a musical genius, who was now exam- ined by a council of devotes, and asked i... ...ticism of their home, they flung themselves into the diffi- culties of the musical art, and spent themselves upon it. Melody, harmony, and composition... ...eir mother and sisters, but after that the count took them off to museums, theatres, restaurants, or, during the summer season, into the country. Exce... ...ose productive little pieces, full of wit, which are written expressly for actors and actresses. Between them, they had invented Florine, an actress n... ... the outside have nothing within. But if we reflect on the small number of actors and actresses who live in each century, and also on how many dramati... ... shown by au- thors, parts taken away or given to others, exactions of the male actors, spite of rivals, naggings of the stage manager, struggles with...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...cy) a deeper feeling of communion, and their days there had been like some musical prelude, where the instruments, breathing low, seem to hold back th... ...devotion, set apart for some inevitable hour; and the last evening, at the theatre, between the overshadowing Marquise and the unsuspicious Owen, they... ... was false from head to foot!” “False—?” In spite of time and satiety, the male instinct of ownership rose up and repudiated the charge. Miss Viner ca... ...ersons with tastes and perceptions like his own, to whom an evening at the theatre was an unat- tainable indulgence. There floated through his mind an... ... gentleman who, on the strength of a week’s stay at Folkestone, translated English fiction for the provincial press, a lady from Wichita, Kansas, who ... ...almost certainly” an anarchist. It was this nucleus, and its outer ring of musical, architectural and other American students, which posed successivel... ...to the veins of the moribund art. He had the impression that the ghosts of actors were giv- ing a spectral performance on the shores of Styx. Certainl... ...ace, at the same moment, underwent the same change, shrinking into a small malevolent white mask in which the eyes burned black. “Thank you—thank you ...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...rounded by a host of mendicants, screaming, “I say, sir! penny, sir!I say, English! tam your ays! penny!” in all voices, from extreme youth to the mos... ...wing and reading, and the blind were, for the most part, set to perform on musical instruments, and got up a con- cert for the visitors. It was then w... ...ible, that even as blind beggars they could hardly get a livelihood in the musical way. 15 Thackeray HENCE WE WERE DRIVEN to the huge palace of Neces... ...have never witnessed before. And the effect of the groups of multitudinous actors in this busy cheerful drama is heightened, as it were, by the decora... ... despise such a homely ornament. I have got a map with squares, fountains, theatres, public gar- dens, and Places d’Othon marked out; but they only ex... ...ty which will only bear to be looked at from a distance, like a scene in a theatre. What is the most beautiful nose in the world, if it be covered wit... ...as en- deavouring to get the likeness of one or two of these comfort- able malefactors. One old and wrinkled she-criminal, whom I had selected on acco... ...th. Hard by was Rebecca’s Well: a dead body was lying there, and crowds of male and female mourners dancing and howling round it. Now and then a littl...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...1 CHAPTER I WE ARE TO MAKE ACQUAINTANCE with some serious damsels, as this English generation knows them, and at a season verg- ing upon May. The ladi... ...d noblemen known to him, with familiar indiffer- ence, as things below the musical Art, gave a distinguishing tone to Brookfield, from which his Frenc... .... No—Paris! No—London! She shall astonish London fairst.—Y ez! if I take a theatre! Yez! if I buy a newspaper! Yez! if I pay feefty-sossand pound!” Hi... ...mpatient as to arrest their opening notes, and even to interrupt their un- musical consultations, with “No: it is no use; it is no use: no, no, I say!... ...ttention to his sisters’ refined conversation that he formed part of their male escort to the place of worship. Mr. Pericles met the church-goers on t... ...f a momentary shame to them, rather a sign of promise than not) the gentle male need not be deeply fascinated. Lady Charlotte was not a fascinating pe... ... by-and-by, my dear. And, I say; I’ll tell you what:— I’ll take you to the theatre to-night. I want to laugh. A man’s all right when he’s laughing. I ... ...atres. Braintop rattled them out, their plot and fun and the merits of the actors, with delightful volubility, as one whose happy subject had been fin...

