A View of the English Stage: Or, A Series of Dramatic CriticismsG. Bell & sons, 1906 - 358 pages |
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... least be presumed to have come to a second representation , because they approved of the first , and will be sure to be disappointed in almost every alteration . The attempt is endless , and can only produce perplexity and indecision in ...
... least be presumed to have come to a second representation , because they approved of the first , and will be sure to be disappointed in almost every alteration . The attempt is endless , and can only produce perplexity and indecision in ...
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... least , to stick to them . They are his best friends ; and he may assuredly account us , who have made these sorry remarks upon him , not among his worst . After he has got through the season here well , we see no reason why he should ...
... least , to stick to them . They are his best friends ; and he may assuredly account us , who have made these sorry remarks upon him , not among his worst . After he has got through the season here well , we see no reason why he should ...
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... least , is our conception of the two characters , as drawn by Shakespeare . Mr. Kean does not distinguish them so completely as he might . His Richard comes nearer to the original than his Macbeth . He was deficient in the poetry of the ...
... least , is our conception of the two characters , as drawn by Shakespeare . Mr. Kean does not distinguish them so completely as he might . His Richard comes nearer to the original than his Macbeth . He was deficient in the poetry of the ...
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... least in adven- titious circumstances ; those to which Mr. Kean's powers are least adapted , and in which he has failed most in general truth of conception and continued interest . There is in both characters the same strong tincture of ...
... least in adven- titious circumstances ; those to which Mr. Kean's powers are least adapted , and in which he has failed most in general truth of conception and continued interest . There is in both characters the same strong tincture of ...
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... least , we can only account in some such way for the different impressions which the acting of these two admired performers makes on our mind , when we see , or when we think of them . As critics , we par- The Gamester , v , iii . 2 ...
... least , we can only account in some such way for the different impressions which the acting of these two admired performers makes on our mind , when we see , or when we think of them . As critics , we par- The Gamester , v , iii . 2 ...
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Page 66 - Think, my lord ! By heaven, he echoes me. As if there were some monster in his thought Too hideous to be shown.
Page 62 - Ay, there's the point :' — as — to be bold with you — Not to affect many proposed matches Of her own clime, complexion, and degree, Whereto we see in all things nature tends, — Foh ! one may smell in such a will most rank, Foul disproportion, thoughts unnatural...
Page 67 - Dangerous conceits are, in their natures, poisons, Which, at the first, are scarce found to distaste ; But, with a little act upon the blood, Burn like the mines of sulphur.
Page 14 - If folly grow romantic, I must paint it. Come, then, the colours and the ground prepare ! Dip in the rainbow, trick her off in air ; Choose a firm cloud before it fall, and in it Catch, ere she change, the Cynthia of this minute.