The Stage: Both Before and Behind the Curtain: From "observations Taken on the Spot.", Volume 2R. Bentley, 1840 - Theater |
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... fees , and what they extract from the pocket 148 CHAPTER VII . Seven shillings and four shillings versus cleanliness and dirt ; scale of both - Reform dinner - Interpretation of initials - Mr . C. Kemble and Washington Irving - Mr ...
... fees , and what they extract from the pocket 148 CHAPTER VII . Seven shillings and four shillings versus cleanliness and dirt ; scale of both - Reform dinner - Interpretation of initials - Mr . C. Kemble and Washington Irving - Mr ...
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... fee dissolved - Liston's retirement - Mr . Percy Farren - An actor's want of judgment - Exemplification of the royal visit - The valuable contents of one house , and the valueless contents of another - Gar- rick and Mrs. Piozzi ...
... fee dissolved - Liston's retirement - Mr . Percy Farren - An actor's want of judgment - Exemplification of the royal visit - The valuable contents of one house , and the valueless contents of another - Gar- rick and Mrs. Piozzi ...
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... fees at his command , or , apprehensive of the result , declined the disbursement . The defendant in such cases is not , I believe , compelled " to take it up " but having occupied the time and the chambers of a stranger , who had ...
... fees at his command , or , apprehensive of the result , declined the disbursement . The defendant in such cases is not , I believe , compelled " to take it up " but having occupied the time and the chambers of a stranger , who had ...
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... fees . Having been questioned before the Lords appointed by his late Majesty to inquire into the propriety of reducing this charge , and being apprised that a re- duction would be made either by the examiner himself , or under the ...
... fees . Having been questioned before the Lords appointed by his late Majesty to inquire into the propriety of reducing this charge , and being apprised that a re- duction would be made either by the examiner himself , or under the ...
Page 147
... fees who has a high sense , Demands those of the French play license ; To answer all I've scarce a minute- Enough work , or the devil's in it ! Oct. 27 , 1836 . CHAPTER VII . The examiner of plays unfit for his H 2 OPERA . 147.
... fees who has a high sense , Demands those of the French play license ; To answer all I've scarce a minute- Enough work , or the devil's in it ! Oct. 27 , 1836 . CHAPTER VII . The examiner of plays unfit for his H 2 OPERA . 147.
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