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...going student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Co... ... played the wind instruments, looking up into the sky (we mean the fog) with musical fervour, walked through pools of water and hillocks of mud, till ... ...tion by de tailing the plot of this portion of the pantomime not of the theatre, but of life. The Honourable Captain Fitz Whisker Fiercy, attende... ...mime, that we hardly know which to select as the proper fellow of him of the theatres. At one time we were disposed to think that the harlequin was ne... ...o add, by way of new reading, that he meant a Pantomime, and that we are all actors in The Pantomime of Life. SOME PARTICULARS CONCERNING A LION We ha... ...hat must have been his feelings! In the agony of the minute he rushed at his male parent as he was about to plunge a knife into the side of his female...

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...and Ireland changeing their parts, until later, after the breach, when the English- man and Irishwoman resumed a certain resemblance to the yoked Isla... ...raglio Point: they have not yet doubled Cape T urk.’ It is war, and on the male side, Ottoman war: her experi- ence reduced her to think so positively... ... upon Irish agitation by saying rather neatly: ‘You have taught them it is English as well as common human nature to feel an interest in the dog that ... ...he strings of sensualism,’ to the delight of a world gaping for marvels of musical execution rather than for music. For our world is all but a sensati... ...as in the first conception of the edifice, backs were damp, boots liquidly musical, the pipe of consolation smoked with difficulty, with much pulling ... ...ND OF WHAT THEY LED TO A FORTNIGHT after this memorable Ball the principal actors of both sexes had crossed the Channel back to England, and old Irela... ...lood. There were, one hears that there still are, remnants of the pristine male, who, if resisted in their suing, conclude that they are scorned, and ... ...when celebrated impressively, it seemed. ‘Tony calls the social world “the theatre of appetites,” as 323 George Meredith we have it at present,’ she ... ...r drencher. But a pretty woman in a right-down ter- magant passion is good theatre; because it can’t last, at that pace; and you’re sure of your agree...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... thing as maybe announced by foreign princesses and rulers over serfs; but English Wrexby, in cogitative mood, demanded an equivalent for its beef and... ...da shook her head, full sure that she could never be brought to utter such musical words naturally. “Yes, dearest, when you know what love is,” said D... ...seen her. I expect I’ve seen a portrait of her, though.” “Ah!” Mrs. Lovell musically drew him on. “Was she dark, too?” “No, she’s fair. At least, she ... ...NTHONY was expecting them in London. It was now winter, and the season for theatres; so, to show his brother- in-law the fun of a theatre was one part... ... lit a cigar and puffed at it fretfully. “Will you come and try one of the theatres for an hour?” he asked. She rose submissively, afraid to say that ... ...urs, was the reply. Robert had an impulse to rush by the stolid little fe- male liar, but Percy’s recent lesson to him acted as a restraint; though, h... ...ll take the point of view of science, be the stage carpenters, and let the actors move on and off. By this, we shall learn to take a cer- tain pride i...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... The passions were absolutely in harmony with the intelligence. He had the English manner; a remarkable simplicity contrasting with the demonstrative ... ...ers might have sung it; and though it spoke favourably of her aptitude and musical edu- cation, and was of a quality to enrapture easy, merely critica... ...it more than they disliked it, called their female foes Amazons, and their male by a less complimentary title, and so waited for the patriotic epidemi... ...le of faith with the Austrian military that noth- ing save terror of their males kept sweet Italian women from the expression of their preference for ... ...in an old quarter of the city, instead of in a bright and handsome street, musical with equipages, and full of the shows of life?’ In conjunction with... ...hink you can do something, because you read books and frequent the talking theatres—fourteen syllables to a word. Mother of heaven! will you never lea... ...ens the skies!’ and immediately appended: ‘It is destined to suffocate the theatres!’ Pausing as before a splendid vision: ‘Money—let it go like dust!... ... it, so that you hang over an abysm until T welve is sounded, audience and actors gazed with equal expecta- tion at the path winding round from the ca...

