 | 1837 - 598 strani
...he said, "I opened a huge lump of a despatch, without looking how it was addressed, never doubting that it had travelled under some omnipotent frank...equip it with prologue and epilogue, procure for it a favorable reception from the manager of Drury Lane, and make Murray or Constable bleed handsomely for... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 428 strani
...he said, " I opened a huge lump of a despatch, without looking how it was addressed, never doubting that it had travelled under some omnipotent frank...Admiralty's, when, lo and behold, the contents proved to be a M S. play, by a young lady of New York, who kindly requested me lo read and correct it, equip it with... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 428 strani
...he said, " I opened a huge lump of a despatch, without looking how it was addressed, never doubting that it had travelled under some omnipotent frank...equip it with prologue and epilogue, procure for it a favourable reception from the manager of Drury Lane, and make Murray or Constable bleed handsomely... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 434 strani
...he said, " I opened a huge lump of a despatch, without looking how it was addressed, never doubting that it had travelled under some omnipotent frank...equip it with prologue and epilogue, procure for it a favourable reception from the manager of Drury Lane, and make Murray or Constable bleed handsomely... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1845 - 836 strani
...he said, " I opened a huge lump of a despatch, without looking how it was addressed, never doubting that it had travelled under some omnipotent frank...by a young lady of New York, who kindly requested tne to read and correct it, equip it with prologue and epilogue, procure for it a favourable reception... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1847 - 612 strani
...omnipotent frank like the First Lord of the I Admiralty's, when, In and behold, thecontentanrovj cd to be a MS. play, by a young lady of New York, who kindly requested me to rend and correct it, equip it with prologue and epilogue, procure for it a favourable reception from... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1848 - 452 strani
...he said, " I opened a huge lump of a despatch, without looking how it was addressed, never doubting that it had travelled under some omnipotent frank...equip it with prologue and epilogue, procure for it a favourable reception from the manager of Drury Lane, and make Murray or Constable bleed handsomely... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1853 - 906 strani
...he said, " I opened a huge lump of a despatch, without looking how it was addressed, never doubting that it had travelled under some omnipotent frank...by a young lady of New York, who kindly requested mo to read and correct it, equip it with prologue and epilogue, procure for it a favourable reception... | |
 | William Keddie - 1854 - 400 strani
...Scott, "I opened a huge lump of a despatch, without looking to know how it was addressed, never doubting that it had travelled under some omnipotent frank, like the first lord of admiralty's, when, lo and behold, script play, by a young lady of New York, who kindly requested me... | |
 | Gilbert James French - 1856 - 74 strani
...looking how it was addressed, never doubting that it had travelled under some omnipotent frank—when, lo! and behold, the contents proved to be a MS. play...York, who kindly requested me to read and correct it for publication; . . . and on inspecting the cover, I found that I had been charged five pounds odd... | |
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I opened a huge lump of a despatch, without looking how it was addressed, never doubting that it had travelled under some omnipotent frank like the First Lord of the Admiralty's, when, lo and behold, the contents proved to be a MS. play, by a young lady... 
