 | Brander Matthews, Laurence Hutton - 1900 - 340 Seiten
...said Mr. Cook (a forgotten translator of Hesiod), when making an introduction to a circle of wits, " this is the nephew of the gentleman who was lately hung in chains for murdering his brother ; " and the young man who made this startling first appearance among his peers soon came forward as... | |
 | John Fyvie - 1909 - 418 Seiten
...which never appeared), presented Foote to the Grecian wits with the very singular recommendation : " This is the nephew of the gentleman who was lately hung in chains for murdering his brother ! " His first appearance at the Bedford was less dramatic, and is thus described by Dr Barrowby, one... | |
 | James Boswell - 1910 - 542 Seiten
...taking subscriptions ; and that he presented Foote to a Club, in the following singular manner : " This is the nephew of the gentleman who was lately...another of his heterodox opinions — a contempt of tragick acting. He said, "the action of all players in tragedy is bad. It should be a man's study to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1924 - 562 Seiten
...taking subscriptions ; and that he presented Foote to a Club, in the following singular manner : ' This is the nephew of the gentleman who was lately...murdering his brother.' In the evening I introduced to Mr. Johnson1 two good'friends of mine, Mr. William Nairne, Advocate, and Mr. Hamilton of Sundrum, my neighbour... | |
 | Sir Edward Abbott Parry - 1926 - 312 Seiten
...friend, Samuel Foote, who had just come into money. We hear of Cooke introducing him to a club as " the nephew of the gentleman who was lately hung in chains for murdering his brother," a coarse piece of wit that would not disconcert Foote in the least. " Conversation " Cooke was something... | |
 | Edward Arthur Fitch, William Herbert Dalton, Charlotte Fell-Smith - 1898 - 288 Seiten
...always taking subscriptions ; and he presented Foote to a club in the following singular manner : — ' This is the nephew of the gentleman who was lately hung in chains for murdering his brother.' " Lydiatl died in 1712, but his fame was still fresh in 1722, when Daniel Defoe made his " tour through... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1882 - 836 Seiten
...murder to account in a different fashion. Foote, it is said, was introduced at a club in the words, " This is the nephew of the gentleman who was lately hung in chains for murdering his brother ; " and it is added that Foote's first pamphlet was an account of this disagreeable domestic incident.... | |
 | James Boswell - 2006 - 722 Seiten
...nay, by a Hurd, has more power than some choose to allow. In the evening I introduced to Mr Johnson 9 two good friends of mine, Mr William Nairne, advocate,...another of his heterodox opinions - a contempt of tragick acting. He said, 'the action of all players in tragedy is bad. It should be a man's study to... | |
 | James Boswell - 2006 - 510 Seiten
...always taking subscriptions; and that he presented Foote to a club, in the following singular manner: 'This is the nephew of the gentleman who was lately hung in chains for murdering his brother.' in Foreign Parts', thus indignantly describes the then state of parties: 'Parties once had a PRINCIPLE... | |
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He told us of Cooke, who translated Hesiod, and lived twenty years on a translation of Plautus, for which he was always taking subscriptions; and that he presented Foote to a Club, in the following singular manner: 'This is the nephew of the gentleman... 
