This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 edition. Excerpt: ...my bust, taking it home to their families. This would be more than my modesty could stand and I should have to return to America where my creditors are. I like Art. I admire dramatic Art--although I failed as an actor. It was in my schoolboy days that I failed as an actor.5 The play was the "Ruins of Pom 6 ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 edition. Excerpt: ...my bust, taking it home to their families. This would be more than my modesty could stand and I should have to return to America where my creditors are. I like Art. I admire dramatic Art--although I failed as an actor. It was in my schoolboy days that I failed as an actor.5 The play was the "Ruins of Pom 6 "Failed as an actor"--Artemus made many attempts as an amateur actor, but never to his own satisfaction. He was very fond-of the society of actors and actresses. Their weaknesses amused him as much as their talents excited his admiration. One of his favourite sayings was that the world was made up of "men, women, andjthe people on the stage." peii." I played the Ruins. It was not a very successful performance--but it was better than the "Burning Mountain." He was not good. He was a bad Vesuvius. The remembrance often makes me ask--"Where are the boys of my youth?" I assure you this is not a conundrum. Some are amongst you here some in America some are in gaol. Hence arises a most touching question--"Where are the girls of my youth?" Some are married some would like to be. Oh my Maria! Alas! she married another. They frequently do. I hope she is happy--because I am.6 Some people are not happy. I have noticed that. "Because I am 1"--Spoken with a sigh. It was a joke which always told. Artemus never failed to use it in his "Babes in the Wood" lecture, and the "Sixty Minutes in Africa," as well as in the Mormon story. A gentleman friend of mine came to me one day with tears in his eyes. I said "Why these weeps?" He said he had a mortgage on his farm--and wanted to borrow 200. I lent him the money--and he went away. Some time after he returned...
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Add this copy of Artemus Ward's Lecture, Ed. By T.W. Robertson & E.P. to cart. $65.41, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by Palala Press.
