I am not afraid of anything; for I know it is but a play. And if it was really a ghost, it could do one no harm at such a distance, and in so much company; and yet if I was frightened, I am not the only person. The Miscellaneous Writings of Lord Macaulay - Page 88by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1865 - 395 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1846 - 824 pages
...p«'son.' " ' Why who,' cried Jones, 'dost thon take to be such a coward here beside« thyself?' " • Nay, you may call me a coward if you will ; but if that little man o* '"' stage there is not frightened, I never w» any manfrightened in my life.' " He sat with his... | |
| sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1850 - 740 pages
...only person.' '"Why, who,' cried Jones, 'dost thou take to be such a coward here besides thyself?' " ' Nay, you may call me a coward if you will; but if that little man on the stage there is not frightened, I never saw any man frightened in my life.' " He sat with his... | |
| Archibald Alison - Europe - 1850 - 746 pages
...' Why, who,' cried Jones, ' dost thon take to be such a coward here besides thyself?' " ' Nay, yon may call me a coward if you will ; but if that little man on the stage there is not frightened, I never saw any man frightened in my fi/e.' " He sat with his... | |
| Henry Mandeville - Readers (Secondary) - 1851 - 288 pages
...person'." — "Why, who," cries Jones, "dost 12 thou take to be such a coward here besides thyself?" — " Nay, you may call me a coward if you will, but if...upon the stage is not frightened, I never saw any man 13 frightened in my life. Ay ; ay ; go along with you I ay ; to be 252 MORNING. 14 sure ! Who is fool... | |
| Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...who,' cries Jones, ' dost thou take to be such a coward here besides thyself 1' ' Nay, you may call me coward if you will ; but if that little man there...frightened ; I never saw any man frightened in my life. Ay, ay ; go along with you ! Ay, to be sure! Who's fool then1 Will you 1 Lnd have mercy upon such foolhardiness!... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1852 - 764 pages
...person.' — 'Why, who,' cries Jones, 'dost thou take to be such a coward here besides thyself?' — 'Nay, you may call me a coward if you will; but if...fixed partly on the Ghost and partly on Hamlet, and wilh his mouth open ; the same passions which succeeded each other in Hamlet, succeeded likewise in... | |
| English essays - 1852 - 780 pages
...— ' Nay, you may call me a coward if jruu will; but if that little man there upon the stage is nut * Hnd with his mouth open; the same passions which succeeded each other in Hamlet, succeeded likewise... | |
| Frederick Lawrence - Authors, English - 1855 - 398 pages
...stage," and even justifies his cowardice to his companions. "Nay," he says to Jones, "you may call me coward if you will ; but if that little man there...frightened, I never saw any man frightened in my life. Ay — ay; go along with you! ay, to be sure! Who's fool then? Will you? Lud have mercy upon such fool-hardiness... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1856 - 752 pages
...frightened, I am not the only person.'—-' Why, who/ cries Jones, 'dost thou take to be such a coward here besides thyself V—* Nay, you may call me a...eyes fixed partly on the Ghost and partly on Hamlet, nnd with his mouth open; the same passions which succeeded each other in Hamlet, succeeded likewise... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1856 - 770 pages
...person.' — 'Why, who/ cries Jones, 'dostthou take to be such a coward here besides thyself Г — ' Nay, you may call me a coward if you will; but if...man frightened in my life.' ... He sat with his eyes Jixed partly on the Ghost and partly on Hamlet, and with his mouth open; the same passions which succeeded... | |
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