Dramatic Table Talk: Or, Scenes, Situations, & Adventures, Serious & Comic, in Theatrical History & Biography, Tom 2Richard Ryan J. Knight & H. Lacey, 1825 |
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... never published or brought out any piece ; but he had altered the " Two Noble Kinsmen " of Beaumont and Fletcher , and had begun an alter- ation of Shakspeare's Plays , omitting the ex- ceptionable passages . He died September , 1819 ...
... never published or brought out any piece ; but he had altered the " Two Noble Kinsmen " of Beaumont and Fletcher , and had begun an alter- ation of Shakspeare's Plays , omitting the ex- ceptionable passages . He died September , 1819 ...
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... never failed to call forth roars of laughter , by the practical jokes which he inflicted upon the poor Devil , who was , on all occasions , the scape - goat of the piece . His wit consisted in jumping on the Devil's back , and in the ...
... never failed to call forth roars of laughter , by the practical jokes which he inflicted upon the poor Devil , who was , on all occasions , the scape - goat of the piece . His wit consisted in jumping on the Devil's back , and in the ...
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... never should make her sing . His Excellency , at this declaration , grew enraged , and actually sent her to prison for twelve days . During this time , she gave sumptuous repasts , paid the debts of the poor prisoners , and distributed ...
... never should make her sing . His Excellency , at this declaration , grew enraged , and actually sent her to prison for twelve days . During this time , she gave sumptuous repasts , paid the debts of the poor prisoners , and distributed ...
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... Never , ( says he , ) either before or since , did I feel such a rapid flow of thoughts and images ; and I firmly believe , that there are some maladies , especially those by which the irritation of the nerves is increased , which ...
... Never , ( says he , ) either before or since , did I feel such a rapid flow of thoughts and images ; and I firmly believe , that there are some maladies , especially those by which the irritation of the nerves is increased , which ...
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... and evinced the most complete apathy . The wit and humour which it contains , never af- fected his risible muscles . This being reported to Mr. Sheridan , he observed , " that was very AND THEATRICALS . 41 Sheridan versus Cumberland.
... and evinced the most complete apathy . The wit and humour which it contains , never af- fected his risible muscles . This being reported to Mr. Sheridan , he observed , " that was very AND THEATRICALS . 41 Sheridan versus Cumberland.
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Strona 202 - O my love ! my wife ! Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath, Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty : Thou art not conquer'd ; beauty's ensign yet Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, And death's pale flag is not advanced there.
Strona 31 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers ! hear me for my cause; and be silent that you may hear : believe me for mine honour ; and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe : censure me in your wisdom ; and awake your senses that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
Strona 167 - Security] wherein was personated a King, or some great Prince, with his Courtiers of severall kinds, amongst which three Ladies were in speciall grace with him, and they keeping him in delights and pleasures, drew him from his graver Counsellors, hearing of Sermons...
Strona 15 - Was play'd betwixt the black house and the white: The white house won. Yet still the black doth brag. They had the power to put me in the bag. Use but your royal hand, 'twill set me free, 'Tis but removing of a man — that's ME.
Strona 160 - His was the spell o'er hearts Which only acting lends, The youngest of the sister arts, Where all their beauty blends : For ill can Poetry express Full many a tone of thought sublime, And Painting, mute and motionless, Steals but a glance of Time. But by the mighty actor brought, Illusion's perfect triumphs come ; Verse ceases to be airy thought, And Sculpture to be dumb.
Strona 110 - I've read, my friend, And like the half, you pilfer'd, best ; But, sure, the drama you might mend ; Take courage, man, and steal the rest ! CIBBER, GARRICK, AND MRS.
Strona 168 - ... and then discovered his face, that the spectators might see how they had transformed him going on with their singing.
Strona 162 - The tragic paragons had grown — They were the children of her pride, The columns of her throne, And undivided favour ran From heart to heart in their applause. Save for the gallantry of man In lovelier woman's cause.
Strona 167 - In the city of Gloucester the manner is (as I think it is in other like corporations) that, when players of interludes come to town, they first attend the mayor, to inform him what nobleman's servants they are, and so to get licence for their public playing...
Strona 168 - ... and admonitions, that in the end they got him to lie down in a cradle upon the stage, where these three ladies, joining in a sweet song, rocked him asleep...