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... cause in my hands , if your Lordship would , at your earliest convenience , inform me if I am correct in the conclusions to which I have come , in order that all doubts and misunderstanding upon this subject may be removed . " I have ...
... cause in my hands , if your Lordship would , at your earliest convenience , inform me if I am correct in the conclusions to which I have come , in order that all doubts and misunderstanding upon this subject may be removed . " I have ...
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... caused a sort of musical re- volution in every part of the globe which he visited , may cer- tainly be supposed to have " the soul of music " at his very fingers ' ends - which was where Paganini had it ! Little did I think , while ...
... caused a sort of musical re- volution in every part of the globe which he visited , may cer- tainly be supposed to have " the soul of music " at his very fingers ' ends - which was where Paganini had it ! Little did I think , while ...
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... cause of all kinds of dis- orders The press and its privileges - Difference of value in paper and other currency - Disadvantages of people not paying for their admis- sion - Increase of newspapers - A favour no boon - Individual opinion ...
... cause of all kinds of dis- orders The press and its privileges - Difference of value in paper and other currency - Disadvantages of people not paying for their admis- sion - Increase of newspapers - A favour no boon - Individual opinion ...
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... cause which the speculators have not inquired into , or the commentators dilated upon . Since the re- building of Drury Lane theatre , in 1812 , it has been under the direction of a Sub - Committee , of Messrs . Elliston , Price , Lee ...
... cause which the speculators have not inquired into , or the commentators dilated upon . Since the re- building of Drury Lane theatre , in 1812 , it has been under the direction of a Sub - Committee , of Messrs . Elliston , Price , Lee ...
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... cause than their want of capability . The first instance I will advance , shall be that of my late lamented friend , Mr. Henry Harris , who directed Covent Garden theatre from 1809 to 1822. He enlist- ed under his banners , during this ...
... cause than their want of capability . The first instance I will advance , shall be that of my late lamented friend , Mr. Henry Harris , who directed Covent Garden theatre from 1809 to 1822. He enlist- ed under his banners , during this ...
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Page 143 - There is given Unto the things of earth, which Time hath bent, A spirit's feeling, and where he hath leant His hand, but broke his scythe, there is a power And magic in the ruined battlement, For which the palace of the present hour Must yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower.
Page 35 - horse while another may not look over the hedge," has been seldom more fully exemplified than in the circumstance I am about to mention.
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Page 174 - ... ordained or provided, or any other matter, cause or thing whatsoever to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding.
Page 28 - tis but to fill A certain portion of uncertain paper ; Some liken it to climbing up a hill, Whose summit, like all hills, is lost in vapour, For this men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill, And bards burn what they call their " midnight taper," To have, when the original is dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust.
Page 96 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed; in breeze or gale or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving, boundless, endless, and sublime, — The image of Eternity, the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Page 114 - We do not think those opinions very consistent; and we think that neither of them could possibly find favour with a person whose genius had a truly dramatic character. We should as soon expect an orator to compose a speech altogether unfit to be spoken. A drama is not merely a dialogue, but an action: and necessarily supposes that something is to pass before the eyes of assembled spectators. Whatever is peculiar to its written part, should derive its peculiarity from this consideration. Its style...
Page 169 - ... and taken in the like kind, or as shall be thought reasonable by him or them, in regard of the great expences of scenes, musick, and such new decorations, as have not been formerly used.