The Stage: Both Before and Behind the Curtain: From "observations Taken on the Spot.", Volume 1R. Bentley, 1840 - Theater |
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Page viii
... , and agreed to last year , That no greater restrictions ought to be placed upon theatrical enter- tainments during Lent within the City of West- minster than are placed upon the like amusements at the viii PREFACE .
... , and agreed to last year , That no greater restrictions ought to be placed upon theatrical enter- tainments during Lent within the City of West- minster than are placed upon the like amusements at the viii PREFACE .
Page xvi
... entered the room in the midst of their disappoint- ments on the one 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 ...
... entered the room in the midst of their disappoint- ments on the one 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 ...
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... enter upon my task . At page 190 of the second volume of Grimaldi's memoirs , the editor ( who adopts the facetious cox- combry of calling himself " Boz " ) states , with re- ference to an engagement I gave the renowned JOE many years ...
... enter upon my task . At page 190 of the second volume of Grimaldi's memoirs , the editor ( who adopts the facetious cox- combry of calling himself " Boz " ) states , with re- ference to an engagement I gave the renowned JOE many years ...
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... enter upon the management of even one , undoubtedly engendered a more than ordinary degree of that " envy , hatred , " malice , and all uncharitableness , " which constitute the creed of histrionic life , and of those in any respect ...
... enter upon the management of even one , undoubtedly engendered a more than ordinary degree of that " envy , hatred , " malice , and all uncharitableness , " which constitute the creed of histrionic life , and of those in any respect ...
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... entered upon the task of recording them ; but " When F - ' s read , and C- -'s understood , " I can't help putting in my claim to praise . " So vast a quantity of nonsense has been published on the duties of a manager , their fulfilment ...
... entered upon the task of recording them ; but " When F - ' s read , and C- -'s understood , " I can't help putting in my claim to praise . " So vast a quantity of nonsense has been published on the duties of a manager , their fulfilment ...
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