| 单词 | play-actor |
| 例句 | The play-actor takes the hit, the politician escapes unharmed. Perspective | A British boor is just Trump with a posh accent and veneer of ironic detachment 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Bacon required a mask, and he found it in the illiterate play-actor Shakspere. Bacon and Shakspere 2012-03-14T02:00:24.313Z I won't have any confounded play-actor trying to tell me that it doesn't matter if a bishop in the fifteenth century does wear a sixteenth century miter, because it's more effective from the gallery. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z Oh, Flora wouldn't even think about a play-actor. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z He may, on the other hand, be a play-actor, an attorney's clerk, or a journeyman tinker. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z "A second-rate play-actor, too," echoed Lydia First, "and ended by lending money at usurious interest!" The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian 2011-10-24T02:00:18.500Z Dear me!" said Mrs. Jones, drawing her shawl closely round her, "what an awful sight a ghost is, even when we know it's only a play-actor! Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z And now this Count is nothing but a play-actor! Polly and Her Friends Abroad 2011-09-18T02:00:29.443Z Nothing has occurred, but Treurenberg has no tact, and Olga is the daughter of a play-actor, and also, as you must admit, and as every one can see, desperately in love with Lato. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z To see that hold man made hup with them rings and whiskers, like a robber or a play-actor! The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:53.937Z By the way, the skill of this play-actor seems to have been underrated on our stage. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z But 'their souls are subdued to what they work in,' as I heard another play-actor say. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z He was becoming more and more declamatory, more and more of the emphatic and pompous play-actor. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z The picturesqueness of the scene at the table appealed to the play-actor in him. The Firebrand "You 've been a play-actor, I take it?" asked he, dryly. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance "Say," he broke in, "are you some kind of play-actor?" The Reluctant Weapon Carlyle, who was one of the keenest observers of men our time has produced, said: "Dickens's essential faculty, I often say, is that of a first-rate play-actor." Home Life of Great Authors Ralph, characteristically hurried to the theatre to enter upon the profession of a play-actor. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series Out of pure deviltry, as it would seem, this girl ran away from her boarding-school in company with an unprincipled young play-actor, who afterward abandoned her. Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend He had neither the jumping o’ a mountebank, nor the sliding o’ a play-actor, but there was an ease in his carriage which I never saw equalled. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI His play-actor passion had bettered him, if it had not accomplished the impossible and transmuted the pirate of body into the pure of soul. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel He had with great skill retained his attitude of command over the young monarch, holding his purse and governing the realm, while the boy-king amused himself as a ballet-dancer and a play-actor. Louis XIV. Makers of History Series As to being a play-actor, confound it, I hate the very word; you need not think anything about your size. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810 He reduced himself to a social play-actor—and always had to pose in his particular r�le—the Noble Poet. Vixen, Volume III. I was near gettin' the sack not long ago because a couple o' tramps or play-actor folks over-persuaded me to give them a lift. Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls “I have been a play-actor and know how to stage a pair of gabies to the show.” The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel I ne'er saw him in action against a king's ship, and all his wild nonsense is apt to delude ye into thinkin' him a drunken play-actor. Blackbeard: Buccaneer He had been a play-actor before the war and knew how to conceal his identity. Lights and Shadows in Confederate Prisons A Personal Experience, 1864-5 His father, Thomas Sheridan, was a no less cheerful, no less careless man, who turned play-actor, and taught elocution, and married a woman who wrote novels and a life of Swift. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III Now, in my wild young days, I was once for some time behind the scenes of a theatre, and if I had been a scholar I might have become a play-actor. Old Jack Yes, I was a play-actor once, and played for great poets, for men whose names have never tickled your ears. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel In his capacity of a play-actor, he had been hissed from the stage at Lyons, and the door to revenge was now open. Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs He could only vent his annoyance on Gilian, who drew up his horse with a studied curvet—for still there was the play-actor in him to some degree. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure She make a fool de my name like the play-actor that do the monkey tricks on the stage? The Californians You was born to be a play-actor, sir! Charlie to the Rescue “You never told me you were a play-actor,” he growled. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel Hows’ever, ‘it’s all well that ends well,’ as I once heard a play-actor say.” Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn "She said it was too—too"—she wrinkled up her forehead—"too affected, like a play-actor." A Little Girl in Old Salem And do you seriously propose," interrupted the Major, folding his arms, "that I should pass myself off for a play-actor? The Mayor of Troy I don't want the—play-actor—though he's fine; nor the priest, though he's fine, too. Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi I'm not a paid play-actor come here to conjure. Magic A Fantastic Comedy And Labouchere says that one of the four brothers of Shakespeare used to explain that he wasn't the play-actor who wrote "Hamlet" and "Othello," lest, mayhap, his name should be smirched. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists The consul-general had, figuratively, a complete assortment of masks, such as any thorough play-actor might have, in more or less constant demand, running the gamut from comedy to tragedy. Parrot & Co. Folks say she was a play-actor and he loved her. Dead Man's Rock A very fine play-actor is the king of all the beasts. The Way of the Wild You are a play-actor—that is what you are. The Young Man and the World Thomas of Lancaster was the old pig or the play-actor, Aymer of Pembroke was Joseph the Jew, Gilbert 241of Gloucester was the cuckoo, and Guy of Warwick was the black dog of Arden. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) This gentleman subsequently became a ‘play-actor,’ but failed to achieve the success he desired. Charles Dickens and Music The action was trifling in the extreme, but it was performed by a play-actor who knew his business, and Aunt Charlotte felt as though cold water were running down her back. Austin and His Friends She, who all her life had spurned the play-actor as she would a reptile. The Northern Light I vanish from the scene like a play-actor. The Grey Cloak You're a play-actor with a gift for staging yourself and you're as hungry for the limelight as a circus girl in spangles. Kenny She was a play-actor to the roots of her being, Cora was, and she started and stared. The Torch and Other Tales "Accidental", since the Greek αγωνιστης has different meanings in the two words, in one "combatant", but in the other "play-actor". Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin After setting there for four mortal hours with nothing to say, just boring each other to death, for him to get up like that and make a regular play-actor bow, and kiss my hand! Miss Mink's Soldier and Other Stories He was a play-actor, and the church people would have been outraged at the thought of burying a "strolling player" in that sacred chancel. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great She said she wondered Jean would go and make a fuss about the place a play-actor was born in. Penny Plain Emerson was an essayist and a lecturer, as Shakespeare was a dramatist and a play-actor. Ralph Waldo Emerson It means strictly neither more nor less than a play-actor; one who personates different characters on the stage. Town and Country Sermons And I did not love to hear Rupert call me a play-actor. The Prisoner of Zenda Perhaps they knew a play-actor of minor rank had disappeared, but did not regard him as the author of his Works. What Is Man? and Other Essays I couldn't get away from thinking, as he stood there making them take that in, that they was something like a play-actor about him. Danny's Own Story "Ah! poor Lady Glyde! poor dear Lady Glyde!" he says, and went stalking about, wringing his fat hands more like a play-actor than a gentleman. The Woman in White Now recollect that a man may personate characters, like a play-actor, and pretend to be what he is not, for two different objects. Town and Country Sermons "It's the play-actor!" cried he, slashing at my cudgel. The Prisoner of Zenda "Henry, you look like a play-actor," announced Aunt Em, looking at her husband critically. The Emerald City of Oz In a way he was like a feller that enjoys having one part of himself stand aside and watch the play-actor game another part of himself is acting out. Danny's Own Story Mrs. Bolton had a sudden suspicion, from the splendor of Blanche's appearance, that it must be a play-actor, or something worse. The History of Pendennis, Volume 2 His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy Because a man may be a play-actor and a self-deceiver in religion, without any of these tricks at all, and without much of the vanity and pride which cause them. Town and Country Sermons He, as well as I, was a "play-actor", and, hating one another, we combined to dupe public opinion. The Prisoner of Zenda But he doesn't remember him, and it isn't likely he should—him, an English landlord and a gentleman wouldn't be very like to remember a play-actor person that's here today and gone tomorrow! Scarhaven Keep To the genuine Pharisee a Jewish play-actor would have been an abomination. Josephus I am only a play-actor, but in inflicting an insult a gentleman must either lift his inferior to his own station or else forfeit his gentility. Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes He lifts his sword to his lips, quite the play-actor. The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea What we shall do for that poor Maria, goodness only knows! we can't ask her to see us as we can you, though you are so poor: but an earl's daughter to marry a play-actor! The Virginians Mr. Greyle, mister, says that he has no recollection whatever of meeting this play-actor person in America—he may have done and he mayn't. Scarhaven Keep Mrs. Bolton had a sudden suspicion, from the splendour of Blanche's appearance, that it must be a play-actor, or something worse. The History of Pendennis "Yes," said the town-clerk, "it is very like the letter of a mad strolling play-actor, who deserves to be hanged with all the rest of his gang, as your honour justly observes." The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 "Yes; as pretty a morning to hang a play-actor on as ever I saw." The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea I always see merely the play-actor of his own ideal. Beyond Good and Evil "And I—Monsieur!" said the bishop, suddenly, casting on me one of his august looks, "Do you suppose that I am but a play-actor in my cathedral church?" Appreciations, with an Essay on Style In your grandpa's case, 'twas your pa, who had been a play-actor. The Portygee Athalia's mother, who had been the "play-actor," had left her children an example of duty—domestic as well as professional duty—faithfully done. The Way to Peace "Then you're a play-actor now?" said the farmer, in a tone which did not, however, exhibit the exact degree of admiration which shone in Phoebe's eyes. Susy, a story of the Plains Perhaps they knew a play-actor of minor rank had disappeared, but did not regard him as the author of his Works. Is Shakespeare Dead? From my autobiography. But when the general Life-element becomes so unspeakably phantasmal as under Louis XV., it is difficult for any man to be real; to be other than a play-actor, more or less eminent, and artistically dressed. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 12 He happened to be in one of his moods that day; "Portygee streaks," his grandfather termed these moods, and told Olive that they were "that play-actor breakin' out in him." The Portygee She had a very low opinion of artists, as a class, and she would almost as soon have expected Charlie to become a play-actor, or a circus-rider. Elinor Wyllys, Volume 1 First the voice of the crier, "So shall it be done to every man who is an enemy of the Kaid, and to every woman who is a play-actor and a cheat." The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable "There were four of you! do you mean to tell me that, among you, you could not succeed in thrashing this miserable play-actor?" Captain Fracasse "Ah, the play-actor!" said he, with a gleam of his teeth and a toss of his curls, while his second hand, like Mr. Rassendyll's, rested in the pocket of his coat. Rupert of Hentzau The idea that she should even think of marrying a play-actor was unbelievable. The Portygee "You don't desire my blood, then, most forgiving play-actor?" Rupert of Hentzau And as they walked the criers chanted, "So shall it be done to every man who is an enemy of the Kaid, and to every woman who is a play-actor and a cheat." The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable That miserable play-actor, my lord," Merindol replied, plucking up a little courage, "far exceeds in vigour and bravery the great Hercules they tell us of. Captain Fracasse Mr. Rassendyll himself has confessed that in old days it went against the grain with him when Rupert called him a play-actor. Rupert of Hentzau "His father was a Portygee—or Spaniard, I believe is right—and he was a play-actor, one of those—what do you call 'em?—opera singers." The Portygee |
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