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...rris I I I I I AT EIGHT O’CLOCK in the inner vestibule of the Audito- rium Theatre by the window of the box office, Laura Dearborn, her younger sister... ...ter Page, and their aunt—Aunt Wess’—were still waiting for the rest of the theatre-party to appear. A great, slow-moving press of men and women in eve... ...ut the ship about. Jadwin having criticised the effect because none of the actors turned with it, was voted a Philistine by Mrs. Cressler and Corthell... ...n exhilaration. Beneath that boyish exterior was the tough coarseness, the male hardness, the callous- ness that met the brunt and withstood the shock... ...s full of yellow envelopes. From the telephone alcoves came the prolonged, musical rasp of the call bells. In the Western Union booths the keys of the... ...d it was during this lull in the morning’s business that the idiocy of the English ultimatum to the Porte melted away. As inexplicably and as suddenly... ...e posed as a task- master, relentless, never pleased, hustling the amateur actors about without ceremony, scolding and brow-beat- ing. He was a small,... ...ons of the vertebrae of his neck. He explained the cause of his delay. His English was without accent, but at times suddenly entangled itself in curio... ...elodrama. She had a taste for the magnificent. She revelled in these great musical “effects” upon her organ, the grandiose eas- ily appealed to her, w...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...gh to endure the search for a B.V.D. undershirt which had, he pointed out, malevolently been concealed among his clean pajamas. He was fairly amiable ... ...y Business College 50 Babbitt and instructor in Public Speaking, Business English, Sce- nario Writing, and Commercial Law. Though Babbitt ad- mired t... ... given to oratory and to chumminess with the arts. He called on the famous actors and vaudeville artists when they came to town, gave them cigars, add... ...at the Climax Vaudeville Theater this week cer- tainly are a slick pair of actors.” Babbitt, though ordi- narily his voice was the surest and most epi... ...ed into a raging hostess, she took care of the house and didn’t bother the males by thinking. She went on firmly: “It sounds awful to me, the way they... ...an advertisement which he read aloud, to applause and laughter: Old Colony Theatre Shake the Old Dogs to the Wrollicking Wrens The bonniest bevy of be... ...were bringing folding chairs up from the basement. There was an impressive musical program, conducted by Sheldon Smeeth, educational di- rector of the... ...ck around with me, old man, and I’ll show you a good time!” They went to a musical comedy and nudged each other 212 Babbitt at the matrimonial jokes ...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...county or duchy conquered by the crown or divided among many heirs, if the male line failed. Disinher- ited from active life, these heads became arms;... ...- ers, honeysuckles, roses, box, and many enchanting plants. It is like an English garden, designed by some great architect. This rich, coy nature, so... ...of questionable morals, a writer for the stage; frequenting the- atres and actors; squandering her fortune among pamphle- teers, painters, musicians, ... ...heart some noble and beautiful being,—not a stage-player, a masquerader, a theatre woman, an author whose business it is to feign sentiments, a creatu... ...g the gentle tenets of her sex. A woman commits a sin in even go- ing to a theatre; but to write the impieties that actors repeat, 50 Balzac to roam ... ...omankind. Just as Clara Gazul is the female pseudonym of a distin- guished male writer, George Sand the masculine pseudonym of a woman of genius, so C... ...om- poser, begged by his young rival to sing, gave them that great- est of musical masterpieces viewed as execution, the famous “Pria che spunti l’aur... ... head-love in which nei- ther the heart nor the rest of it had any part,—a musical love, in short! As for Rochefide, that was duty. So, you under- sta...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ereal pavilion, and only woke up with a smile when George arrived from the theatre. For the next day, George had more important “business” to 8 V ani... ...place of the well-bred and well-fed London domestics, who could only speak English, Dobbin procured for Jos’s party a swarthy little Belgian servant w... ...g was there to fill with delight that great gourmand of a Jos: there was a theatre where a miraculous Catalani was delighting all hearers: beautiful r... ...versation. This is a species of dignity in which the high-bred British fe- male reigns supreme. To watch the behaviour of a fine lady to other and hum... ..., and fresh news began to arrive from the war, brought by men who had been actors in the scene. Wagons and long country carts laden with wounded came ... ...ace all the females of the establishment in mourning; and desired that the male servants should be similarly attired in deep black. All parties and en... ...irit enough to bustle about for “a few select inmates to join a cheer- ful musical family,” such as one reads of in the Times. She was content to lie ... ...iscomfiture of Miss Horrocks. He thrummed on the table as if it had been a musical instrument, and squalled in imitation of her manner of singing. He ...