"Masquerader" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... merely the subject, but the whole manner of treating it was sportive and jocular. The unlimited dominion of mirth and fun manifests itself even in this, that the dramatic form itself is not seriously adhered to, and that its laws are often suspended; just as in a droll disguise the masquerader sometimes ventures to lay aside the mask. The practice of throwing out allusions and hints to the pit is retained even in the comedy of the present day, and is often found to be attended with great success; although unconditionally reprobated by many critics. I shall afterwards ...
— Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature • August Wilhelm Schlegel
... Apple of Eden"—Dodd, Mead & Co.—under a nom de plume, is largely, if not wholly, a commercial question. Those who have shown a disposition to belittle it on account of the interesting but irrelevant fact that he is the husband of the author of "The Masquerader," have exhibited small powers of discrimination and missed an opportunity to do justice to a remarkable book, ...
— Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 • Various
... of pure mirth, which was dreadful torment to the jealous masquerader. She departed, leaving the cook a prey to savage resolve. "Well," thought Eliza, "if the supper is bad enough I guess she'll just have to come down and help me. Thank goodness Blair and Carter are both coming; they'll cut each other's throats, and perhaps the stuffed eggs will win ...
— Kathleen • Christopher Morley
... the neighboring women who likewise remembered Sarah Honey—the masquerader often spoke in a way to reduce to a minimum any suspicion that she was not the rightful Ida May. Even a visit from Annabell Coffin—"she who was a Cuttle"—went off without a remark being made which would yield a ...
— Sheila of Big Wreck Cove - A Story of Cape Cod • James A. Cooper
... between the young girls, before they parted, that the arrival should not take place until evening, when there would be the advantage of gas-light in concealing the personality of the masquerader,—and that Aunt Martha, who had already proved herself too firm and consistent a friend to her niece, to be played falsely with in the matter, should be made acquainted with the whole arrangement, ...
— Shoulder-Straps - A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 • Henry Morford
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