Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and Critical, Volume 16George Daniel, John Cumberland J. Cumberland, 1827 - English drama |
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... eyes ! " In these scenes , Mathews rose above all praise—- " Not more applause when puppets dance on wire , Or some arch merry - andrew swallows fire ; Not more applause when Kemble , full of death , A 3 REMARKS . Monsieur Morbleu is ...
... eyes ! " In these scenes , Mathews rose above all praise—- " Not more applause when puppets dance on wire , Or some arch merry - andrew swallows fire ; Not more applause when Kemble , full of death , A 3 REMARKS . Monsieur Morbleu is ...
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... eyes , distraction in his aspect , A broken voice , and his whole function suiting With forms to his conceit ————— ” We have witnessed the same effect in Kemble and in Sid- dons and a man might take credit for more wit than his ...
... eyes , distraction in his aspect , A broken voice , and his whole function suiting With forms to his conceit ————— ” We have witnessed the same effect in Kemble and in Sid- dons and a man might take credit for more wit than his ...
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... eye begets occasion for his wit , For every object that the one doth catch The other turns to a mirth - moving jest . " On the 9th of September , 1793 , Mr. Mathews made his first appearance on any stage , at Richmond , in Surrey , in ...
... eye begets occasion for his wit , For every object that the one doth catch The other turns to a mirth - moving jest . " On the 9th of September , 1793 , Mr. Mathews made his first appearance on any stage , at Richmond , in Surrey , in ...
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... eyes . Some have attempted to prove that Mathews , though a consummate mimic , is no actor : and Pope , by the same rule , has been pronounced a good versifier , but no poet ! To adopt the sentiment of Dr. Johnson , we may ask , If ...
... eyes . Some have attempted to prove that Mathews , though a consummate mimic , is no actor : and Pope , by the same rule , has been pronounced a good versifier , but no poet ! To adopt the sentiment of Dr. Johnson , we may ask , If ...
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... eyes , I see her not here ; and vat mean this papier ? [ Reads . ] Ven next you behold your vard , she vill be de maîtresse of de house of Tonson . " Mon Dieu de pauvre child is gone ; dat Monsieur Tonson has take her . Oh ! miséricorde ...
... eyes , I see her not here ; and vat mean this papier ? [ Reads . ] Ven next you behold your vard , she vill be de maîtresse of de house of Tonson . " Mon Dieu de pauvre child is gone ; dat Monsieur Tonson has take her . Oh ! miséricorde ...
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