Memoirs of the Life of John Philip Kemble, Esq: Including a History of the Stage, from the Time of Garrick to the Present Period, Volume 1 |
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... equal attention to the splendid talents of his sister , Mrs. Siddons : I cannot at all hope to do justice to the one , without embracing the other in my theatrical picture ; and even then the work would be imperfect , did it not notice ...
... equal attention to the splendid talents of his sister , Mrs. Siddons : I cannot at all hope to do justice to the one , without embracing the other in my theatrical picture ; and even then the work would be imperfect , did it not notice ...
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... equal profit and fame , for another to which his nature seemed unsuited , and whose very elements were to be acquired during the exercise of his talents in the science . But as a politician , I have only to record , that his early ...
... equal profit and fame , for another to which his nature seemed unsuited , and whose very elements were to be acquired during the exercise of his talents in the science . But as a politician , I have only to record , that his early ...
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... equal example in the whole compass of the drama . I yet seem to hear him in that delirium of ecstacy to Lovewell in the fourth act : L. Ogle . Inever was in such exquisite enchanting company , since my heart first conceived , or my ...
... equal example in the whole compass of the drama . I yet seem to hear him in that delirium of ecstacy to Lovewell in the fourth act : L. Ogle . Inever was in such exquisite enchanting company , since my heart first conceived , or my ...
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... equal justice , of her usual attendant , Miss Pope , the paragon of chambermaids ; the pert , sly , jocose Abigail of modern comedy : but her ex- cellence cannot be comprehended in a definition ; it was too much like the lightning ; it ...
... equal justice , of her usual attendant , Miss Pope , the paragon of chambermaids ; the pert , sly , jocose Abigail of modern comedy : but her ex- cellence cannot be comprehended in a definition ; it was too much like the lightning ; it ...
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... equal skill , for the game to be perfectly played . There was the most enjouement in Mrs. Abington that I have ever seen upon the stage . She had more self - compla- cency , and seemed more triumphant in her captivations , than any ...
... equal skill , for the game to be perfectly played . There was the most enjouement in Mrs. Abington that I have ever seen upon the stage . She had more self - compla- cency , and seemed more triumphant in her captivations , than any ...
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Page 56 - I have of late (but wherefore, I know not) lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and, indee'd, it goes so heavily with my disposition, that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me, than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapors.
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