The Stage: Both Before and Behind the Curtain, from "observations Taken on the Spot.", Volume 1 |
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... sure to in- dulge , rather than listen to the arguments of more practised , and therefore more scient disputants ; and who stoutly maintain that interest invariably disseats judgment , and sets up prejudice in his stead . A man ...
... sure to in- dulge , rather than listen to the arguments of more practised , and therefore more scient disputants ; and who stoutly maintain that interest invariably disseats judgment , and sets up prejudice in his stead . A man ...
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... sure , had to contend with a heavy build- ing debt ; but that might have been overcome , had the general patronage of the public been commensurate with the spirit that catered for their amusement . The trite proverb , that " One man may ...
... sure , had to contend with a heavy build- ing debt ; but that might have been overcome , had the general patronage of the public been commensurate with the spirit that catered for their amusement . The trite proverb , that " One man may ...
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... sure had latterly become degenerate ; but we are told by the almost divine prophet of our profession , that " misery makes us acquainted with strange bed - fellows ; " and it certainly was the case with him - the life of a manager , how ...
... sure had latterly become degenerate ; but we are told by the almost divine prophet of our profession , that " misery makes us acquainted with strange bed - fellows ; " and it certainly was the case with him - the life of a manager , how ...
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... sure , is drollery , and if it were confined to its proper place - the stage - we should have no cause of complaint ; but that is the very last place where they seek to be amusing . If a man who has dealings with them will but call into ...
... sure , is drollery , and if it were confined to its proper place - the stage - we should have no cause of complaint ; but that is the very last place where they seek to be amusing . If a man who has dealings with them will but call into ...
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... sure when seeking engagements , insolent in the extreme when they have once obtained them , and in the exercise of the duties belonging to them , they verify that couplet of Churchill at every turn , " On this great stage , the world ...
... sure when seeking engagements , insolent in the extreme when they have once obtained them , and in the exercise of the duties belonging to them , they verify that couplet of Churchill at every turn , " On this great stage , the world ...
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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.