The Stage: Both Before and Behind the Curtain: From "observations Taken on the Spot.", Volume 1R. Bentley, 1840 - Theater |
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Page xiii
... possessed the very useful and salutary one of bringing other performers to their Covent Garden Theatre . By virtue of these said eleven nights in Lent , and by the previous advantage of having opened in September , Madame Vestris has ...
... possessed the very useful and salutary one of bringing other performers to their Covent Garden Theatre . By virtue of these said eleven nights in Lent , and by the previous advantage of having opened in September , Madame Vestris has ...
Page xxi
... possession of a private box at Covent Garden Theatre , which , at his death , fell into the hands of the Proprietors , and his large fortune the result of an honourable and distinguished professional career PREFACE . xxi.
... possession of a private box at Covent Garden Theatre , which , at his death , fell into the hands of the Proprietors , and his large fortune the result of an honourable and distinguished professional career PREFACE . xxi.
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... possessed some ex- traordinary qualifications , I should never have pro- voked such extraordinary hostility . I have however felt the one , without finding out the other . " The unprecedented circumstance of any person undertaking to ...
... possessed some ex- traordinary qualifications , I should never have pro- voked such extraordinary hostility . I have however felt the one , without finding out the other . " The unprecedented circumstance of any person undertaking to ...
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... possessed the necesssary qualifi- cations for his enterprise ; he was endowed with a sound understanding , an acute observation , a clear judgment , and great decision , together with the ( some- times fatal ) gift of an excellent heart ...
... possessed the necesssary qualifi- cations for his enterprise ; he was endowed with a sound understanding , an acute observation , a clear judgment , and great decision , together with the ( some- times fatal ) gift of an excellent heart ...
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... possession of by a dangerous quality called 66 Vaulting ambition ! " Which o'erleaps itself , " that contributed very materially to such a position of affairs - notwithstanding which , an unprejudiced ob- server cannot deny that many ...
... possession of by a dangerous quality called 66 Vaulting ambition ! " Which o'erleaps itself , " that contributed very materially to such a position of affairs - notwithstanding which , an unprejudiced ob- server cannot deny that many ...
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