 The door was opened, the gas was lighted, and my manager made the most elaborate preparations for taking the money. He had even provided himself with change, in case some opulent citizen of Linlithgow should come with nothing less than a sovereign. While...  Henry Irving: A Record of Twenty Years at the Lyceum - Page 19by Percy Fitzgerald - 1893 - 320 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Clement William Scott - 1880 - 202 pages
...change, in case some opulent citizen of Linlithgow should come with nothing less than a sovereign. While he was thus energetically applying himself to...eight, and still there was no sign of "the rush." The manager mournfully counted and VOOR. 1 RANDOM RECOLLECTIONS. BY WALTER LACY. S a most indolent... | |
 | Austin Brereton - Actors - 1883 - 196 pages
...change, in case some opulent citizen of Linlithgow should come with nothing less than a sovereign. While he was thus energetically applying himself to...eight, and still there was no sign of 'the rush.' The manager mournfully counted and recounted the change for that sovereign. Halfpast eight, and not... | |
 | Charles Hiatt - Actors - 1899 - 414 pages
...change, in case some opulent citizen of Linlithgow should come with nothing less than a sovereign. While he was thus energetically applying himself to...for the first symptoms of ' the rush.' " The time went on. The town clock struck eight, and still there was no sign of ' the rush.' The manager mournfully... | |
 | Charles Hiatt - Actors - 1899 - 416 pages
...change, in case some opulent citizen of Linlithgow should come with nothing less than a sovereign. While he was thus energetically applying himself to...the street, taking some last feverish glances at the pla)', and anxiously watching for the first symptoms of ' the rush.' " The time went on. The town clock... | |
 | Robert D. Blackman - American literature - 1904 - 1196 pages
...change, in case some opulent citizen of Linlithgow should come with nothing less than a sovereign. While he was thus energetically applying himself to...eight, and still there was no sign of "the rush." The manager mournfully counted and recounted the change fcr that sovereign. Half-past eight, and not... | |
 | Robert D. Blackman - American literature - 1912 - 1230 pages
...change, in case some opulent citizen of Linlithgow should come with nothing less than a sovereign. While he was thus energetically applying himself to...of the street, taking some last feverish glances at tho play, and anxiously watching for the first symptoms of " the rush." The time wore on. The town... | |
 | Elocution - 1897 - 850 pages
...provided himself with change, in case some opulent citizen should come with nothing less than a sovereign. While he was thus energetically applying himself to...eight, and still there was no sign of "the rush." The manager mournfully counted and recounted the change for that sovereign. Half-past eight, and not... | |
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