The Stage: Both Before and Behind the Curtain: From "observations Taken on the Spot.", Volume 1R. Bentley, 1840 - Theater |
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... Feelings of disappoint- shall in no instance take to others the same degree have exercised towards me . ment or personal annoyance precedence of experience , or matters of fact . Of that little article " disappointment , " I do not feel ...
... Feelings of disappoint- shall in no instance take to others the same degree have exercised towards me . ment or personal annoyance precedence of experience , or matters of fact . Of that little article " disappointment , " I do not feel ...
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... feeling comes alike , and who are admirably hit off in the " Familiar Epistles : " " Would he display the greatest woe , " He slaps his breast , and points his toe ; " Is merriment to be express'd , " He points his toe , and slaps his ...
... feeling comes alike , and who are admirably hit off in the " Familiar Epistles : " " Would he display the greatest woe , " He slaps his breast , and points his toe ; " Is merriment to be express'd , " He points his toe , and slaps his ...
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... feeling , it is not for me to determine ; but I can conscientiously say , that when I vacated the managerial chair of Drury Lane theatre , I forcibly felt the truth of Sir Robert Walpole's remark to his medical adviser , on whom he had ...
... feeling , it is not for me to determine ; but I can conscientiously say , that when I vacated the managerial chair of Drury Lane theatre , I forcibly felt the truth of Sir Robert Walpole's remark to his medical adviser , on whom he had ...
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... feeling is of an essentially dramatic tendency . Take for example France , Italy , and Ger- many , as forming the most enlightened portion of Europe , and in all the principal cities - certainly in the capitals of those dominions , this ...
... feeling is of an essentially dramatic tendency . Take for example France , Italy , and Ger- many , as forming the most enlightened portion of Europe , and in all the principal cities - certainly in the capitals of those dominions , this ...
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... feelings of an author are solely dependent upon their disposition - the welfare of the theatre they are bound to is balanced upon their pleasure . In all this SELF is the mighty ruler - SELF the predominant feature . An actor , who from ...
... feelings of an author are solely dependent upon their disposition - the welfare of the theatre they are bound to is balanced upon their pleasure . In all this SELF is the mighty ruler - SELF the predominant feature . An actor , who from ...
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