| 单词 | personate |
| 例句 | The real Garlinghouse reported this to Instagram, which took a look ... and then 72 hours later, informed him that after investigating the company had determined that he was not actually being personated. A new lawsuit against YouTube shows how hard it is to get the company to respond to abuse 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z The fact is, that although it may seem a contradiction in terms, yet Ma�tre Jerome was never so much in his own character as when he was personating somebody else. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z Corolla personate, with the prominent palate often nearly closing the throat, spurred at base on the lower side. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z Madame de S�vign� only lamented that a little girl personated that great king. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z They were allowed to choose their own diversion, and they fixed that their father and the Grand Duchess should appear as Oberon and Titania, and that every guest should personate some fairy character. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z Sometimes they personated characters in Homer or in ancient Greek history, and delivered speeches which those characters might have delivered in certain conjunctures of their lives. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z The Christian legends were first related of Horus, or Osiris, who was the embodiment of divine goodness, wisdom, truth, and purity—who personated ideal perfection in each sphere of manifestation and every phase of power. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z Corolla personate, the palate on the lower lip projecting, often closing the throat; upper lip erect. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z To assume the office or character of; to play; to personate; as, to act the hero. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z He had as a friend a man who resembled him very closely, and he offered this friend a sum of money if he would go to Melbourne and personate him. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z We utterly disbelieve that any later Christian writer could or would have personated the apostle and mimicked his tone and sentiments in regard to his vocation, in the way that the “critical” hypothesis assumes. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z Such things are doubtless very wrong, but they are the work of idlers and vagrants, who personate my soldiers. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z A criminal personating a fictitious character was nailed to a cross, and there torn by a bear. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z Ha! ha! ha! this is the drollest—Rover little suspects that I am the identical Squire Thunder that he personates—I'll lend him my character a little longer. Wild Oats or, The Strolling Gentlemen 2012-03-08T03:00:09.310Z An exceedingly amiable and highly intellectual gentleman is the hero of this piece; a part personated by a M. Lockroi with a degree of ability deserving a worthier employment. Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-02-29T03:00:23.930Z There was a charge preferred against you, or some one of your name, a few weeks ago, of personating a candidate at the examination for commissions in the army. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z Three times the construction has been altered,—once indeed very seriously, for the Angel at the sepulchre is made to personate Christ. The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels 2012-02-24T03:00:31.020Z Which, if I mistake not, is the streatest Curse can fall on you——Well, you must suffer a small Metamorphosis: What think you of personating me a little? The Perjur'd Husband 2012-02-21T03:00:19.123Z I forgot myself, and told her that Johnny had hired a man to personate a parson, and that she was not married at all. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z On one occasion he personated a bishop—a bishop renowned for his sanctity—allowed himself to be discovered and dragged from the room of a beautiful widow. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z "Was this sent to you that you might personate the original?" Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z Two children are chosen for these dignitaries, while the others call out the names of such flowers, fruits, or vegetables as each may decide to personate. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z But that all-essential one—if we desire to secure the confidence of our contemporaries, and the respect of posterity—of an honest man, I fear he was never able to personate successfully. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z He is crowning an Emperor, who kneels before him, two Cardinals attending, one of whom is ludicrously personated by Death. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z Words were first personated, and transformed into men, then into angels, and finally into Gods. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z "That album," I said, pointing to it--"it contains, I suppose, the photographs of the people you have been employed to personate?" Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z The cast of parts has unluckily not been preserved, but it is sufficient for us to know that the lower boys were put into requisition to personate the mutes. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 99, September 20, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-16T03:00:07.530Z He personate bad Envy; yet say so, He lickt at Homer's mouth, not from below. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:20.483Z Siberia at least, if it was discovered that I had been personating a Russian officer and fighting duels in his name. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z Great caution will be used in the distribution, to prevent fraud in personating deceased officers, &c. Mr. Punch on the Warpath Humours of the Army, The Navy and The Reserve Forces 2011-11-28T03:00:24.727Z I tried to interpret for myself, within certain well-defined limits, according to my personal conception of the characters I was personating. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z He espoused the cause of an impostor who personated the deposed khalifa, Hisham, and pretended to govern the city in his name. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z The loathsome sight of men personating characters which do not and cannot belong to them. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z He would never have got me to personate him even for a couple of hours. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z The two captives personate each other, and induce Hegio to send home Philocrates, who was a wealthy noble, and keep only the born slave. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z "An actor should never take his call in his own character, but always in that which he has been personating." Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z It was seriously believed in Germany for about a century after his death that Frederick was still alive, and many impostors attempted to personate him. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z I have heard of a Koolin Brahmin, who, after marrying sixty-five wives, carried off another man's wife, by personating her husband. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z He was, besides, a ventriloquist, and could thus personate and imitate any character or any voice he chose. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z Your personating the author will infallibly introduce my play on the stage, and spite of their prejudice, make the theatre ring with applause, and teach even that injudicious Canaille to know their own interest. Three Hours after Marriage 2011-10-10T02:00:20.823Z When the religious dramas, called Mysteries, came into vogue, this martyrdom was represented on the stage at Melun, and the character of the saint was personated by one Languille. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 89, July 12, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. 2011-10-01T02:00:34.553Z I was told by the man I was personating in these rooms that the whole plot was known. Boy Scouts in the Northwest Fighting Forest Fires 2011-09-22T02:00:25.017Z Then, having consulted his watch, he took from his pocket-book a letter, addressed to the man he was about to personate, and refreshed his memory. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z In certain tragedies, these singers personated the Eumenides or Furies. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z As also Psal. cix. the Psalmist personates Christ, complaining of, and imprecating against his enemies; particularly Judas the traitor, verse 8. A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods 2011-08-21T02:00:31.760Z The child-adventurer as he personates Robinson Crusoe or other hero becomes another being. Children's Ways 2011-08-11T02:00:16.473Z Is this professed pensioner personating a man who is dead? Finger Prints 2011-08-07T02:00:07.827Z By his counsel the god celebrated a sham marriage with a wooden image, dressed up to personate Plataea, daughter of Asopus. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z He is not personated by an actual human being; and even the least sophisticated of juvenile spectators does not accept him as a fellow-creature strictly amenable to the human code. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z Many persons gathered around Andrews, who here, as always, personated the conductor of our train, and showered upon him many curious and somewhat suspicious questions. Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. 2011-07-19T02:00:19.070Z The burgomaster's eyes rested with a look of compassion upon the Christ of Dor� and the Christ personated by Freyer, as it hovered before his memory--and Freyer bore the test. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z Whether in these boxes full of beauties one amongst them is intended by Leech to personate Mr. Smith’s “dreadfully bored” young lady, I cannot say. John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 2011-07-10T02:00:25.223Z In this rite the man who represented the son of the goddess wore a mask of the skin from the thigh of the female victim who had personated the goddess herself. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z For the last eight days he has been clad in iron from top to toe, and has personated the marsk's confidential swain, Mat Jute. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z They did not always personate the same characters. Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. 2011-07-19T02:00:19.070Z I am no longer worthy to personate the Saviour! On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z His own affection for Hallam seems to personate the object of his attachment, and “sees himself in all he sees.” A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' 2011-07-07T02:00:25.637Z He designed to personate him and claim Hilversea, but in order to do this he must first cut off the present occupant and his heir. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z You must personate an Indian larking with my slave girl here. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z She personates the 'grateful soil'; the fair Elfrida is shamelessly throwing herself at his head. A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z Has he not said a hundred times that, if it were not for personating the Christ, he would have left Ammergau long ago? On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z Children delight to personate animals; and a fine genius could not better employ itself than in inventing a great many more plays, setting them to rhythmical words, describing what is to be done. Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy. 2011-06-30T02:00:25.950Z So it occurred to General Funston; “Why not personate the reinforcements called for, the American officers to command the expedition assuming the rôle of captured American prisoners?” The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 2011-06-29T02:00:28.167Z "I have met her, I am personating her at the present moment," Jessie whispered. The Weight of the Crown 2011-06-26T02:00:09.240Z In the night he fled, accompanied by his wife and child, leaving the tribe in charge of his younger brother Sondaba, who agreed to personate him. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z And--I will pray to the Virgin Mary, whom I have so often personated! On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z He personates characters, with costume and mimic gesture. Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy. 2011-06-30T02:00:25.950Z Ah, before Liana it had rained without sunshine, when she to-day secretly went over merely into the Temple of Dream, in order only to personate a beloved being, but not to be one. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z We can suggest that somebody is personating the real king. The Weight of the Crown 2011-06-26T02:00:09.240Z “Oh, you have outwitted me,” he said bitterly, “but you will never be able to prove it was not Warburton who personated the Sailor that night.” Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z On the cross the noble heart had ceased to beat, he had entered into the peace of Him Whom he personated--passed from illusion to truth--from the copy to the prototype. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z He acts exactly as a man would act who was personating some one else. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z "He is bold enough," said Gaspard, in a whisper to Albano, "because, as I hear, he is really to personate himself; but when he sees himself so, he is surely better than he sees himself." Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z He had told her only that he knew a young lady to whom she bore such a remarkable likeness that it would be easy to personate her. Dorothy's Double Volume III (of 3) 2011-06-10T02:00:18.697Z There he had a long talk with a fellow who seemed to be personating a bricklayer. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z An indescribable fear overpowered the countess--but it now seemed to her as if she did not dread the man whom she expected to see, but Him he was to personate. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z He has come out of a past which I shall never be able to trace to personate St. Udo Brand, and his resemblance is the weakest instrument he uses. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z O, that she should have so much as ventured to personate either before him! Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z In personating his sister, I only claimed a grant to the land. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z Keep near me, and follow me to the dressing-rooms; by-and-by we will exchange costumes there, after which, you will personate me.” Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z I have struggled long enough, but you have bewitched me with the sweet promise of becoming my wife--and I am spoiled for personating the Christ. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z I cry, as we ride across the Waaste, 'don't you see that you might get this fine English castle and estate to yourself some day, if you could personate brave Captain Brand?' Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z These are wicked Grecian spirits who are personating their gods and goddesses, their heroes and heroines. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z I do not ask you to come for the sake of your wife, but for the sake of a woman she once personated. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z Belief that the devil personated Samuel is to us no more unphilosophical than is Upham’s conclusion, that “by the immediate agency of the Almighty the spirit of Samuel really arose.” Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z Did the God-Man I personated vanish because I stripped off His mask? On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z Now, am I to suffer an impostor to personate Colonel Brand, because I am a woman and feel a natural terror of the villain? Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z She delighted to assume all parts, and personate the most opposite characters. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z But to make use of him he must first take Arthur into his confidence; must first expose the conspiracy of Madame Devarges to personate Grace, and his own complicity with the transaction. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z In some cases a single female personating the Shakti is to be procured. Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z "Thomas Rendner will personate the Christ well--there is no danger on that score." On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z He personated everything in the world, and no one could personate him. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z Hence the flower is of the personate kind. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland 2011-05-10T02:01:00.460Z That all this might be even reconcilable with the fact of his marriage to the woman who had personated the sister, Arthur easily comprehended. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z Nor have I any doubt whatever that they are a very low order of spirits, and scarcely ever those whom they personate. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:15.900Z Anastasia was again personating Mary, the countess instantly recognized her pure, clear tones, and the meeting in the fields ten years before came back to her mind--not without a throb of jealous emotion. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z He it was who composed the verses, instructed a page to perform the part of Dulcinea, and personated himself the shade of Merlin. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z The actor needs more of the personating instinct or insight into motives of character; the speaker, more insight into the conditions of human thought and feeling. Browning and the Dramatic Monologue 2011-04-30T02:00:14.330Z Here was she married to the surviving brother of the girl she had personated. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z What child would not thoroughly enjoy personating a Japanese or a beggar child, or a gipsy or an Indian? The Story of Lewis Carroll Told for Young People by the Real Alice in Wonderland 2011-04-30T02:00:12.447Z The cue was given--repeated--a pause followed--a few of the calmer ones began to improvise, the man who was personating; the executioner stooped and shook him, another tried to raise him--in vain. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z He had already personated the Countess Trifaldi very successfully; and, with his master's instructions in relation to his behaviour towards Sancho, could not but discharge his trust to a wonder. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z They tried to turn her folly to good account by assisting a certain needy peer, the Duke of Montague, to personate his Chinese Majesty. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z And then, Victor, you proposed to me a plan to secure my own again—to personate this girl—to out-imposture this imposture. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z To personate the owner of any share, stock, or annuity, &c., is felony, and renders the offender liable to penal servitude for life, or to a modified term of penal servitude or imprisonment. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z Whilst Erostrato, a young gentleman, acts the part of a domestic in the house of his mistress’s father, his servant, Dulippo, personates his master, and studies in his place at the university of Ferrara. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z When the lower lip is pressed against the upper, so as to leave only a chink between them, the corolla is said to be personate, as in snapdragon, and some other Scrophulariaceae. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z Whoever is caught is the next to personate the Dame. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z A Jew resident in Sidon, greatly resembling Alexander, the elder of the deceased brothers, in features, was persuaded by a Roman freedman, with whom he had been brought up, to personate the late prince. Claimants to Royalty 2011-03-31T02:00:20.557Z The green woollen stockings, in which he had personated the outlaw, still appeared upon his legs—with a pair of heavy hobnailed buskins on his feet. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z Chalinus is dressed up in wedding garments to personate Casina, and the play concludes with the mortification of Stalino, at finding he had been imposed on by a counterfeit bride. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z The children sometimes personated machinery, sometimes great natural movements. Education in The Home, The Kindergarten, and The Primary School 2011-03-27T02:00:15.947Z Female Sharpers who dress elegantly, personate women of fashion, attend masquerades, and even go to St. James's. A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis Containing a Detail of the Various Crimes and Misdemeanors by which Public and Private Property and Security are, at Present, Injured and Endangered: and Suggesting Remedies for their Prevention 2011-03-23T02:00:17.353Z With him it was easy to deal, poor wretch! but the clever rogues who had employed him and personated the members of the honourable firm of Bluestone & Fagg were never traced. Uncanny Tales 2011-03-22T02:00:16.307Z On this day of the double marriage, as on that of Walter’s majority, there are morris-dancers; and, as before, are personated the “merry men” of Sherwood Forest. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z The parasite then personates the captain’s servant, and, by means of the credentials of which he had possessed himself, obtains the damsel Filesia, whom he carries to her lover. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z How completely he personated the characters that he assumed I can testify from comparison with what may be called his originals, the actual Hotspurs and Hamlets, the soldiers and princes, of the real world. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 2011-03-20T02:00:35.193Z What child would not thoroughly enjoy personating a Japanese or a beggar child or a gypsy or an Indian? Lewis Carroll in Wonderland and at Home The Story of His Life 2011-03-01T03:00:47.317Z One—the sex is immaterial—crouches in the middle and personates Sally Water. Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes 2011-02-28T03:00:31.280Z An actress who could personate a life so full of soul must possess it herself. Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:17.540Z Sentence was recorded and executed; and sometimes the boy who personated the imaginary criminal was sentenced to be bastinadoed. The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon 2011-02-20T03:00:13.767Z He thought of the mistake that he had committed on the day that Harriet had personated her unwillingly, and blushed for the error of the act. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 3 of 3) 2011-02-16T03:00:37.273Z This part of the story might be true or not; but certain it was that the ladies had gone away in the company of some one who was personating Luis de Hauteroche. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z Drawn faithfully, and personated by Mr. James Lewis, the dramatized interviewer would be a wealth of pleasure. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z Mock friars, bishops, and cardinals, with the pope, headed by a man on horseback, personating the dead body of Sir Edmondbury Godfery, composed the spectacle. London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. 2011-01-28T03:00:22.900Z So strong was the regret that rumours of his survival persisted, and hare-brained youths were found to personate him throughout Mary’s and even far into Elizabeth’s reign. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z By personating a man with a missing friend—thereby receiving information and giving none—he obtained from the police a description of the head of the man found in the portmanteau. '?19,000' 2011-01-14T03:00:45.303Z That the person who was on a visit to the Villa Dardonville was not Monsieur De Hauteroche; but, as I have reason to believe, a noted sportsman, or rather swindler, who is personating him. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z He had longed to personate the character she suggested. Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story 2011-01-13T03:01:02.190Z The first example of the abbreviated ballet skirt, reaching to the knee, is given in the portrait of an actress personating Le Zephyr, about the middle of the 18th century. The Evolution of Fashion 2011-01-06T03:00:44.710Z The very characters they have to personate, good or ill, and the moralities taught in the pieces they are obliged to study, ought to, and does, render them better men. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z Hilda not only said the right thing and held the proper sentiments, but she liked to assume the right attitude and to personate the right emotion. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z It appeared that it was not the first time Despard had personated young De Hauteroche, to his own advantage, and the latter’s disgrace. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z A derisive procession was formed, and two fellows were rigged up to personate the husband and wife. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z It was customary during the festival of St. Nicholas for one of the choristers to personate the character of a bishop. Cathedral Cities of England One thing, and which with a more modern audience would have gone far to take from the delight experienced, was the circumstance of Juliet's being personated by a youth of some sixteen years of age. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z Accordingly, Lowth supposes the shepherd to personate the Messiah, as the shepherd of his flock. An Amicable Controversy with a Jewish Rabbi, on The Messiah's Coming His colleagues on shore had provided a coach and horses, with suitable dresses, to personate Major Weir's carriage, agreeably to the most approved description. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 At last the door is opened, when in bounces the merry crowd, among them the Mary Lwyd, borne by one personating a horse, who is led by another personating the groom. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z To his own rash and criminal act in personating another man all this tragedy was due. The Princess Galva A Romance We had laid a wager that I could personate him exactly. The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History The gypsy who was personating my dead lover had deceived everyone else, even the half-blind old mother had accepted him as her son, though declaring him greatly changed in temper and in manner. Life on the Stage Soon after the decease of a chief or person of distinction, another singular ceremony, called a heva, was performed by the relatives or dependants, who personated the ghost of the departed. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II They had also a little theatre, with a great number of scenes; and a variety of very small dolls, dressed in appropriate habits to personate the actors. Stories for Helen If they have once taken a degree themselves, they can only carry on this trade by assuming the name of some candidate, to whom a fee must be paid for the privilege of personating him. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology I accompanied Linton to Limerick at his request, dressed to personate you. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) What a majesty Without all servile affectation His personating presence, cloth'd with state And princely posture, seems to represent! A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 One behind the other, like the wily Indians whom they personated, they traversed the forest, now catching a glimpse of the starlit waters of the Maumee, and now wrapped in the gloom of impenetrable darkness. Little Oskaloo or, The White Whirlwind That I would don her own Sunday suit and personate her in her own home she evidently did not suspect. Lost Man's Lane A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth The lover, far from suspecting the real pretensions he should strive to personate—the Countess, as much puzzled by the secrecy of her guest's conduct, and by guesses as to his actual rank and fortune. Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume II (of II) When the Consular family assembled, it was worse still; the children laughed in his face, and the lady said, "that but for his mane and colour she should not have guessed what animal he personated." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 We hear Selim’s voice first, as we pay him this attention for personating the hero of this veracious romance. My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa The more uncertain were my orders the better, for he whom I was now personating might really have decided views of his own of a contrary policy. The White Shield As an orator, he was an advocate for his client, or, more properly, personated him. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 Let us fancy him on a journey, try and personate him; that would be the real way. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance I came to our friend in some perplexity, and said, "Dear Mr. Andrew, in the tableaux this evening Dr. Howe is to personate Kutasoff Hedzoff; would you be willing to pose as Prince Bulbo?" Reminiscences, 1819-1899 "The woman, whoever she was, must have personated me for a reason of her own," she answered. The Brightener Ivan I. Kalita, and Ivan III., surnamed the Great, personate Muscovy rising by means of the Tartar yoke, and Muscovy getting an independent power by the disappearance of the Tartar rule. Secret Diplomatic History of The Eighteenth Century Amongst our number was the celebrated Miss Clara Fisher—famed for her aptitude in personating variety of character, having wonderful powers of mimicry. Notes on a Tour Through the Western part of The State of New York These sensations and judgments, acted upon perhaps unconsciously, have been one of the main causes why Epitaphs so often personate the Deceased, and represent him as speaking from his own Tombstone. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time These pleasant facts he contrived to season with a running fire of little gossip and mimicry, in which the landlord, and Gregoire, and Mademoiselle Celestine were the individuals personated. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life An Egyptian king became, in a sense, "the vicar of God on earth, the infallible, and the personated deity." Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning Poland herself, in the drag of Russia, and personated by that commonplace of immorality, Augustus II., Secret Diplomatic History of The Eighteenth Century The patricians, the free citizens, do not enjoy seeing themselves personated in the scene. Sónnica “When the half-believing girl has gone, the scheming sorceress calls to her aid her confederate in the game—the party who is to personate ‘the handsome young man.’ The Witches of New York At the sight of him I quite forgot that I was personating a man, and would have liked to have fallen down before him and kissed his hand. Eyes Like the Sea Marie, my maid, who was slowly dying of consumption, was moved into the principal bedchamber; and when Martin arrived, she was made to personate me. A Monk of Cruta An ambitious man had attained to imperial power by personating the interests of a rapidly growing party. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition In the smaller towns and villages in northern Germany, the presents are sent by all the parents to some one fellow who, in high buskins, white robe, mask, and flaxen wig, personates the servant, Rupert. Threads of Grey and Gold For hypocrisy to personate virtue successfully it must know and feel what virtue is, and as it cannot long do this, it cannot long deceive. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 If he had really had one, think you I could have been so wicked as to personate her? Quality Street A Comedy He was the one who could tell of the plot by which he had personated Farnham in America, by Wildred's desire, and in the hope of obtaining a substantial bribe. The House by the Lock This was succeeded by Offenbach’s “Blind Beggars,” who were admirably personated by Mr. Du Maurier and Mr. Harold Power. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. If no boys are playing, the girls should arrange, before the game begins, which shall personate them. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes He was also fond of making the children personate spirits or fiends, while he burned some inflammable liquid. Home Life of Great Authors I never saw any man or woman who so absolutely buried self out of sight and became the very being personated. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years The subject is usually “The Skeleton” in the act of leading all ranks and conditions to the grave, personated after nature, and in the strict costume of the times. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Nor have we here much if anything to do with such questions as the morality of personating dead authors, or that of laying traps for historians. A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing The letters are then distributed; each player, as soon as he knows which letter is his, selecting some well-known living or historical character beginning with the same letter, whom he has to describe or personate. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes Sometimes indeed no Deceit is in the End put on the Woman, for her pretended Lover becomes often a real one, and is the very Creature which he before personated. The Lovers Assistant, or, New Art of Love It resembled that of the stage where the same actor personates both Dromios; and their life was one perpetual Comedy of Errors. When Ghost Meets Ghost Time seemed always personated in the imagination of our philosopher, and with time he wrestled with a consciousness of triumph. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 I succeeded in personating a Cuban leader and in getting them away. A Castle in Spain A Novel Perhaps it would be less noisy and more interesting if they were told to personate a farm-yard. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes Worsdale, an indifferent painter, was a man of some humour in personating a character, for he performed Old Lady Scandal in one of his own farces. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors In the pageant succeeding it was displayed a massive rock of silver, with sixteen nymphs in as many niches, personating the provinces of the French kingdom. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 “I don’t have to tell you, I suppose, that I had no idea of personating Antonia.” Aurora the Magnificent What a pleasure it is, then, what a reward, and how agreeable a lesson, to see the old captain humble himself to the son of the man whom he had 132 personated! The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 In this case the hen and chickens make a procession in front of a player who personates an old weeping woman. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes This is one of the groans of old Burton over his laborious work, when he is anticipating the reception it is like to meet with, and personates his objectors. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors As such tickets are not transferable, you have, after buying such, to personate on the return journey the original possessor, and sign his name. The Truth About America Her readers might even, perhaps, have determined which of her own heroines she personated. Aurora the Magnificent The other is personating you at the office. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 27, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly The same game is sometimes turned inside out, the players that remain in the room deciding upon some one whom the player that has gone out has to personate and discover. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes When Jupiter personated Amphytrion, and visited his bride Alcmena, the amorous god lengthened out the night in order to prolong his enjoyment. Bible Romances First Series Lawless adventurers from the gold regions of Australia and California personated those nationalities; and the bewildered Chinese often despaired of success in distinguishing even the names of the nationalities they were called to encounter. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 Certainly he was in Cumberland,—unless some one personated him. Marion Fay One day he mimicked the gait of some of his friends so cleverly, that there was no mistaking whom he intended to personate. A Story of One Short Life, 1783 to 1818 The player personating the Grand Mufti stands in the middle or on a chair, and performs whatever action he likes with his hands, arms, head, and legs. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes Gomez Arias cast a look of contempt on the Moor, who, thoroughly prepared for his part, most efficaciously assumed the appearance of the mercenary he was then undertaking to personate. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. It was Harry, the one who personated the little old gentleman in the true story of "The Party Lillie gave to Miss Florence." The Two Story Mittens and the Little Play Mittens Being the Fourth Book of the Series He personated, indeed, no principle represented in the Chamber, but he was already the Tribune of the unrepresented masses! Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 It was Craven Kyte who personated Mr. Lytton at that marriage! Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend Miss Allen was tricked into it by being overpersuaded to personate a supposed character in a play, entitled 'The Masked Bridal.' The Masked Bridal Fairy folk shall not personate this blessedness for us. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 “He composed a love scene for two strings, the ‘E’ and ‘G,’ the first was to personate the lady, the second himself. The Fifth String The king, by way of joke, desired the earl to personate him, and ordered the petitioner to be admitted. The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. She could have persuaded him to personate Alden Lytton at that marriage ceremony; and I am sure that she has done so. Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend She might read the part if she could not commit it to memory but personate Meg Merrilies after some sort she must. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History He dressed up a high officer as king, and sent him, with three of his chief counts in attendance, to personate himself. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I Henry the Fowler was wanting, but the group was easily to be recognized as personating the four principal characters from Wagner’s great opera. The First Violin A Novel He is personating me bravely, and really we are very much alike.” The Traitors If he be the man he knows that he has committed a misdemeanor in personating Mr. Lytton under these circumstances. Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend She personated Racine's "Athalie" in 1847, assuming long white locks, painting furrows on her face, and disguising herself beyond recognition, in her determination to seem completely the character she had undertaken. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The two performers are sometimes in a cart, at other times on a donkey; one personating the wife, the other the husband. Bygone Punishments Fandor could personate Vinson with every chance of success, because the 257th of the line had never set eyes on the corporal. A Nest of Spies It was his own idea to personate you, and the risk is his own. The Traitors Then Mr. Lyle said: "Her feminine intuition discovered what we men, with all our logic, would never have learned—that is to say, who it was that personated you at that false marriage." Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend Possibly the combination arose from priests wearing the heads of animals when personating the god, as the high priest wore the ram's skin when personating Amon. The Religion of Ancient Egypt He appeared much amused, and laughed very heartily at our ladies, who were personated by great strapping fellows dressed in women's clothes, and not in the most tidy fashion. The Surrender of Napoleon Being the narrative of the surrender of Buonaparte, and of his residence on board H.M.S. Bellerophon, with a detail of the principal events that occurred in that ship between the 24th of May and the 8th of August 1815 Francesca and I were now obliged to creep from under the tarpaulins and personate the disheveled ladies on the strand. Penelope's Progress Being Such Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton As Relate to Her Experiences in Scotland As for those who acknowledge that Satan may personate a pious Person, but not to do mischief, their Opinion has been confuted by more than a few unhappy Instances. The Wonders of the Invisible World Being an Account of the Tryals of Several Witches Lately Executed in New-England, to which is added A Farther Account of the Tryals of the New-England Witches Not long since, a shepherd, personating him, violated a female peasant. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. For aught I know he still roams the Adirondack forest, and maybe personates the ghostly and ghastly white deer of song and legend. The Wit of Women Fourth Edition Thor, however, wore this necklace when he personated Freya in Jötun-heim, and Loki coveted and would have stolen it, had it not been for the watchfulness of Heimdall. Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas One of the embassadors, a grand officer of state, personated King Richard on this occasion, and the marriage was celebrated with the greatest possible pomp and splendor. Richard II Makers of History Some Popish Authors argue, That the Devil cannot personate an innocent Man as doing an act of Witchcraft, because then he might as well represent them as committing Theft, Murder, &c. The Wonders of the Invisible World Being an Account of the Tryals of Several Witches Lately Executed in New-England, to which is added A Farther Account of the Tryals of the New-England Witches The youth who personated Thomas the Rhymer was temporarily in love with Mrs. Stewart and acted his part with intense expression. The Invader A Novel We were to personate the guide and hunters. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness Some authorities, moreover, declare that Skuld, the third Norn, was at times a Valkyr, and at others personated the goddess of death, the terrible Hel. Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas All through the four days he had held consistently aloof, personating merely the courteous official upon whom Mr. Pym had a certain claim because of the letter from headquarters. The Rhodesian I—I could personate Lord Farquhart, at a pinch, until rescue came to me. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 After it came ten beautiful children, personating angels; then was borne a waxen image to represent the corpse, followed by the virgin mother, and immediately succeeding the two other Marys. Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas His figure, air, and manner, and the general cast of his countenance, were very much like those of the prince whom he was attempting to personate. Darius the Great Makers of History Had they even employed his own discharged menial to personate him and entrap her? The King's Warrant A Story of Old and New France I leave out half; not the carrying up of his gown, his nice gait on his pantoffles, or the affected accent of his speech, but they personated. A History of Elizabethan Literature Did I not tell you that I would personate the Lady Barbara? Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 Some of its divinities personate those beings that are supposed to reside in the various departments of nature. Moon Lore They were decked out in the most gorgeous trappings, each one personating some animal which they imitated as closely as possible, both in action and sound. Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography He then told the story without note or comment, only personating each actor in the tragedy with extraordinary effect, above all, the manly, loyal, simple-hearted soldier. Spare Hours The father also, at the request of the Ministers, wrote a book, entitled, Cases of Conscience, concerning Evil Spirits, personating men, Witchcrafts, &c., the general drift of which is against spectral evidence. Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Reply I do not think that the modern actors who personate the ghost, pay a proper attention to the text. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810 He looked nothing like the man who personated him. The Bradys Beyond Their Depth The Great Swamp Mystery A "Pays des Délices," very difficult to reach, and constantly personated by a "Pays des Avances," promises little and performs less. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 "Who would be willing to personate the Saviour?" The Chautauqua Girls At Home Buckingham's mother, who was a countess, personated the nurse, dressed also carefully for the occasion. Charles I Makers of History This man advised him to dismiss his Belutchi attendants and to personate a pilgrim. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century That satisfied the Bradys to the means the abductors employed to personate the undertaker and carry out their plot. The Bradys Beyond Their Depth The Great Swamp Mystery These are written in imitation of the Queen’s handwriting, by that Villette de Rétaux who personated the Queen’s valet, and who was an expert at counterfeiting. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages And I presume you assisted in the selection of the characters that I should personate! The Chautauqua Girls At Home The French stage began with the representation of Mystries, by the priests, who acted sacred history on a stage, and personated divine characters. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 In all this territory, Pottinger personated a "pyrzadeh," or holy man, for the natives are of a very thievish disposition, and in the character of a merchant he might have been involved in unpleasant adventures. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century Well, this story, to be truthful, must do justice to the one who is supposed to personate its author. A Black Adonis Several days after, the man who was “personated” appeared in Aroostook, alive and well, never having been attacked with the cholera. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages “He would never have found you out if you had not personated me.” Anna the Adventuress Amid the joyful acclamations of her subjects, as she was conducted through London, a boy, personating Truth, let down from a triumphal arch, presented to her a copy of the Bible. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Watch Cook’s bank and arrest man personating Lord Ingleby who will call for draft of money. The Mistress of Shenstone Lloyd had sung in public several times, but always in some play, when the costume which she wore seemed to change her to the character she personated. The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation She talks in the style that she imagines the person whom she attempts to personate would use, being one of the doctrines of spiritualism that a person’s character and feelings are not changed by death. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages At any rate, he began to deliberately personate him. Anna the Adventuress This done, they perform a nuptial ceremony, and make her further believe that she is married to the god; when, in reality, she is only married to one of the Fakiers who personates him. Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World At that moment he was less like himself than was the impostor who came there to personate him. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time Was Mr. Colston’s visit the only time you personated my son?” Prescott of Saskatchewan The medium above referred to got “under influence,” and personated, with an exhibition of all the symptoms of cholera, the gentleman who was reported to have died of that disease. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages He personated over there a millionaire named Meysey Hill, and it seems that he induced Annabel to go through some sort of marriage with him at the Embassy.” Anna the Adventuress Claudius was directed to come in the habit of a singing girl, a character he could easily personate, being young and of a fair complexion. Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World Everything depended upon the amount of impudence he could bring to bear upon the case before him, and the skill with which he personated the part he had chosen. The Young Lieutenant or, The Adventures of an Army Officer He was hurt at this, particularly as he did not think the revelation that he had personated Cyril accounted for everything. Prescott of Saskatchewan As the crowning act in the great drama of deception, Satan himself will personate Christ. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan I heard the other day that she’d been taken in by some cad of a fellow who was cutting a great dash in Paris, personating Meysey Hill, the great railway man. Anna the Adventuress The players are divided into two equal parties, one of which personate defenders, and take their places in the barn, with the doors and windows open. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium She broke down in the middle of this aspiring ditty, and then personated a Jew old clo' man, a woman selling "ornaments for your firestoves," and various other characters, all of which she overacted considerably. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis As to the personating of votes, that according to Mr. Trigger, had been merely introduced as a pleasant commencing fiction common in Parliamentary petitions. Ralph the Heir The apostles, as personated by these lying spirits, are made to contradict what they wrote at the dictation of the Holy Spirit when on earth. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan It reminds me of those persons who have had doubles, and I suppose a man would often be very angry indeed when he found that there was another being who was personating himself.” A Chosen Few Short Stories She was whatever character she wished to personate. Betty Vivian A Story of Haddo Court School At all events, I will send you some one to-night to personate the Dominican, and he will only have to return if you are too scrupulous. Faustus his Life, Death, and Doom Somebody—some taxi-cab driver or somebody of that sort—must have brought the man who personated old Jacob Herapath back to, or to the neighborhood of, the office that morning. The Herapath Property This reply was given with a dignity and an assurance denoting that either he was the individual he personated, or that he had been well schooled in his craft. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 On the night of my expected arrival in Liverpool, Reardon, who was kept informed of all my plans by my perfidious clerk, personated me with such success that even Alice was deceived. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 See,” says Mr. Irving, and, in a second, he personates a frightened monk. The Idler Magazine, Volume III, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly But this lofty strain of inspiration proved transient, and Overbeck, as seen in Munich, truly personates the apostle who leant on the Saviour's breast. Overbeck I shall not use a similar deceit, nor employ Jasper Petulengro to personate me—so get up, Belle, and I will do my best to fling you down.’ The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' In this game, one boy personates the Stag, and with his hands closed together, starts from his bounds after the other players. The Book of Sports: Containing Out-door Sports, Amusements and Recreations, Including Gymnastics, Gardening & Carpentering We expected to see "Bright Phœbus" himself poetically personating a doge, or a midshipman; for it points to the "Sun of Venice going to Sea." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 His countenance at times assumed an air of hauteur which doubtless had become a habit, either from personating characters of this stamp or from a consciousness of his merited popularity. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science Iskender did his best to personate the last agony, writhing and rolling his eyes, and clutching at the air with palsied hands. The Valley of the Kings Great is the general wrath, when they find the money consist of but a paltry sum, and they resolve to avenge themselves on the avaricious treasurer Balducci, by personating him in the theatre. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas A young lady of the most eminence for rank and beauty was chosen to personate the goddess Ceres. A Treatise on the Art of Dancing The players divide themselves into ladies and gentlemen, if the ladies predominate they must personate gentlemen, and vice versa. Games For All Occasions Two undertake to personate a goodman and a goodwife; the rest a family of marriageable daughters. Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk The etholog personates a specimen of a class which helps to characterize a period. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals To personate another man and to kiss the other man’s wife under that disguise would have seemed to him the meanest act any two-legged creature could perform. The Man Who Lost Himself Artists of questionable greatness may deem it a degradation to personate any save a leading part. The Arena Volume 4, No. 23, October, 1891 And remember, it is not only the getting Angus out of the place that is of consequence: whoever takes his place must personate Angus for some hours, till he can get safely away. Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow The two characters are personated by an instantaneous change of feature. Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive The biolog personates an individual type, like an aberration of human nature, which may be found anywhere and at any time. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals The two girls personating the Corn-maids carry them in the Flute observance, and each of the Antelope priests at Oraibi bears one of these in the Antelope or Corn dance. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 Miss Phillips was a great favorite in Boston where she made her début at the Tremont Theatre in January, 1842, in the play of “Old and Young,” personating five characters, and introducing songs and dances. The Arena Volume 4, No. 23, October, 1891 During the recital she had lost herself in the personating of the favorite characters from her one novel. Flamsted quarries The lady was at home in bed; she had been personated by a graceless young cub whose stature was about the same as hers. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer Mr. Bernard Shaw, who personated Cato of Utica, wore hygienic sandals, a white toga and a brown felt Jaeger pileus. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-05 It is still customary in Hopi ceremonials to tie feathers to the garments of those who personate certain mythic beings, and it is possible that such was also the custom at Sikyatki. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 I have always had an objection to ladies personating Romeo, but I waived that feeling in favor of Miss Cushman. The Arena Volume 4, No. 23, October, 1891 It seems plausible that Asklepios, the Grecian Esculapius, was personated by some priest of majestic mien, who gave oracular medical advice, which serves as a powerful therapeutic suggestion. Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery And then we went out together to see Shakespeare’s “Richard,” or rather we went to see the man who was to personate Shakespeare’s “Richard”—and so did thousands; we did not see him, however. Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest And surely never was the dark Duchess of Ferrara more faithfully personated than by the present artiste. Edmond Dantès Though I had undertaken to personate the savage chieftain, for this act in the drama I was not prepared. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Do you mean to say, then, that he personated me?” The King's Esquires The Jewel of France It was the first time she had ever spontaneously offered to personate the Sibyl, whose oracles she uttered, and it was a proof that an unusual fit of inspiration was upon her. Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel That merry monarch made many lively escapades, and on this occasion he personated a beggarman. Notes and Queries, Number 201, September 3, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc "But I have got the thing, and what is more, I have permission to personate the Sultan's private physician." Paul Patoff Creation" which he saw at Bamberg in that year, says:-- "Young priests had the wings of geese tied on their shoulders to personate angels. The Standard Oratorios Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers The person of our Lord was represented by a young man in a state of entire nudity and bound with cords, who at every step was scourged by his companions, personating the Roman soldiers. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 "You did that in order that you might wear the black wig when you personated Muriel?" Frank Merriwell Down South In the Chester Mysteries a practical recommendation is made to the actors who personate the first couple: "Adam and Eve shall stande nakede, and shall not be ashamed." A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance I hesitated to speak to him, because I did not know whether I was to continue to personate the adjutant or to reveal myself in my true character. Paul Patoff They generally contained figures, personating a curious medley of nymphs, savages, heathen gods, and Christian saints, giants and the nine worthies, who descended and danced among the spectators. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries "Kit," the woman she was personating, the woman apparently set to watch Peterson, had found out about the pearls. The Lion's Mouse I have proof that one of this traitorous gang went about Berlin personating me. Face to Face with Kaiserism I determined to personate a transport bound to Beaufort, which was in the possession of the United States forces, and the coaling station of the fleet blockading Wilmington. The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner "George!" said the mate, in the squeaky voice in which he chose to personate the skipper. Light Freights One young lady liked to make her dolls personate celebrated characters; and when she visited us, most distinguished guests graced my table. The Doll and Her Friends or Memoirs of the Lady Seraphina Now, to personate Johnson, a sailor whose body was known to have been indelibly marked by the tattooing of various barbarous races, it was necessary that the prisoner should be similarly tattooed. The Mark Of Cain But it had to be done, for I meant to personate a boy—having stolen a boy’s hunting dress for that purpose. The Hot Swamp She would have assented quite as readily to have personated Jezebel or the Witch of Endor. Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure He may personate me long enough to kill my father and rifle his hoards. Rattlin the Reefer I accordingly resolved to pretend to be a Maltese seaman, as the character I could best personate, and to be unfortunately wrecked on the island. The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea His plan, therefore, was to kill him, and then personate him. The Mark Of Cain Now, as I came along the road I had made up my mind to personate a deaf and dumb person, which would preclude the necessity of my speaking. Recollections of Old Liverpool It was not an ingratiating character, and Nancy and Barbara flatly refused to personate it. Etheldreda the Ready A School Story “Perhaps we could personate some other craft of about our size and rig,” suggested little Smellie doubtfully. Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War Maple also, who personated Miss Olive Omlett, the meek, elderly lady, appeared to have come with a totally erroneous conception of the rôle of that inoffensive character. The Master of the Shell The question is not of title to vote in most cases, but of identity; most families being at this season out of town, a rascal was found to personate every absentee. Memoirs of the Courts and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 1 Dr. Ollapod was personated by Dr. Carter, who excited roars of laughter. Recollections of Old Liverpool Maya is an Indian deity, and personates the “power of creation.” Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 In a moment after they had disappeared the form of one personating an aged, stupid, short sighted, decrepit man was seen to emerge slowly from among the crowd of spectators in the east. The Mountain Chant, A Navajo Ceremony Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 379-468 She was the type not of woman but of youth, and Hippomenes personated age. Better Dead Just before giving up in despair my friend was seized with a brain wave, and asked her if it would suffice for him to lie down on the floor and personate the corpse. The Shanty Book, Part I, Sailor Shanties They would be all originally due to an odd tendency to personate, found in her dream life as it expresses itself in trance. Memories and Studies His trick, however, miscarried, and he then personated Pillage, the steward of Periwinkle’s father, and obtained Periwinkle’s signature to the marriage by a fluke.—Mrs. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 We followed the sound till we came to a close thicket, on the other side of which we saw a young woman sitting as it were in a personated sullenness127, just over a transparent fountain. The De Coverley Papers From 'The Spectator' Sometimes the guru and a woman personate Krishna and Rādha, but reverse the names, the guru calling himself Rādha and the woman Krishna. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) That shadowy body, now reduced to four members, personates the ghost of the European concert. The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915 Not always, however, did they personate the same characters. Daring and Suffering: A History of the Great Railroad Adventure Colonel Feignwell personated Simon Pure, and obtained Obadiah’s consent to marry his ward. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 It would be impossible to describe the different ornaments worn by these Indians, but they looked as gay as an actor personating Richard the Third on the stage. Three Years on the Plains Observations of Indians, 1867-1870 The only other hypothesis that can be brought forward is that some one personated Thompson. Real Ghost Stories This is probably the remains of a still more ancient custom when the god was personated by a man and not by an image. The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology "This, I find, is the wretched Frank who dared to personate our great pasha." Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series Colonel Freeman personates a French fop, and obtains his consent to marry his ward, the heiress.—Mrs. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 At one time indeed she was rumoured to have personated the Goddess of Health, when the 'celestial' Doctor Graham was giving his strange and indecorous lectures in Pall Mall; but that scandal has been contradicted. Art in England Notes and Studies I can dimly remember the acting of plays in which the gentlemen personated all the characters and the ladies and children looked on. 'Three Score Years and Ten' Life-Long Memories of Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and Other Parts of the West "Perhaps it may be well to use the key held by this man Keene, who has been personating me for so many days," Lieutenant Carstens said. Boy Scouts in the Philippines Or, The Key to the Treaty Box She represents the greatest drama in the world's history, yea, she personates the whole of the world's history. The Agony of the Church (1917) Beginning with this, he personates Oscar until Lucilla again loses her sight. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 His general sense that she was personating had its especial moments of suspense and perplexity, and added variety and even occasionally a degree of excitement to their commerce. The Tragic Muse A minor participant in this business, the girl who had personated the queen, escaped unpunished. Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. French. Stung to remorse he enters into a plot to personate a prince, woo her in that guise, and take her as a bride to his mother's cottage on their wedding night. Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform He is a great imitator, and personates the different characters exactly. The Bobbin Boy or, How Nat Got His learning A rumour that the Earl of Warwick had escaped from the Tower gave an opportunity for an imposter, Lambert Simnel, to personate the earl. London and the Kingdom - Volume I She chaffed her companions, she chaffed the room; she might have been a very clever little girl trying to personate a more innocent big one. The Tragic Muse To uncover, even to their own eyes only, the fact that lay hidden behind those words was like personating the priest and listening at the grating of the confessional! The Eternal City The lady who personates this figure should be rather slim, of medium height, good features, and dark hair. Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants I am not going just for the pleasure of witnessing the play, by any means; I want to see how the actors personate the different characters. The Bobbin Boy or, How Nat Got His learning The agent, a flashy young man, personates his clerk on such occasions. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City With difficulty he restrains his emotions throughout a long conversation, personating a messenger from himself to Electra. Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy In my darkness I could almost fancy that I personate her, and I am she and she is I. Conceited, isn't it? The Eternal City The lady who personates the Goddess of Liberty should be of good height, fine figure and features. Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants After giving the affair all due consideration, we decided upon a mock-duel, in which I was to personate one of the heroes, my rival being the aforesaid leader. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 Volume 23, Number 2 A man personating a god then enters, places his hands upon the various parts of the many deities represented in the picture, then upon the corresponding parts of the patient's body. The North American Indian After the deposition of Richard II. a prebendary, by name Mandelyn, who bore a great resemblance to the king, personated him and headed a revolt, but he was captured and put to death. The Cathedral Church of York Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See To draw a full house, Mr. Betty, once the Young Roscius, had been engaged to personate the Earl of Warwick, and admirably he sustained it, too. Confessions of an Etonian The lady who personates the heroine must be of good figure, tall and stout, fine features, and have long black hair. Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants We have had the pleasure to see Mr. Macready once only at the Park, on which occasion he personated the character of Melantius in ‘The Bridal’ with transcendent power. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1 In the rites in which personated deities minister to a suffering patient this character invariably leads, carrying a four-piece folding wand, balíl, and uttering a peculiar cry. The North American Indian He did not fare so badly either, for being plump and rosy he was allowed to personate the jolly Friar Tuck. The Story of the Big Front Door The two men personating these gods were behind a tree south of the sweat house, their bodies, arms, and legs painted white. Ceremonial of Hasjelti Dailjis and Mythical Sand Painting of the Navajo Indians The person who personates Uncle Tom must be one of large figure and pleasant countenance. Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants There was, indeed, a prologue, but the rest was mainly dialogue, in which Mr. Ham wonderfully personated all the different speakers, varying his tone, manner, attitude, etc., as varying characters and circumstances demanded. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.) CurtisIn Navaho mythology there are numerous references to benevolent female deities, who are personated in medicine rites by men wearing masks, as shown in this plate. The North American Indian The king rode before the lady, and personated the servant. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell After the two men personating the gods left the lodge the invalid entered and took his seat on the rug with his back to the theurgist. Ceremonial of Hasjelti Dailjis and Mythical Sand Painting of the Navajo Indians A young lad of six years of age, of fair complexion and long, light, curly hair, is required to personate Ishmael. Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants In asserting that the duke of York was murdered by his uncle, he certainly asserts, in the most express terms, that Perkin, who personated him, was an impostor. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. From Henry VII. to Mary CurtisThe personated deities pictured in this plate appear together in acts of succor in the Night Chant in the order seen, the Talking God in the lead. The North American Indian Of course, Clear personated Vrain as Lydia had last seen him, that is, clean-shaven, and neat in his dress. The Silent House The two men personating the goddesses had their limbs painted white; one wore a black sash around his loins, held by a silver belt. Ceremonial of Hasjelti Dailjis and Mythical Sand Painting of the Navajo Indians The young lady who personates the flower girl is to stand in the centre of the shield, holding in front of her a basket of flowers. Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants As for the minor parts, the gentlemen who personated them gave a capital rendering of supers suffering from stage-fever. My Lady Nicotine A Study in Smoke The patient entered upon the central figure, when the colored earths were gathered from about him and rubbed upon his body by masked men personating the gáŭn. The North American Indian Vrain was a puppet in your hands, and you locked him up in an asylum a fortnight after the man who personated him was murdered. The Silent House The man personating Naiyenesgony had his body and limbs painted black. Ceremonial of Hasjelti Dailjis and Mythical Sand Painting of the Navajo Indians This simple tableau is represented by two females: one personates Day, and is costumed in a long white robe. Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants Here," thought Scrymgeour that night over a pipe of the Mixture, "the affair ends; though I dare say the young lady will call me terrible names when she hears that I have personated her lover. My Lady Nicotine A Study in Smoke Don Jerome gives Isaac a glowing description of his daughter's charms; but when the latter goes to see her, the Duenna personates her. History of English Humour, Vol. 2 I got him to personate the man Vrain, so that I could get the assurance money when I married Lydia. The Silent House A third man, personating the turquois hermaphrodite Ahsonnutli, wore the usual squaw's dress with a blanket fastened over the shoulders reaching to the ground. Ceremonial of Hasjelti Dailjis and Mythical Sand Painting of the Navajo Indians The lady who personates the wife should have black, curly hair, good figure, medium height, and regular features. Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants His soul, like the Harpocrates he personated, seems to hold one finger on closed lips, in token of eternal silence. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series It soon appeared that there was a star, a prima donna, in this company who—after adding a few loose planks to life's little stage—were striving to still personate mortals and put off immortality. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy "It is a strange story, and I cannot see how Corny succeeded in passing himself off as the officer he personated." Stand By The Union The author should have recollected that he who personates tiresome loquacity, becomes tiresome himself. Early Reviews of English Poets The lady who personates Day should be of good figure and features, clear light complexion, and light hair. Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants The sixteen of us who were shut up tightly in a box-car,—personating Beauregard's ammunition,—hearing sounds outside, but unable to distinguish words, had perhaps the most trying position. Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War Judged by their portraits, d'Oliva, who was to personate the Queen, in an interview with the Cardinal, was not at all like Marie Antoinette. Historical Mysteries "Oh, I am the officer whom Corny personated," replied the commander with a quiet smile. Stand By The Union One man had personated a vote, but this appeared to have been done at the instigation of some very cunning Browborough partisan. Phineas Redux The gentleman who personates Louis Napoleon should in form and features resemble him. Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants Lawrence McNamee, president of the day, personating Governor Clinton, threw the first shovelful of dirt. The Story of Cooperstown He was eating an apple, and giving a long melodious whoop at intervals, followed by a deep-toned ding dong dong, ding dong dong, for he was personating a steamboat. The Ontario Readers Third Book For this end, Mervyn was to personate a kinsman of Welbeck who had just arrived from Europe, and who had been a witness of her nephew's death. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 A clever active seaman, dressed up grotesquely in party-coloured rags, adorned with a long beard made of the stuff which sailors call spun-yarn, and armed with a tri-pronged harpoon, personates the God of the Ocean. The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815 The lady who personates the princess must be small, and of good form, fine, regular features, and quite pretty. Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants It read as follows: Sir: I have received your audacious letter, and proclaim you to be an impostor, worthy of the severest punishment for attempting to personate a son of my late brother. In the Irish Brigade A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain Gradually the characters personated began to speak and to move. For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music I had leisure to conjure up terrific images, and to personate the witnesses and sufferers of this calamity. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 "A. B. commonly called A. B. Esq.; a toupee, and a notorious impostor, who presumed to personate a true Irish footman." The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish The fourth personates the painter, with his pallet and brushes. Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants He personated his assumption of innocence even to self-deception. The Last Man There are doubtless some who can assume it without feeling,—as there are actors who can personate all the passions. Phineas Finn The Irish Member Without turning her head Georgian replied: "That was Bela, my maid; the same one who personated me on the afternoon of my wedding." The Chief Legatee Hence also it is that the angel spoke as personating the Lord. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition The lady who personates Night should be of good figure and features, black hair, and dark complexion. Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants But at the entrance of this gentleman as Privy Counsellor, Wych Hazel withdrew her affairs from public notice; however much inclined to vindicate her power of personating what she liked, especially pine trees. Wych Hazel It has several times happened to me, as doubtless to others of my brethren, to find that I have been personated, certainly to my considerable discredit. My Life as an Author She was given the part of Jane Seymour in Donizetti's "Anna Bolena," which she looked and acted to perfection, Pasta personating the unfortunate Queen. Great Singers, Second Series Malibran To Titiens When Lambert Simnel first personated the earl of Warwick, did not Henry exhibit that poor prince one Sunday throughout all the principal streets of London? Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third The lady who personates the tory housekeeper should be tall, with good figure and features; her costume consists of a showy silk dress and velvet waist. Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants This gentleman here has been personating you for some reason or other, and the discovery caused the young lady to faint. Fashionable Philosophy and Other Sketches Colonel Maguire at once consented, but, knowing that the attorney had never seen his wife, he persuaded a woman to personate her. Strange Pages from Family Papers As an actress, her tall, stately, elegant figure was admirably calculated to personate the tragic heroines of opera. Great Singers, Second Series Malibran To Titiens This youth first personated Richard duke of York, then Edward earl of Warwick; and was undoubtedly an impostor. Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third They are arranged and costumed in the following manner: Standing on a pedestal six feet high, in the centre of the stage, is a female who personates the Goddess of Fame. Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants Those who personate the Kōk-kō are endowed for the time being with their actual breath. The Religious Life of the Zuñi Child What think you of personating this Spaniard, imposing upon the Father, and marrying your Mistress by his own Consent. The Busie Body The drawback is, that without any sort of doubt they personate falsely. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II A custom prevailed at Chatham of holding a procession on St. Clement's day, and the saint, who was irreverently designated ‘Old Clem,’ was personated by a young smith disguised for the occasion. Charles Dickens and Music Seven small misses personate the fairies, and their costume consists of a short white dress, decorated with silver spangles. Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants Who could have so successfully personated him as to deceive even his dearest friends? Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine After some search, the duchess found a stripling whom she thought had all the qualities requisite to personate the unfortunate prince. Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton She flew to her beautiful art for consolation, flinging herself, with a sort of desperate abandonment, out of her own life of monotonous misery into the varied sorrows of the characters she personated. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 Othello was a fanciful creation which her husband of all men would have been least willing to personate. The Home in the Valley The gentleman who personates Prince Albert should, in general outline of features and form, resemble the original as much as possible. Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants If I must personate this seeming villain, Remember 'tis to serve you. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 This man resembled Sebastian, was naturally bold and unscrupulous, and was easily persuaded to undertake the task of personating the missing monarch. Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton Now the characters she had personated grouped themselves around her bed, all distinct, yet duplicates and multiplications of herself, mocking her with her own voice, and glaring at her with her own eyes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 This poem must not be read without a continued reference to the personated character. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 The lady who personates Proserpine is to stand inside of this pedestal, and, as the space is quite small, it will be necessary to wear few under skirts. Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants You must not act but live your part: persuade yourself that you are the character you personate: surrender your heart to be torn by real passions and wrung by real sorrows. The Young Priest's Keepsake If I were going to propose, I'm blest if I Would personate an elder who is just about to testify. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-21 And then the lady appeared again in a wonderful costume of blue silk and tights, personating the Lion Masher. In Luck at Last I have now to explain something in the character of Edgar in Lear, on which the commentators seem to have ingeniously blundered, from an imperfect knowledge of the character which Edgar personates. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 This beautiful tableau is personated by two figures, a young man and a maiden. Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants It was nothing less than to personate the French captain, and to lead my party across country just as he had been doing. Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow It is this third person who is always kept in the shade, and who, personating that which is not seen, is a necessary element of the problem. Essays on Political Economy The actor on the stage was the very man he personated. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions However, while it is impossible, or at least inexpedient, for papa to play at being his own urchin, the latter is restrained by no considerations, moral or otherwise, from attempting to personate his papa. Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 In a bower of leaf and vine Thou shalt be a lady fine Held in duress by the great Giant I shall personate. The Book of Joyous Children It suddenly occurred to Paul that if, even for an hour, he could personate the prince, and so draw off pursuit from him, his point might be gained. In the Wars of the Roses A Story for the Young It was one of their ordinary tricks, to put their sentiments into the mouths of certain personated characters, which they theatrically exhibited at the bar of what ought to be a serious assembly. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) He began to think that some person, from evil design or love of mischief, must be personating Frederick Massingbird. Verner's Pride One child is of course obliged to sacrifice his inclinations and personate Christian. Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 As to men of middle age—say from fifty to sixty—why, they all looked fit to personate the Last of the Hittites, or the Madagascarene Methuselah, in a museum. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales Hamlet, at the sight of Ophelia, does not immediately recollect, that he is to personate madness, but makes her an address grave and solemn, such as the foregoing meditation excited in his thoughts. Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies The hero of Sherwood was personated by a tall, well-limbed fellow, to whom, being really a forester of Bowland, the character was natural. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest "Whatever put it into your head to personate Frederick?" inquired Jan. Verner's Pride Old Quaw, the chief of Nekaslay, first appeared on the stage, in the character of a bear—an animal he was well qualified to personate. Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume I. This young orderly, whose name was Arman, we persuaded—by what arguments I am not bound to say—to clothe himself in female attire and personate a lady. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales Meanwhile, Gladding, for it was no other, who personated the Solitary, and the General were cozily seated by the fire in the hut of the latter, discussing the events of the evening. The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times He played upon the harp with more than common skill, and could personate the regular minnesinger to perfection. The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century It had not occurred to him to personate Frederick's ghost; he had only thought of personating Frederick himself; but to his unbounded satisfaction, he found the former climax arrived at. Verner's Pride As to the other characters, one personated a deer, another a wolf, a third a strange Tsekany. Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume I. On the text of Spinney, personating Protest, the orator preached to willing converts who clamored for change, even though no better leader than Spinney offered. The Ramrodders A Novel Each of the spacious houses of entertainment personated some particular Russian nation, where the dress, music and amusements of that nation were represented. The Empire of Russia Theatre forbidden by the Quakers on account of the manner of the drama—first, as it personates the character of others—secondly, as it professes to reform vice. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 Therefore, if the real Dr. Claudius were dead this Dr. Claudius was a sham, an impostor, a man obtaining money by personating the dead—in short, a criminal. Doctor Claudius, A True Story Always of a theatrical turn, he acted well in private drama, in which the gentlemen were amateurs, and the female parts were personated by professional actresses. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction He has the happy faculty of entering into perfect sympathy with his characters, and for the time being he is less the actor than the individual he personates. Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made Night brought the performance, and, for the player engaged as "utility," infinite change of dress and "making-up" of his face to personate a variety of characters. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character The Quakers object to the manner of the drama, or to its fictitious nature, in consequence of which men personate characters, that are not their own. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 Keith looked every inch the charming Prince Hero he personated, and Malcolm made such a dashing knight that there was a burst of applause every time he appeared. The Little Colonel's Hero The moralities were enacted in court-yards or palaces, the characters generally being personated by students, or merchants from the guilds. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Observing Elvira's likeness to the Queen, they persuade her to personate her Majesty. The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers Macklin administered a similar rebuke, while his comedy of "The True-born Irishman" was in rehearsal, to an actor personating one of the characters, and acquitting himself very indifferently. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character For men who personate characters in this way, express joy and grief, when in reality there may be none of these feelings in their hearts. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 The hunt went on for some time; before it closed, every man personating a killed or wounded soldier was located and carried to the hospital tent. The Little Colonel's Hero This is Archimago, a vile magician thus disguised, and in his retreat foul spirits personate both knight and lady, and present these false doubles to each. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction This of course was when it leaked out that Tommy had personated Corp, by arrangement with the real Corp, who was listening in rapture beneath the bed. Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood Yet, in the first instance, the old Italian comedy was brought upon the English stage with some regard for its original integrity, and the characters were personated by regular actors rather than by mimes. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character They personate the virtuous character to day, and perhaps to-morrow that of the rake, and, in the latter case, they utter his profligate sentiments, and speak his profane language. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 Alfred Pelham answered him; the reply being taken up by the heroine Julie in broken French, because she is personated by Madlle. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 6, 1841, An Irish cornet, in the mouth of Mr. F. Vining, was bereft of his proper brogue; but this loss was the less felt, as Mr. Gough personated the English Major with the rale Tipperary tongue. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 12, 1841 The mysterious Arab threw no damp over the performances, for he was personated by Mr. Dry. Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 1, July 31, 1841 As the nine-pounders advanced towards him, and rolled about in all directions, he was compelled to display an activity in avoiding them, singularly inappropriate to the age and condition of the character he was personating. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character Such fiction will not be like the fiction of the drama, where men act and personate characters that are not their own. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 The idea of throwing a stone through the window was Carera’s; that of personating a priest was mine.” Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance It was evident he knew that somebody had personated him, and the fact sent a little thrill through the corporal; he was at least on the trail. Winston of the Prairie We can imagine her as personating Lady Macbeth superbly, and hope soon to witness her in the part. Mary Anderson The spectre was to be personated by one Thompson, a portly jovial actor, whose views as to the treatment of the supernatural upon the stage were of a very primitive kind. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character Dressing with leaves or green stuff, as among the Namnite women, and often with the intention of personating the spirit of vegetation, is also customary. The Religion of the Ancient Celts She sang from the depths of a wonderfully rich and passionate nature; while he was most truly himself when he was personating some imaginary mind. Robert Browning |
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