"Lackaday" Quotes from Famous Books
... comedian at the Boston Museum for several seasons, but owing to some misunderstanding, left the establishment. Mr. Warren was engaged to fill the vacancy, and on the night of the 23d of August, 1847, he made his first appearance on the stage of the Museum as Billy Lackaday in the old comedy of "Sweethearts and Wives," and as Gregory Grizzle in the farce of "My Young Wife and Old Umbrella," and from that time, with the exception of one year's recession (1864-5) to the termination ... — The Arena - Volume 4, No. 23, October, 1891 • Various
... Lackaday! She had told him the very thing he had sought to know. Yet to make doubly sure he pursued the ... — The Shame of Motley • Raphael Sabatini
... captain heard these words he cried out in amazement, "Lackaday! and what is the world coming to? In these days there is not an honest man to be met with. Did I not with my own eyes see Sindbad drown, and now you have the audacity to tell me that you are he! I should have taken you to ... — Oriental Literature - The Literature of Arabia • Anonymous |