The Stage: Both Before and Behind the Curtain, from "observations Taken on the Spot", Volumes 1-3Richard Bentley, 1840 - Theater |
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... yet alive , freely commented upon in the course of its progress , render a par- ticular allusion to them as essential as it is becoming . VOL . I. а 734171 35771 224 1-3 iv PREFACE . If the reader will have the kindness.
... yet alive , freely commented upon in the course of its progress , render a par- ticular allusion to them as essential as it is becoming . VOL . I. а 734171 35771 224 1-3 iv PREFACE . If the reader will have the kindness.
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... reader will have the kindness , and at the same time , the patience , to compare the predictions and the observations , as well as the circumstances in connection with them , detailed in these Volumes , with the result exemplified in ...
... reader will have the kindness , and at the same time , the patience , to compare the predictions and the observations , as well as the circumstances in connection with them , detailed in these Volumes , with the result exemplified in ...
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... reader's attention . It was an entertainment which , by the admirable manner in which it was sustained in Drury Lane Theatre , in the year 1833 , had become extremely popular ; and , in addition to the approbation of the people , had ...
... reader's attention . It was an entertainment which , by the admirable manner in which it was sustained in Drury Lane Theatre , in the year 1833 , had become extremely popular ; and , in addition to the approbation of the people , had ...
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... reader will perceive that I was prohibited from giving any such amusement ; but , at the very moment I am writing these remarks , I am the acting manager of the German Opera , under a licence from the Lord Chamberlain's Office , given ...
... reader will perceive that I was prohibited from giving any such amusement ; but , at the very moment I am writing these remarks , I am the acting manager of the German Opera , under a licence from the Lord Chamberlain's Office , given ...
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... reader , therefore , whom I have not the honour to class among my acquaintance , will be good enough to be satisfied with a statement of the simple fact that , like the rest of my fellow creatures , I have had the average number of ...
... reader , therefore , whom I have not the honour to class among my acquaintance , will be good enough to be satisfied with a statement of the simple fact that , like the rest of my fellow creatures , I have had the average number of ...
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