 ... with that of Napoleon, nor will any of those accorded to the heroes of the very many ceremonies I have witnessed in the course of my life. Talma played Hector in his usual powerful style ; and having mentioned the name of this great actor, I cannot...  The Substance of Some Letters - Page 42by John Cam Hobhouse Baron Broughton - 1816Full view - About this book
 | William Henry Ireland - 1823 - 332 pages
...meeting between the emperor and M. Talma, the celebrated French tragedian, after the return from Elha, the former, addressing him with his usual familiarity,...lessons how to act the emperor; I take his hint as a cumpliment, for it shows 1 must at least have played my part well." The intimacy between Napoleon and... | |
 | William Henry Ireland - France - 1828 - 576 pages
...truly manifest. t At the first meeting between the Emperor and Talma, the celebrated French tragedian, the former, addressing him with his usual familiarity, said, " So, Talma, Chateaubriand states that you gave me lessons how to act the Emperor ; 1 take his hint as a compliment, for it shows... | |
 | Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne - 1885 - 610 pages
...mentioned the name of this great actor, I cannot forbear adding a story I heard from him, which shows that Napoleon has some ability in turning a kind compliment....Emperor : I take his hint as a compliment, for it shows I must at least have played my part well." The intimacy between the master and the scholar had... | |
 | Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne, Ramsay Weston Phipps - 1889 - 490 pages
...mentioned the name of this great actor, I cannot forbear adding a story I heard from him, which shows that Napoleon has some ability in turning a kind compliment....Emperor : I take his hint as a compliment, for it shows I must at least have played my part well." The intimacy between the master and the scholar had... | |
 | Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne - France - 1891 - 500 pages
...mentioned the name of this great actor, I cannot forbear adding a story I heard from him, which shows that Napoleon has some ability in turning a kind compliment....return from Elba, the former, addressing him with his nsual familiarity, said, " So, Talma, Chateaubriand says that you gave me lessons how to act the Emperor... | |
 | Lewis Rosenthal - 1897 - 166 pages
...first exile, and at one of these meetings the following conversation is said to have taken place. " So, Talma, Chateaubriand says that you gave me lessons how to act the imperator. Well, I take his hint as a compliment, for it shows that I must at least have played my... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American literature - 2003 - 596 pages
...apparently with Talma himself. "At the first meeting," the foreigner wrote, "between the Emperor and the actor since the return from Elba, the former, addressing...Talma, Chateaubriand says that you gave me lessons in how to act the Emperor: I take his hint as a compliment, for it shows I must at least have played... | |
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