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Another month, I hope, will see me abroad in Ireland." "Abroad? Call it rather at home," said old Cary; "for it is full of Devon men from end to end, and you will be among friends all day long. George Bourchier from Tawstock has the army now in Munster, and Warham St. "And where," asked Amyas, "is Davils of Marsland, who used to teach me how to catch trout, when I was staying down at Stow?
People can be trained to endure it, but it would be interesting to see the difference in the performance of a given part by an actor with an elaborate make-up false nose, etc. and by the same actor without. Mr Arthur Bourchier, when growing a beard for the purpose of playing Henry VIII., stated that he would have been embarrassed by a sham beard.
Her main object, of course, was to ascertain, beyond the possibility of doubt, whether the man calling himself Jack Randall was the man known to her as Reginald Bourchier Savareen. The tenant of the room rose as her visitor entered, and even that slight exertion brought on a hollow cough which was pitiful to hear. "I am sorry to see," gently remarked the visitor, "that you are far from well."
By this time every pair of eyes in the room was staring into the speaker's face with an expression of bewildered astonishment. Not a man there but recognized the description as a vivid, if somewhat exaggerated portraiture of the long-lost Reginald Bourchier Savareen. The stranger from Tennessee readily perceived that he had produced a genuine sensation.
'Your words are strange, said the Phoenix, 'but I will come with you. The revels of this Bourchier, of whom you speak, may help me to forget the weight of my years. So that evening the Phoenix snugged inside the waistcoat of Robert's Etons a very tight fit it seemed both to Robert and to the Phoenix and was taken to the play.
'And theatres are very warm and pretty, with a lot of gold and lamps. Wouldn't you like to come with us? 'I was just going to say that, said Robert, in injured tones, 'only I know how rude it is to interrupt. Do come, Phoenix, old chap; it will cheer you up. It'll make you laugh like any thing. Mr Bourchier always makes ripping plays. You ought to have seen "Shock-headed Peter" last year.
Mr Bourchier has written rather bitterly about some remarks of Mr Max Beerbohm concerning English acting. Apparently "Max" has asserted that "the average level of acting is admittedly lower in England than in France, Germany or Italy."
Equally good, as an example of English prose narrative, was the translation made by John Bourchier, Lord Berners, of that most brilliant of the French chroniclers, Chaucer's contemporary, Sir John Froissart.
'The reason I'm so determined not to let Bourchier have it is simply this: he doesn't realise my idea he never could. Mind you, I believe he would do his best, but his Personality is against him. Do you see, Edith? 'I see your point. But 'There's no reason why it shouldn't be quite as great a success as The Merry Widow. 'Oh, is it going to be a comic opera? 'Why, of course not.
As cardinal Bourchier set the crown on Richard's head at Westminster, so did archbishop Rotheram at York. These prelates either did not believe Richard had murdered his nephews, or were shamefully complaisant themselves. Yet their characters stand unimpeached in history. Could Richard be guilty, and the archbishops be blameless?
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