The Stage: Both Before and Behind the Curtain: From "observations Taken on the Spot.", Volume 1R. Bentley, 1840 - Theater |
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... mind , of which such a glaring instance as this has rarely oc- curred . No one has ever supposed that the Sovereign knows a tithe part of all that is done in the Sovereign's name ; and , in this particular respect , no one could suppose ...
... mind , of which such a glaring instance as this has rarely oc- curred . No one has ever supposed that the Sovereign knows a tithe part of all that is done in the Sovereign's name ; and , in this particular respect , no one could suppose ...
Page xxiv
... mind that I have assailed no one who was not the first assailant . I have had the misfortune to fall under the vituperative lash of some of Sir E. L. Bulwer's harangues ; and as he thought proper to disparage my management of the stage ...
... mind that I have assailed no one who was not the first assailant . I have had the misfortune to fall under the vituperative lash of some of Sir E. L. Bulwer's harangues ; and as he thought proper to disparage my management of the stage ...
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... mind ! ) and that I have a very even temper , when I am not in a passion ! What more could all the biographers on earth do for me than this ? 66 Depend upon it , that the great secret of composi- tion , be it for the stage or the study ...
... mind ! ) and that I have a very even temper , when I am not in a passion ! What more could all the biographers on earth do for me than this ? 66 Depend upon it , that the great secret of composi- tion , be it for the stage or the study ...
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... in the unprejudiced discharge of my managerial duties . These extraneous circumstances are merely mentioned , to impress upon the mind of the reader that , whether in a personal or a pecuniary point of view , MR . ROBINS . 13.
... in the unprejudiced discharge of my managerial duties . These extraneous circumstances are merely mentioned , to impress upon the mind of the reader that , whether in a personal or a pecuniary point of view , MR . ROBINS . 13.
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... mind was the aggrandisement of himself , the first was the advancement of the profession he swayed , and the honourable fulfilment of his engagements ; and while it is a sad solace to his friends to know that he is where " Nothing can ...
... mind was the aggrandisement of himself , the first was the advancement of the profession he swayed , and the honourable fulfilment of his engagements ; and while it is a sad solace to his friends to know that he is where " Nothing can ...
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