Echoes of the Playhouse: Reminiscences of Some Past Glories of the English StageG. P. Putnam's sons, 1895 - 331 oldal |
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16. oldal
... thought at first but an idle smoke , and their eyes more atten- tive to the show , it kindled inwardly , and ran round like a train , consuming , within less than an hour , the whole house to the very grounds . This was the fatal period ...
... thought at first but an idle smoke , and their eyes more atten- tive to the show , it kindled inwardly , and ran round like a train , consuming , within less than an hour , the whole house to the very grounds . This was the fatal period ...
40. oldal
... Thought and Inclination in their Power . Show , Musick , Action and Rhetorick , are moving Entertainments ; and , rightly employed , would be very significant . Force and Motion are Things indifferent , and the Use lies chiefly in the ...
... Thought and Inclination in their Power . Show , Musick , Action and Rhetorick , are moving Entertainments ; and , rightly employed , would be very significant . Force and Motion are Things indifferent , and the Use lies chiefly in the ...
74. oldal
... thought it was dangerous to see him act the unprinci- pled Rover in one of the licentious Mrs. Behn's most famous plays , and he was known to be the " glass of fashion " and the " mould of form " which so inspired " In the great Mr ...
... thought it was dangerous to see him act the unprinci- pled Rover in one of the licentious Mrs. Behn's most famous plays , and he was known to be the " glass of fashion " and the " mould of form " which so inspired " In the great Mr ...
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CHAPTER PAGE I BY WAY OF PROLOGUE I | 1 |
LE ROI SAMUSE | 22 |
THE ENGLISH ROSCIUS | 42 |
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