Pictures of the French, a series of literary and graphic delineations of French character (1840)
Janin, Jules Gabriel, 1804-1874, Cormenin, Louis-Marie de Lahaye, vicomte de, 1788-1868 · London : W.S. Orr · leaf 216
—pretty Frenchmen ! In the green-room, Madame de Saint Robert stamps and scolds for a time alone.But, at last, she can rest no longer without some confidential bosom into which topour the torrent of her wrath, and she seeks in every hole and corner of the theatre THE actresss MOTHER. 147 … for a living being. At last she descries a lamp-lighter, quietly occupied in trimmingthe stage lamps for the evenings performance. That is quite enough for her ; shemakes up to him immediately, and, without leaving him time to breathe, launchesout into her invectives. Hes a beauty—your ape of a…
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