The Director [ed. by T.F. Dibdin]., Bände 1-2Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1807 |
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... play , in a gothic or roman dress , be worth submitting to the public notice ? I answer , without hesitation , Yes ! Upon the same principle that gentlemen like to know the fate of their comrades in the Army or Navy List , and sportsmen ...
... play , in a gothic or roman dress , be worth submitting to the public notice ? I answer , without hesitation , Yes ! Upon the same principle that gentlemen like to know the fate of their comrades in the Army or Navy List , and sportsmen ...
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... the conversation of others , to that of his own party . He can just endure to hear Kemble deliver a so- liloquy , or Cooke utter a sarcasm , but to sit a whole play through , is an effort 234 Sketches of modern Characters .
... the conversation of others , to that of his own party . He can just endure to hear Kemble deliver a so- liloquy , or Cooke utter a sarcasm , but to sit a whole play through , is an effort 234 Sketches of modern Characters .
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... play . 6. THE dashing Beau is a gentleman who deals in all sorts of carriages , horses , and dogs : to - day he is mounted aloft , to - morrow he is sunk below . It is of no consequence to him whether the vehicle which conveys him be ...
... play . 6. THE dashing Beau is a gentleman who deals in all sorts of carriages , horses , and dogs : to - day he is mounted aloft , to - morrow he is sunk below . It is of no consequence to him whether the vehicle which conveys him be ...
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... play , his critiques are delightful - join with him in a glee , his bass is second only to Bartle- man's . Who can speak , declaim , discourse on belles - lettres subjects equal to this delightful creature ? He is born for the ...
... play , his critiques are delightful - join with him in a glee , his bass is second only to Bartle- man's . Who can speak , declaim , discourse on belles - lettres subjects equal to this delightful creature ? He is born for the ...
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... any thing beyond a sickly and pining consti- tution , totally different from the vigor and beauty which it displays in its na- tive climes . BUT even at those two national play- houses , Drury On the Structure of our Theatres . 243.
... any thing beyond a sickly and pining consti- tution , totally different from the vigor and beauty which it displays in its na- tive climes . BUT even at those two national play- houses , Drury On the Structure of our Theatres . 243.
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Seite 21 - HALLELUJAH, for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. The kingdom of this world is become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Seite 231 - Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once ; • And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy : How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are ? O, think on that ; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Seite 94 - I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Seite 83 - I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.
Seite 92 - How fluent nonsense trickles from his tongue! How sweet the periods, neither said, nor sung! Still break the benches, Henley! with thy strain, While Sherlock, Hare, and Gibson preach in vain.
Seite 235 - With half-shut eyes, and pucker'd cheeks, and teeth Presented bare against the storm, plods on. One hand secures his hat, save when with both He brandishes his pliant length of whip, Resounding oft, and never heard in vain.
Seite 209 - The lust of lucre, and the dread of death. In vain to deserts thy retreat is made, The Muse attends thee to thy silent shade ; 'Tis hers the brave man's latest steps to trace, Rejudge his acts, and dignify disgrace. When Interest calls off all her sneaking train, And all th...
Seite 231 - That skins the vice o' the top. Go to your bosom ; Knock there ; and ask your heart what it doth know That's like my brother's fault ; if it confess A natural guiltiness such as is his, Let it not sound a thought upon your tongue Against my brother's life.
Seite 42 - All contrast, therefore, of one figure to another, or of the limbs of a single figure, or even in the folds of the drapery, must be sparingly employed. In short, whatever partakes of fancy or caprice, or goes under the denomination of Picturesque...
Seite 220 - Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maidservant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates.