The Stage: Both Before and Behind the Curtain, from "observations Taken on the Spot", Volumes 1-3Richard Bentley, 1840 - Theater |
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... that a rusty rapier , hanging up over the mantel piece , was the identical one worn by the poet when he enacted the character of Romeo - a The Rivals - Act III . Scene 1 . character which , it is perfectly well known , he.
... that a rusty rapier , hanging up over the mantel piece , was the identical one worn by the poet when he enacted the character of Romeo - a The Rivals - Act III . Scene 1 . character which , it is perfectly well known , he.
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... scenes that made them happy - I may have imbibed , and acted upon , many notions entertained by him , from my great admiration of his abilities , and therefore , in praising him , may appear as seeking to become my own advocate ; but ...
... scenes that made them happy - I may have imbibed , and acted upon , many notions entertained by him , from my great admiration of his abilities , and therefore , in praising him , may appear as seeking to become my own advocate ; but ...
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... scene of his performance than the combined efforts of every other professor whose interests he was ever so ready to advance . Drury Lane theatre should not have failed under the direction of so eminent a man ; and although there are ...
... scene of his performance than the combined efforts of every other professor whose interests he was ever so ready to advance . Drury Lane theatre should not have failed under the direction of so eminent a man ; and although there are ...
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... scene Would the world have patronized one of Sir David Wilkie's " immortalities , " if he had exhausted his genius upon any one given figure of a picture , and left the others a libel upon nature ? upon the stage should be as perfect as ...
... scene Would the world have patronized one of Sir David Wilkie's " immortalities , " if he had exhausted his genius upon any one given figure of a picture , and left the others a libel upon nature ? upon the stage should be as perfect as ...
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... scene of the glory of his gifted family , at the same prices demanded in the Strand to witness the inexhaus- tible Punchiana of mine excellent friend Mr. Yates , totally paralysed or it was supposed they would do so - any efforts that ...
... scene of the glory of his gifted family , at the same prices demanded in the Strand to witness the inexhaus- tible Punchiana of mine excellent friend Mr. Yates , totally paralysed or it was supposed they would do so - any efforts that ...
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