 | William Cook - 1805 - 238 Seiten
...they were imaginary'?" — " Why, really, my Lord," said Betterton, " I don't know; except it is, that we actors speak of things imaginary as if they were real, while you in the pulpit speak of things real as j/"they were imaginary." cxcv. The Pleasure of paying our... | |
 | William Oxberry - 1824 - 402 Seiten
...they were imaginary?'—" Why, really, my Lord," said Betterton, "I don't know; except it is, that we actors speak of things imaginary as if they were real, while you in the pulpit speak of things real as {/"they were imaginary." TASWELL. Taswell, the player, was... | |
 | Henry Charles William Angelo - 1828 - 532 Seiten
...reason is very plain. We actors on the stage speak of things imaginary as if they were real, and you in the pulpit speak of things real as if they were imaginary.' Therefore, I will bawl," said Whitfield, " I will bawl — I will not be a velvetmouthed preacher."... | |
 | Henry Angelo - 1830 - 564 Seiten
...reason is very plain. We actors on the stage speak of things imaginary as if they were real, and you in the pulpit speak of things real as if they were imaginary.' Therefore, I will bawl," said Whitfield, " I will bawl — I will not be a velvetmouthed preacher."... | |
 | 1831 - 256 Seiten
...they were imaginary ?"—" Why, really, my lord," said Betterton, " I don't know; except it is, that we actors speak of things imaginary as if they were real, while you in the pulpit speak of things real as if they were imaginary." MEDICAL REPARTEE. A candidate for... | |
 | John William Cole - 1839 - 194 Seiten
...reason is very plain ; we actors on the Stage speak of things imaginary as if they were real, and you, in the pulpit, speak of things real as if they were imaginary."! Steele's comedy of the " Conscious Lovers" is in many parts grave enough even for a sermon. When the... | |
 | 1845 - 678 Seiten
...'they were imaginary?' ' Why, really, my lord,' answered Betterton, ' I don't know ; unless it is that we actors speak of ' things imaginary as if they were real, while you in the pulpit ' speak of things real as if they were imaginary.' It is a clever answer ; and as... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1845 - 604 Seiten
...they were imaginary Т ' Why, really, my lord,' answered Betterton ' I don't know ; unless it is that we actors speak of things imaginary as if they were real, while you in the pulpit speak of things real as if they were imaginary.' It is a clever answer ; and as applicable... | |
 | 1845 - 606 Seiten
...they were imaginary V ' Why, really, my lord,' answered Betterton, ' I don't know ; unless it is that we actors speak of things imaginary as if they were real, while you in the pulpit speak of things real as if they were imaginary.' It is a clever answer ; and as applicable... | |
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Why, really, my lord,' answered Betterton, ' I don't know ; unless it is that we actors speak of ' things imaginary as if they were real, while you in the pulpit ' speak of things real as if they were imaginary. 
