Woffington

Her voluptuous face, raised as if at the approach of one she has been waiting for, is lit up under the shade of the flat Woffington hat by the reflected lights from her dress, a quilted rose-colored slip with lace over it, a black lace apron and mantilla, and a sacque of striped blue silk.

Archive 2010-04-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2010

Her voluptuous face, raised as if at the approach of one she has been waiting for, is lit up under the shade of the flat Woffington hat by the reflected lights from her dress, a quilted rose-colored slip with lace over it, a black lace apron and mantilla, and a sacque of striped blue silk.

Guest Blogger Jo Manning on Nelly O'Brien Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2010

The walls were hung with old theatre posters Mr. Garrick, Mr.. Woffington, Mr.. Siddons - Richard III: The Constant Couple; The Grecian Daughter, in cheap black print on old, creased paper, mounted on red board under glass in Hogarth frames.

Bottled Spider Gardner, John 2002

_Sparks_, Mrs. _Woffington_, the inimitable Mrs. _Fitz-Henry_, and several others, of either Sex.

An Essay on the Antient and Modern State of Ireland Henry Brooke

Woffington is said to have been his only rival in this part.

The Beaux-Stratagem George Farquhar

Peg Woffington, could carry the _Wedding Day_ over its sixth night; and the harassed author received 'not £50 from the House for it.'

Henry Fielding: a Memoir G. M. Godden

He applauded as if it had been the Woffington or any other fair game.

The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty

Among the more famous pictures is a Peg Woffington by Hogarth, not here "dallying and dangerous," but demure as a nun; also the "Modern Midnight Conversation" from the same hand; three or four bewitching Romneys; a room full of beauties of the

Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas

When "Peg Woffington" first fell upon us, a dozen years ago or so,

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 Various

Woffington_, "between the finger and thumb of two rivers," and also upon the broad palm of the Delaware.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 Various