 | J. S. Forsyth - 1825 - 422 pagine
...another thread of the web. * "Aug. 20. To Deptford by water, reading Othello, Moor of Venice, which I ever heretofore esteemed a mighty good play, but having so lately read the Adventures of Five Hours, it seems a mean thing." King Charles's Reception on Board of Lord Sandwich's... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - 1841 - 412 pagine
...most obliged humble servant, M. TORE. " To Deptford by water, reading Othello, Moor of Venice, which I ever heretofore esteemed a mighty good play, but having so lately read ' The Adventures of Five Hours,' it seems a mean thing." — Pepyss Diary. SIR PHILIP CARTERET TO PEPYS.... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - 1848 - 466 pagine
...gentleman, though not fit for business. To Deptford by water, reading " Othello, Moor of Venice," which I ever heretofore esteemed a mighty good play; but, having so lately read " The Adventures of Five Houres," it seems a mean thing. All the afternoon upon my Tangier accounts, getting... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 574 pagine
...Diary of August 20th, 1666, we have, " To Deptford by water, reading 'Othello, Moor of Venice,' which I ever heretofore esteemed a mighty good play ; but, having so lately read ' The Adventures of Five Hours,' it seems a mean thing." 'The Adventures of Five Hours,' a tragi-comedy,... | |
 | 1904 - 668 pagine
...excellent play.' He has written thus : — "To Deptford by water, reading 'Othello, Moore of Venice,' which I ever heretofore esteemed a mighty good play, but having so lately read 'The Adventures of Five Houres,' it seems a mean thing." The ' Diary ' contains likewise this passage :... | |
 | 1849 - 448 pagine
...strictures of our own. "Aug. 20, 1666. To Deptford by water, reading Othello, Moor of Venice, which I have heretofore esteemed a mighty good play, but having so lately read the Adventures of Five Hours, it seems a mean thing. Sept. 29th, 1662. To the King's Theatre, where we... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1853 - 440 pagine
...same, if they dared. * Vol i., p. 442. " To Deptford by water, reading Othello, Moore of Venice, which I ever heretofore esteemed a mighty good play ; but having so lately read the ' Adventures of Five Houres, ' it seems a mean thing." Vol. ii., p. 3. "To the Duke's house, and saw... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1853 - 580 pagine
...same, if they dared. * Vol i., p. 442. " To Deptford by water, reading Othello, Moore of Venice, which I ever heretofore esteemed a mighty good play ; but having so lately read the ' Adventures of Five Houres,' it seems a mean thing." Vol. ii, p. 3. "To the Duke's house, and saw... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - 1854 - 532 pagine
...gentleman, though not fit for'business. To Deptford by water, reading " Othello, Moor of Venice," which I ever heretofore esteemed a mighty good play; but, having so lately read " The Adventures of Five Houres," it seems a mean thing. All the afternoon upon my Tangier accounts, getting... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1854 - 350 pagine
...soon grew corrupted. Pepys says (1666), " To Deptford by water, reading Othello, Moor of Venice, which I ever heretofore esteemed a mighty good play ; but having so lately read The Adventures of Five Hours, it seems a mean thing." Their " light reading" was a marvel— that romance... | |
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To Deptford by water, reading Othello, Moor of Venice, which I ever heretofore esteemed a mighty good play ; but, having so lately read The Adventures of Five Hours, it seems a mean thing. 
