The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners : with Strictures on Their Epitome, the Stage, Volume 16proprieters., 1803 |
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... genius prompt him to pursue his acquisitions , that he soon outstripped his patron's powers of instruction , and even surpassed him so far , as to become in turn the instructor . Leoni's songs acquired new graces from the suggestions of ...
... genius prompt him to pursue his acquisitions , that he soon outstripped his patron's powers of instruction , and even surpassed him so far , as to become in turn the instructor . Leoni's songs acquired new graces from the suggestions of ...
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... genius of melody , and in her musical orgies , he is the ministering priest . Accomplished in all the learning , and all the graces of his art , he imparts the light of his mind to every professional student , whom a requisite degree of ...
... genius of melody , and in her musical orgies , he is the ministering priest . Accomplished in all the learning , and all the graces of his art , he imparts the light of his mind to every professional student , whom a requisite degree of ...
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... genius ; -he , alas ! sunk , conscious of yet unfolded talents , to his early grave . His death paralysed the work which was then proceeding at the theatre , but did not prevent its production in an incomplete state . Mr. Sheridan made ...
... genius ; -he , alas ! sunk , conscious of yet unfolded talents , to his early grave . His death paralysed the work which was then proceeding at the theatre , but did not prevent its production in an incomplete state . Mr. Sheridan made ...
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... genius , and inspiration , would give him the fairest claim to that distinction . The sudden revolution which the hydra monopoly and a few scanty seasons have produced in the poor of this country , have wrung from Mr. Pratt's muse the ...
... genius , and inspiration , would give him the fairest claim to that distinction . The sudden revolution which the hydra monopoly and a few scanty seasons have produced in the poor of this country , have wrung from Mr. Pratt's muse the ...
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... genius under its banners ; and we cannot deplore the hapless events which in- terrupted Mr. P.'s progress when pointed to a profession for which nature and habits so eminently qualified him . His “ Ob- servations on Young's Night ...
... genius under its banners ; and we cannot deplore the hapless events which in- terrupted Mr. P.'s progress when pointed to a profession for which nature and habits so eminently qualified him . His “ Ob- servations on Young's Night ...
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Página 402 - tis seal'd in heaven. May all the vengeance that was ever pour'd On perjur'd heads, o'erwhelm me, if I break it ! FORTIES. Fix'd in astonishment, I gaze upon thee ; Like one just blasted by a stroke from heaven, Who pants for breath, and stiffens, yet alive, In dreadful looks — a monument of wrath ! LUCIA.
Página 284 - ... of such foul and unfounded imputations as have been laid against me in this court. You, my lord, are a judge ; I am the supposed culprit.
Página 285 - I have but one request to ask, at my departure from this world; it is the charity of its silence. Let no man write my epitaph; for, as no man who knows my motives dare now vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them.
Página 284 - Had I been in Switzerland, I would have fought against the French. In the dignity of freedom I would have expired on the threshold .of that country, and they should have entered it only by passing over my lifeless corpse. Is it, then, to be supposed, that I would be slow to make the same sacrifice to my native land ? Am I, who...
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