The Stage: Both Before and Behind the Curtain, from "observations Taken on the Spot", Volumes 1-3Richard Bentley, 1840 - Theater |
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Page viii
... hand , Mr. Duncombe , bent upon carrying the object of his former solicitude into effect , took a course somewhat differing from his first , but in reality only preparatory to , the one he had in previous sessions adopted . He addressed ...
... hand , Mr. Duncombe , bent upon carrying the object of his former solicitude into effect , took a course somewhat differing from his first , but in reality only preparatory to , the one he had in previous sessions adopted . He addressed ...
Page ix
... hands , if your Lordship would , at your earliest convenience , inform me if I am correct in the conclusions to which I have come , in order that all doubts and misunderstanding upon this subject may be removed . I have the honour to be ...
... hands , if your Lordship would , at your earliest convenience , inform me if I am correct in the conclusions to which I have come , in order that all doubts and misunderstanding upon this subject may be removed . I have the honour to be ...
Page xvi
... hand , and their ecstacies on the other , they would have thrown all the looking - glasses in it at my head . It is really distressing , if you come to think it over , that all the flow of language displayed at this memorable meeting ...
... hand , and their ecstacies on the other , they would have thrown all the looking - glasses in it at my head . It is really distressing , if you come to think it over , that all the flow of language displayed at this memorable meeting ...
Page xxi
... . Mr. Const died in possession of a private box at Covent Garden Theatre , which , at his death , fell into the hands of the Proprietors , and his large xxii PREFACE . fortune the result of an honourable and PREFACE . xxi.
... . Mr. Const died in possession of a private box at Covent Garden Theatre , which , at his death , fell into the hands of the Proprietors , and his large xxii PREFACE . fortune the result of an honourable and PREFACE . xxi.
Page xxiv
... hand ; and although I have not bestowed upon him a tithe part of the chastisement which the vituperation that he heaped upon me , without any reason whatever deserved , I have furnished him with sufficient mate- rials to enable him to ...
... hand ; and although I have not bestowed upon him a tithe part of the chastisement which the vituperation that he heaped upon me , without any reason whatever deserved , I have furnished him with sufficient mate- rials to enable him to ...
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