Franklin's Letters to His Kinsfolk, Written During the Years 1818, '19 & '20, from Edinburgh, London, The Highlands of Scotland, and Ireland, Volume 2 |
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stage , she usually makes her appearance , with the most unconscious ease and
gracefulness . I have seen her fine countenance enlightened by the fire of genius
, and shaded by the exquisite touches of sensibility ; but all this is merely called ...
stage , she usually makes her appearance , with the most unconscious ease and
gracefulness . I have seen her fine countenance enlightened by the fire of genius
, and shaded by the exquisite touches of sensibility ; but all this is merely called ...
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After a violent and sanguinary contest , both monarchy and the stage were buried
in one common ruin : the King perished by the axe of the executioner ; and the
theatres were abandoned , and either destroyed or converted into churches , for ...
After a violent and sanguinary contest , both monarchy and the stage were buried
in one common ruin : the King perished by the axe of the executioner ; and the
theatres were abandoned , and either destroyed or converted into churches , for ...
Page 178
The extraordinary and superfluous space between the stage and the audience ,
occasioned such an undulation from the voice of every actor , that ( says Colley
Cibber ) " what they said sounded like the gabbling of so many people in the lofty
...
The extraordinary and superfluous space between the stage and the audience ,
occasioned such an undulation from the voice of every actor , that ( says Colley
Cibber ) " what they said sounded like the gabbling of so many people in the lofty
...
Page 180
The purity of the English stage ( says Cum . berland ) was certainly much more
fully established during the administration of this theatrical minister , than it had
been during preceding managements ; for what the public taste had itself in some
...
The purity of the English stage ( says Cum . berland ) was certainly much more
fully established during the administration of this theatrical minister , than it had
been during preceding managements ; for what the public taste had itself in some
...
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But this excessive glitter and display , and , above all , the vivid illumination
produced by the lustre and lamps , diminishes the illusion which the exhibition on
the stage is intended to produce . In the Continental theatres , all the splendid ...
But this excessive glitter and display , and , above all , the vivid illumination
produced by the lustre and lamps , diminishes the illusion which the exhibition on
the stage is intended to produce . In the Continental theatres , all the splendid ...
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Page 53 - British earth, that the ground on which he treads is holy, and consecrated by the genius of Universal Emancipation. No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced ; — no matter what complexion incompatible with freedom, an Indian or an African sun may have burnt upon him ; — no matter in what disastrous battle his liberty may have been cloven down; — no matter with what...
Page 18 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean - roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin - his control Stops with the shore ; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save his own. When, for a moment, like a drop of rain, He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown.
Page 90 - ... minute guns, — all this was very solemn. But the charm was the entrance of the Abbey, where we were received by the Dean and Chapter in rich robes, the choir and almsmen bearing torches; the whole Abbey so illuminated, that one saw it to greater advantage than by day; the tombs, long aisles, and fretted roof, all appearing distinctly, and with the happiest chiaro scuro.
Page 54 - ... -,—no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains, that burst from around him, and he stands redeemed, regenerated, and disenthralled, by the irresistible Genius of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION.
Page 91 - Then returned the fear of catching cold; and the Duke of Cumberland, who was sinking with heat, felt himself weighed down, and turning round, found it was the Duke of Newcastle standing upon his train, to avoid the chill of the marble.
Page 90 - He fell into a fit of crying the moment he came into the chapel, and flung himself back in a stall, the archbishop hovering over him with a smelling-bottle; but in two minutes his curiosity got the better of his hypocrisy, and he ran about the chapel with his glass to spy who was or was not there, spying with one hand and mopping his eyes with the other.
Page 32 - Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear.
Page 106 - He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the toils which to those summits led.
Page 90 - There wanted nothing but incense, and little chapels here and there, with priests saying mass for the repose of the defunct; yet one could not complain of its not being Catholic enough.
Page 103 - With heavy heart deplores that luckless hour When idly first, ambitious of the town, She left her wheel, and robes of country brown.
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| Title | Franklin's Letters to His Kinsfolk, Written During the Years 1818, '19 & '20, from Edinburgh, London, The Highlands of Scotland, and Ireland, Volume 2 Franklin's Letters to His Kinsfolk, Written During the Years 1818, '19 & '20, from Edinburgh, London, The Highlands of Scotland, and Ireland, Franklin James Didier |
| Author | Franklin James Didier |
| Publisher | J. Maxwell, 1822 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 22 Mar 2007 |
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