The Daughters of Thespis, Or A Peep Behind the CurtainJackson & Company, 1841 - 206 Seiten |
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... lived and died a poor man . " " Miss Mordaunt having now arrived at an age when her father considered her capable of appearing in the principal characters of the drama , she accepted , and filled with great credit to herself , several ...
... lived and died a poor man . " " Miss Mordaunt having now arrived at an age when her father considered her capable of appearing in the principal characters of the drama , she accepted , and filled with great credit to herself , several ...
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... lived as happily as the thoughtless ex- penditure of a considerable sum of money could make them . They retired into Suffolk , where Mr. Nisbett took a mansion and grounds , not far from Bury St. Edmund's : thither Mr. and Mrs. Mordaunt ...
... lived as happily as the thoughtless ex- penditure of a considerable sum of money could make them . They retired into Suffolk , where Mr. Nisbett took a mansion and grounds , not far from Bury St. Edmund's : thither Mr. and Mrs. Mordaunt ...
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... lived . The first impulse which actuated the young widow after this dreadful catastrophe , was to quit for ever the scene of its occurrence immediately after the funeral of her husband . Accordingly , having received an advance of money ...
... lived . The first impulse which actuated the young widow after this dreadful catastrophe , was to quit for ever the scene of its occurrence immediately after the funeral of her husband . Accordingly , having received an advance of money ...
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... lived more retired than otherwise , save that the father would now and then break bounds , and indulge him- self in deep potations . This unconquerable habit he pur- sued at home , whenever he could seize the opportunity --- in the inns ...
... lived more retired than otherwise , save that the father would now and then break bounds , and indulge him- self in deep potations . This unconquerable habit he pur- sued at home , whenever he could seize the opportunity --- in the inns ...
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... lived many years in a state of comparative indigence , from which , however , he was extricated in conse- quence of the fame he acquired by engraving the well- known beautiful copper - plate of the death of the Earl of Chatham in the ...
... lived many years in a state of comparative indigence , from which , however , he was extricated in conse- quence of the fame he acquired by engraving the well- known beautiful copper - plate of the death of the Earl of Chatham in the ...
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actor actress afterwards amongst amusement appearance applause Armand Vestris arrived audience Bartolozzi beauty Beggar's Opera called Captain celebrated character Chatterley Christmas cigar circumstances comedy commenced Countess of Harrington Covent-Garden daughter dear delight drama dress Drury Drury-Lane Duke Elliston engagement excellent eyes fair father favourite Feargus O'Connor feelings fire gentleman Green-room habit handsome Haymarket heard heart heroine histrionic honour horse Humby husband Janson Kean Kemble lady late London look Lord Louisa lover Madame Vestris manager marriage ment metropolis Miss Chester Miss Mordaunt Miss Stephens never night Nisbett occasion Opera Orger Othello party performance person play pleasure Portsmouth possession pounds present profession Queen's Theatre readers remember replied scene season seat Shakspere sighed singing singular smiles song stage talent theatre Theatre Royal theatrical Thespis Thomas Welsh Thornton tion town whilst wife woman young
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Seite 204 - Affecting to seem unaffected. With skill her eyes dart every glance, Yet change so soon you'd ne'er suspect them ; For she'd persuade they wound by chance, Though certain aim and art direct them. She likes herself, yet others hates For that which in herself she prizes; And while she laughs at them, forgets She is the
Seite 12 - once a pliant hour, and found good means To draw from her a pray'r of earnest heart That he would all his pilgrimage dilate, Whereof by parcels she had something heard
Seite 168 - it argues an act, and an act has three branches; it is to act, to do, and to perform ; argal, she drowned herself wittingly.'' Second Clown.—" Nay, but hear you, good man deliver.
Seite 168 - to him and drown him, he drowns not himself; argal, he that is not guilty of his own death, shortens not his own life.
Seite 21 - AT CRAWLEY'S BOOTH, Over against the CROWN TAVERN, in Smithfield, During the time of Bartholomew Fair, Will be presented a little Opera, called— The Old Creation of the World, Yet newly revived, with the addition of
Seite 152 - actor demand a combination not easily to be found, is an erroneous assumption, ascribable, perhaps, to the following causes. The market for this kind of talent must always be understocked, because very few of those who are really qualified to gain theatrical fame will condescend to start for it. To succeed, the candidate must
Seite 168 - First Clown.—" It must be se offendendo, it cannot be else, for here lies the point. If I drown myself
Seite 197 - The man who lays his hand upon a woman, save in the way of kindness, is a wretch whom 'twere gross