The Town: Its Memorable Characters and EventsSmith, Elder, 1870 - 449 pages |
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... acting - Lively account of Garrick and Quin by Mr. Cumberland - Improvement of stage costume- King - Mrs . Pritchard ... actors and actresses in social rank - Im- provement of the audience - Dr . Johnston at the theatre - Churchill ...
... acting - Lively account of Garrick and Quin by Mr. Cumberland - Improvement of stage costume- King - Mrs . Pritchard ... actors and actresses in social rank - Im- provement of the audience - Dr . Johnston at the theatre - Churchill ...
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... acting , and for a long period were the most popular per- formers of stage - plays . In the time of Richard the Second , these Boy - Actors petitioned the King to prohibit certain ignorant and " inexpert people from presenting the ...
... acting , and for a long period were the most popular per- formers of stage - plays . In the time of Richard the Second , these Boy - Actors petitioned the King to prohibit certain ignorant and " inexpert people from presenting the ...
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... actors : Weep with me , all you that read This little story ; And know , for whom a tear you shed , Death's self is ... acting old men . is well known that , up to the Restoration , and sometimes afterwards , boys performed the ...
... actors : Weep with me , all you that read This little story ; And know , for whom a tear you shed , Death's self is ... acting old men . is well known that , up to the Restoration , and sometimes afterwards , boys performed the ...
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... actor . It was agreed that Mountford's sword was not drawn in the first instance , and that Hill's was ; and the question was settled by the dying deposition of Mountford , who stated several times over , that Lord Mohun offered him no ...
... actor . It was agreed that Mountford's sword was not drawn in the first instance , and that Hill's was ; and the question was settled by the dying deposition of Mountford , who stated several times over , that Lord Mohun offered him no ...
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... . And here he was acting , as such men are apt to do , like one of the commonest fools , in saying such contradictory things under his own hand . * Vol . iv . , p . 308 . provided they can joke and bear joking . The author.
... . And here he was acting , as such men are apt to do , like one of the commonest fools , in saying such contradictory things under his own hand . * Vol . iv . , p . 308 . provided they can joke and bear joking . The author.
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Page 270 - Dream," which I had never seen before, nor shall ever again, for it is the most insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life.
Page 35 - WEEP with me all you that read This little story ; And know, for whom a tear you shed Death's self is sorry. 'Twas a child that so did thrive In grace and feature, As Heaven and Nature seemed to strive Which owned the creature.
Page 364 - Of mimic'd statesmen and their merry king. No wit to flatter left of all his store! No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends.
Page 291 - twould a saint provoke" (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke), " No, let a charming chintz, and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And, Betty, give this cheek a little red.
Page 259 - I have seen a dreadful vision since I saw you. I have seen my dear wife pass twice by me through this room with her hair hanging about her shoulders and a dead child in her arms. This I have seen since I saw you.
Page 111 - The Tories carry it among the new members six to one. Mr. Addison's election has passed easy and undisputed, and I believe, if he had a mind to be king, he would hardly be refused.
Page 197 - Though thou art tempted by the linkman's call, Yet trust him not along the lonely wall ; In the mid-way he'll quench the flaming brand, And share the booty with the pilfering band, Still keep the public streets where oily rays Shot from the crystal lamp o'erspread the ways.
Page 93 - Short; rather plump than emaciated, notwithstanding his complaints: about five foot five inches: fair wig; lightish cloth coat, all black besides: one hand generally in his bosom, the other a cane in it, which he leans upon under the skirts of his coat usually, that it may imperceptibly serve him as a support, when attacked by sudden tremors or startings, and dizziness...
Page 414 - The entertainment and show went forward, and most of the presenters went backward, or fell down, wine did so occupy their upper chambers.
Page 86 - Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.62 He went off to the wars again in 1645 — and apologized to his betrothed (Lucy Sacheverell) in "To Lucasta, Going to the Wars...