Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and Critical, Volume 16George Daniel, John Cumberland J. Cumberland, 1827 - English drama |
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... never wounds more deep the generous heart , Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart . " Separated from the friends of his youth - his family slaughtered , or , at best , driven into exile - himself a wan- derer in a foreign land ...
... never wounds more deep the generous heart , Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart . " Separated from the friends of his youth - his family slaughtered , or , at best , driven into exile - himself a wan- derer in a foreign land ...
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... never - failing source of merriment . We have no objec- tions to a few practical jokes , provided they offer no insult to his misfortunes . When schoolboys , we have ourselves taken no small liberties with " Meo Magister . " If we have ...
... never - failing source of merriment . We have no objec- tions to a few practical jokes , provided they offer no insult to his misfortunes . When schoolboys , we have ourselves taken no small liberties with " Meo Magister . " If we have ...
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... never been any thing else but " un pauvre barbière . " Mathews has the air , the bienséance , of the Chevalier , who had danced a mi- nuet in " de Cour de Versailles . " He is a finished courtier of the ancien régime - he merely puts on ...
... never been any thing else but " un pauvre barbière . " Mathews has the air , the bienséance , of the Chevalier , who had danced a mi- nuet in " de Cour de Versailles . " He is a finished courtier of the ancien régime - he merely puts on ...
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... never spent an hour's talk withal . His 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 ...
... never spent an hour's talk withal . His 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 ...
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... never brought together by the industry of one man . It is one thing to possess wealth , and another to employ it . The Otium cum dignitate was never more happily exemplified than in Mr. Mathews . Surrounded by his books , his pictures ...
... never brought together by the industry of one man . It is one thing to possess wealth , and another to employ it . The Otium cum dignitate was never more happily exemplified than in Mr. Mathews . Surrounded by his books , his pictures ...
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