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... less responsible than the bearer himself ; and we should scarcely expect him to have been exposed to reproach for it at the end of the eighteenth century . Nevertheless , the celebrated Cooke , at that time an actor in Mr. Whitelock's ...
... less responsible than the bearer himself ; and we should scarcely expect him to have been exposed to reproach for it at the end of the eighteenth century . Nevertheless , the celebrated Cooke , at that time an actor in Mr. Whitelock's ...
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... less remarkable for the recklessness of his early days than for the industry of his maturer age , and the late period of life at which he attracted popularity by his talents . He was the nephew of a Mr. Alexander , an alderman of the ...
... less remarkable for the recklessness of his early days than for the industry of his maturer age , and the late period of life at which he attracted popularity by his talents . He was the nephew of a Mr. Alexander , an alderman of the ...
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... Irish factor , in London , and was born in Cheapside , 1746. His father died while he was a child , and left his widowed mother with something less than 10001. , to support him and two other children 42 LIFE OF MRS . SIDDONS.
... Irish factor , in London , and was born in Cheapside , 1746. His father died while he was a child , and left his widowed mother with something less than 10001. , to support him and two other children 42 LIFE OF MRS . SIDDONS.
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... less , to stamp us with something pe- culiar , and not always with amiable peculiarities . Yet society wisely honours several professions for their general useful- ness , though they labour under this objection . To give but one ...
... less , to stamp us with something pe- culiar , and not always with amiable peculiarities . Yet society wisely honours several professions for their general useful- ness , though they labour under this objection . To give but one ...
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... less strokes of terror which the other gave , with a facility in her manner that rendered her at once tremendous and delight- ful . Time could not impair her skill , though it gave her per- son to decay . She was , to the last , the ...
... less strokes of terror which the other gave , with a facility in her manner that rendered her at once tremendous and delight- ful . Time could not impair her skill , though it gave her per- son to decay . She was , to the last , the ...
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Page 119 - Hie thee hither, That I may pour my spirits in thine ear ; And chastise with the valour of my tongue All that impedes thee from the golden round, Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem To have thee crown'd withal.
Page 125 - All causes shall give way : I am in blood Stepp'd in so far that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er : Strange things I have in head, that will to hand ; Which must be acted ere they may be scann'd.
Page 124 - Here's the smell of the blood still: all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.
Page 51 - Pity it is, that the momentary beauties flowing from an harmonious elocution, cannot like those of poetry be their own record! That the animated graces of the player can live no longer than the instant breath and motion that presents them; or at best can but faintly glimmer through the memory, or imperfect attestation of a few surviving spectators.
Page 122 - Are you a man ? MACB. Ay, and a bold one, that dare look on that Which might appal the devil. LADY M. O proper stuff ! This is the very painting of your fear : This is the air-drawn dagger which, you said, Led you to Duncan. O, these flaws and starts, Impostors to true fear, would well become A woman's story at a winter's fire, Authorized by her grandam. Shame itself ! Why do you make such faces ? When all 's done, You look but on a stool.
Page 120 - I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this.
Page 180 - Page. Madam, there is a lady in your hall, Who begs to be admitted to your presence. Lady. Is it not one of our invited friends? Page. No, far unlike to them ; it is a stranger. Lady. How looks her countenance ? Page.
Page 123 - Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck, Till thou applaud the deed. Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day, And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond Which keeps me pale! Light thickens, and the crow...
Page 121 - Nought's had, all's spent, Where our desire is got without content : 'Tis safer to be that which we destroy Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy.
Page 94 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me...