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ew Ham, mentioned in my first chapter; but she spoke of him as a morsel of English Grammar. I was flushed by her summary of delights, and replied that... ...istinction of being a fireman, and was engaged as such at one of the large theatres; where some young relation of Mealy s I think his little sis- ter ... ..., shouted vigorously. But my aunt, suddenly descrying among them the young malefactor who was the donkey s guard- ian, and who was one of the most inv... ...ages of the process), I re- solved to go to the play. It was Covent Garden Theatre that I chose; and there, from the back 347 David Copperfield Vol... ... him as it was to us and little Em ly laughed until the boat rang with the musical sounds, and we all laughed (Steerforth too), in irresistible sympat... ...se, the ad- vocate in the clergyman s case, or contrariwise. They are like actors: now a man s a judge, and now he is not a judge; now he s one thing,... ...rinkled with hoar-frost. Immense deference was shown to the Henry Spikers, male and fe- male; which Agnes told me was on account of Mr. Henry Spiker b...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...han leading University men, for the impress they leave is on the flower of English youth, at the very time of life when thought has come, but action i... ...here was a mixture of the utile with the dulce. Our constant visits to the theatre were strong incentives to a preparatory study of the plays of Goeth... ...of Goethe, Schiller, and Lessing. What noble acting we saw in that Dresden theatre! ‘With regard to the opera, I have never seen Weber or Meyerbeer’s ... ...anner of saying the prayers was exceedingly good: his voice very sweet and musical; without seeming loud, it was fully audible, and gave assurance of ... ...it to-day, and had a long talk with the physician and surgeon, and saw the male pa- tients, two of them natives. One of them is dying, and so I am to ... ...haps: two or three faint female voices, two or three rough most discordant male voices, all the attempt at singing. No instrument of any kind. The bur... ...in those private classes that he exercised such wonderful in- fluence; his musical voice, his holy face, his gentle manner, all helping doubtless to i... ...s streaming down his face and back all the time. A great point is that the actors should not be recognised. Mr. Brooke was likewise dropped at Florida...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Copy... ... by setting up as loud a cry as could reasonably have been expected from a male infant who had not been possessed of that very useful appendage, a voi... ...’s Road; struck down the small street which termi nates at Sadler’s Wells Theatre; through Exmouth Street and Coppice Row; down the little court by t... ...f the individual are among the first and proudest boasts of a true hearted Englishman, 83 OLIVER TWIST so, I need hardly beg the reader to observe, t... ...ired, in a red gown, green boots, and yellow curl papers, to the other fe male. ‘Nancy, my dear,’ said the Jew in a soothing manner, ‘what do you s... ...to spare, it would be more wholesomely expended on the treadmill than in a musical instrument. He made no answer: being occupied mentally bewailing th... ... holiday garments, are not a whit less startling; only, there, we are busy actors, instead of passive lookers on, which makes a vast difference. The a... ...ers on, which makes a vast difference. The actors in the mimic life of the theatre, are blind to violent transitions and abrupt impulses of passion or... ...ether; and though the singing might be rude, it was real, and sounded more musical (to Oliver’s ears at least) than any he had ever heard in church be...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ing of France’s kitchen; my evening at the billiard club, the concert, the theatre, or at somebody’s party, if I pleased,—what could be better than al... ...e so happy, especially a feminine creature.” “They are always happier than male creatures,” said I. “You must correct that opinion, Mr. Coverdale,” re... ...ible that, while these three charac ters figured so largely on my private theatre, I—though prob ably reckoned as a friend by all—was at best but a ... ...ating them from other relations, had kept so long upon my mental stage, as actors in a drama. In itself, perhaps, it was no very remark 123 Hawthorn... ... steps up the staircase. There was a pause on the landing place. A lady’s musical yet haughty accents were heard mak ing an inquiry from some denize... ...voices and much laughter proceeding from the interior of the wood. Voices, male and feminine; laughter, not only of fresh young throats, but the bass ...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...s no anachronism in his language; he put the Spanish of Cervantes into the English of Shakespeare. Shakespeare himself most likely knew the book; he m... ...acles from saints; but merely to take care that your style and diction run musically , pleasantly, and plainly, with clear, proper, and well-placed wo... ...lling her Dulcinea del Toboso -she being of El Toboso—a name, to his mind, musical, uncommon, and significant, like all those he had already bestowed ... ...o; and letting off thirty “ohs,” and sixty sighs, and a hundred and twenty maledictions and execrations on whomsoever it was that had brought him ther... ...ot even dismount; and so from the back of his horse he began to utter such maledictions and objurgations against those who were blanketing Sancho as i... ...all the rest of them, that the books, the ballads, the barber’s shops, the theatres are full of, were really and truly ladies of flesh and blood, and ... ...tailor of the corner.’ And though I have sometimes endeavoured to convince actors that they are mis- taken in this notion they have adopted, and that ... ... plays have become a salable commodity, they say, and with truth, that the actors will not buy them unless they are after this fashion; and so the poe...