 | 1828 - 488 pages
...she since died possessed of_i t • The inb^fatigable~"priestess of Thalis and Melpomene went evej-y morning to market, and kept the box-book, on which always lay a massy silver inkstand, which, with a supeVb pair of silver trumpets, several cups, tankards,' and candlesticks of the same pure metal, it... | |
 | charles dickens - 1874 - 640 pages
...box-office, with the box-book open before her, and resting upon it " a massy silver inkstand, which, Jwith a superb pair of silver trumpets, several cups, tankards, and candlesticks of the same pure metal, it was her Charlee Dickens. ~\ [Jnlyl 1,187*.] 301 honest pride to say she had paid for with her own hard... | |
 | Edward Dutton Cook - Drama - 1876 - 346 pages
...to take up her position in the box-office, with the box-book open before her, and resting upon it " a massy silver inkstand, which, with a superb pair of silver trumpets, several cups, tankards, and candlevOL. I. K sticks of the same pure metal, it was her honest pride to say she had paid for with... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1827 - 610 pages
...Dramatic corps at Deal to his arrival in London. We give the following little sketch of Mrs. Baker : " The indefatigable priestess of Thalia and Melpomene...market, and kept the box-book, on which always lay a massive silver ink-stand, which, with a superb pair of silver trumpets, several cups, tankards, and... | |
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... Judy. But her industry, energy, and enterprise were of an indomitable kind. She generally lived in her theatres, and rising early to accomplish her marketing and other household duties, she proceeded to take up her position in the box-office, with... 