A View of the English Stage: Or, A Series of Dramatic CriticismsG. Bell & sons, 1906 - 358 pages |
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... beautiful description of the camps the night before the battle , though , in consequence of his hoarseness , he was obliged to repeat the whole passage in an under - key . His manner of bidding his friends good night , and his pausing 5 ...
... beautiful description of the camps the night before the battle , though , in consequence of his hoarseness , he was obliged to repeat the whole passage in an under - key . His manner of bidding his friends good night , and his pausing 5 ...
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... beautiful apostrophe , " Oh farewell ! " 2 struck on the heart and the imagination like the swelling notes of some divine music . The look , the action , the expression of voice , with which he accompanied the exclamation , " Not a jot ...
... beautiful apostrophe , " Oh farewell ! " 2 struck on the heart and the imagination like the swelling notes of some divine music . The look , the action , the expression of voice , with which he accompanied the exclamation , " Not a jot ...
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... beautiful and affecting part of the play , is here , for some reason , entirely omitted . Nothing can have more local truth and perfect character than the passage in which Cleopatra is represented as con- jecturing what were the ...
... beautiful and affecting part of the play , is here , for some reason , entirely omitted . Nothing can have more local truth and perfect character than the passage in which Cleopatra is represented as con- jecturing what were the ...
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... beautiful virgin who can hope to charm by simplicity and sensibility ; but a tawdry courtesan , who , when her paint and patches , her rings and jewels are stripped off , can excite only disgust and ridicule . This is the state to which ...
... beautiful virgin who can hope to charm by simplicity and sensibility ; but a tawdry courtesan , who , when her paint and patches , her rings and jewels are stripped off , can excite only disgust and ridicule . This is the state to which ...
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... beautiful in themselves , by being parodied , instantly become ridiculous . It is because beauties of this kind have no clue to them , and are reducible to no standard , that it is the peculiar province of genius to detect them ; by ...
... beautiful in themselves , by being parodied , instantly become ridiculous . It is because beauties of this kind have no clue to them , and are reducible to no standard , that it is the peculiar province of genius to detect them ; by ...
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