 | WILLIAM FRANCIS AINSWORTH - 1873 - 736 pages
...Polly, till then obscure, became all at once the favourite of the town : her pictures were engraved and sold in great numbers ; her life written ; books...letters and verses to her published, and pamphlets were made of her sayings and jests." It may be added that the theatre was crowded night after night... | |
 | 1873 - 734 pages
...Polly, till then obscure, became all at once the favourite of the town : her pictures were engraved and sold in great numbers ; her life written ; books...letters and verses to her published, and pamphlets were made of her sayings and jests." It may be added that the theatre was crowded night after night... | |
 | Henry Sutherland Edwards - Opera - 1886 - 320 pages
...Polly, till then obscure, became all at once the favourite of the town; her pictures were engraved and sold in great numbers, her life written, books...letters and verses to her published, and pamphlets made even of her sayings and jests. Furthermore, it drove out of England, for that season, the Italian opera,... | |
 | William Clark Russell - Actors - 1888 - 528 pages
...till then obscure, became all at once the favourite of the town ; her pictures were engraved and r.old in great numbers ; her life written, books of letters and verses to her published, and pamphlets made even of her sayings and jests. — Note to the " Dunciad." She was a very accomplished and most agreeable... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - Great Britain - 1889 - 474 pages
...from the theatre after Tier performance ; and, as the notes to the ' Dunciad ' tell us, ' her life was written, books of letters and verses to her published, and pamphlets made even of her sayings and jests.' Although she could not be considered an accomplished vocalist, she... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1890 - 474 pages
...Polly, till then obscure, became all at once the favourite of the town ; her pictures were engraved, and sold in great numbers ; her Life written, books...letters and verses to her published, and pamphlets made even of her sayings and jests. Furthermore it drove out of England (for that season) the Italian Opera,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1891 - 336 pages
...all at once the favourite of the town ; her pictures were engraved, and sold in great numbers ; ner life written, books of letters and verses to her published ; and pamphlets made even of her sayings and jests. Furthermore, it drove out of England, for that season, the Italian Opera,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1893 - 566 pages
...Polly, till then obscure, became all at once the favourite of the town ; her pictures were engraved, and sold in great numbers ; her life written, books...letters and verses to her published; and pamphlets made even of her sayings and jests. Furthermore, it drove out of England, for that season, the Italian Opera,... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Sir Adolphus William Ward - 1893 - 588 pages
...Polly, till then obscure, became all at once the favourite of the town ; her pictures were engraved, and sold in great numbers ; her life written, books...letters and verses to her published ; and pamphlets made even of her sayings and jests. Furthermore, it drove out of England, for that season, the Italian Opera,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1905 - 456 pages
...and his mistress in a continental tour, that he might be ready to marry them the moment the breath written ', books of letters and verses to her published, and pamphlets made even of her sayings and jests. Furthermore, it drove out of England (for that season) the Italian Opera,... | |
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The person who acted Polly, till then obscure, became all at once the favourite of the Town. Her pictures were engraved and sold in great numbers, her life written, books of letters and verses to her published, and pamphlets made even of her sayings and... 
