rope-dancer

There is much talk of who the father of this child might be, and King Charles is not on the list of likely candidates—Charles Hart unfortunately is, as is, remarkably, Jacob Hall, the rope-dancer; Wycherly, the playwright; and, most likely of all, Henry Jermyn, the Earl of St. Albans.

Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

There is much talk of who the father of this child might be, and King Charles is not on the list of likely candidates—Charles Hart unfortunately is, as is, remarkably, Jacob Hall, the rope-dancer; Wycherly, the playwright; and, most likely of all, Henry Jermyn, the Earl of St. Albans.

Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

Before Part One concludes, an adolescent is installed as Mother Superior, the acting troupe's seductive star begins masquerading as her confessor, and Sister Auguste (a.k.a. Juliette) reveals to us her former life as an acrobat, rope-dancer, and lover to the man now impersonating a priest.

Holy Fools by Joanne Harris: Questions 2004

The open-hearted Duchess of Cleveland was said to have been in love with this rope-dancer and Goodman the player at the same time.

Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

The tumbler did not deceive Lady Castlemaine's expectations, if report may be believed; and as was intimated in many a song, much more to the honour of the rope-dancer than of the countess; but she despised all these rumours, and only appeared still more handsome.

Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

Tradition records that under Louis XIV. a certain rope-dancer, named

Wonderful Balloon Ascents

Jacob Hall (the famous rope-dancer) was at that time in vogue in London; his strength and agility charmed in public, even to a wish to know what he was in private; for he appeared, in his tumbling dress, to be quite of

Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

The girl tottered to her feet -- had to balance like a rope-dancer to keep upon them.

Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso Maurice Henry Hewlett

When Zarathustra came into the next city, which lay beside the forest, he found in that place much people gathered together in the market; for they had been called that they should see a rope-dancer.

The Journal of Arthur Stirling : the Valley of the Shadow Upton Sinclair 1923

But some people, who had felt compassion for Mignon, yet had not dared to begin a quarrel for her, now laid hold of the rope-dancer, wrenched his whip away, and threatened him with great fierceness and abuse.

Chapter IV. Book II 1917