A View of the English Stage: Or, A Series of Dramatic CriticismsG. Bell & sons, 1906 - 358 pages |
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... reason why lovers were so fond of one another's company was , that they were always talking about themselves . The same reason almost might be given for the interest we feel in talking about plays and players ; they are " the brief ...
... reason why lovers were so fond of one another's company was , that they were always talking about themselves . The same reason almost might be given for the interest we feel in talking about plays and players ; they are " the brief ...
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... reason , than because the question had not been settled by the critics twenty or thirty years ago , and admitted by the town ever since , that is , before Mr. Kean was born . A royal infant may be described as un haut et puissant prince ...
... reason , than because the question had not been settled by the critics twenty or thirty years ago , and admitted by the town ever since , that is , before Mr. Kean was born . A royal infant may be described as un haut et puissant prince ...
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... reason to alter our opinion . The dying scene was the most varied , and , we think , for the worse . In pronouncing the words in 1 These expectations were disappointed ; Kean does not appear to have performed this part . " Saturday ...
... reason to alter our opinion . The dying scene was the most varied , and , we think , for the worse . In pronouncing the words in 1 These expectations were disappointed ; Kean does not appear to have performed this part . " Saturday ...
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... reason to relapse into indolence and thoughtfulness again . For this reason he refuses to kill the King when he is at his prayers , and by a refinement in malice , which is only an excuse for his own want of resolu- tion , defers his ...
... reason to relapse into indolence and thoughtfulness again . For this reason he refuses to kill the King when he is at his prayers , and by a refinement in malice , which is only an excuse for his own want of resolu- tion , defers his ...
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... 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 employments of Antony in his ab- sence . " He's speaking now , or ...
... 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 employments of Antony in his ab- sence . " He's speaking now , or ...
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