A View of the English Stage: Or, A Series of Dramatic CriticismsG. Bell & sons, 1906 - 358 pages |
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... tion " in The Times newspaper , the Editor of which is a man of business , and not of letters . He may write there as long and as good articles as he can , without being turned out for it - unless he should be too prolix on the subject ...
... tion " in The Times newspaper , the Editor of which is a man of business , and not of letters . He may write there as long and as good articles as he can , without being turned out for it - unless he should be too prolix on the subject ...
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... tion , furnished him with all sorts of excellences which he did not possess or pretend to , and covered his defects from the wardrobe of their own fancies . With this class of persons , " Pritchard's genteel , and Garrick's six feet ...
... tion , furnished him with all sorts of excellences which he did not possess or pretend to , and covered his defects from the wardrobe of their own fancies . With this class of persons , " Pritchard's genteel , and Garrick's six feet ...
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... tion , she would produce a still greater effect- " For in the very torrent and whirlwind of the passion , you should acquire a temperance that may give it smoothness . " 1 Mr. Kean's acting in Richard , as we before remarked in his ...
... tion , she would produce a still greater effect- " For in the very torrent and whirlwind of the passion , you should acquire a temperance that may give it smoothness . " 1 Mr. Kean's acting in Richard , as we before remarked in his ...
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... tion , defers his revenge to some more fatal opportunity , when he shall be engaged in some act " that has no relish of salvation in it . " So he scruples to trust the suggestions of the Ghost , contrives the scene of the play to have ...
... tion , defers his revenge to some more fatal opportunity , when he shall be engaged in some act " that has no relish of salvation in it . " So he scruples to trust the suggestions of the Ghost , contrives the scene of the play to have ...
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... tion was beyond every thing . Hamlet's speech in describing his own melancholy , his instructions to the players , and the soliloquy on death , were all delivered by Mr. Kean in a tone of fine , clear , and natural recitation . His ...
... tion was beyond every thing . Hamlet's speech in describing his own melancholy , his instructions to the players , and the soliloquy on death , were all delivered by Mr. Kean in a tone of fine , clear , and natural recitation . His ...
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