The Life of Mrs. Jordan: Including Original Private Correspondence, and Numerous Anecdotes of Her Contemporaries, Volum 2E. Bull, 1831 |
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Pàgina x
... feeling for him in that assembly- Recent fires -- Fire - offices - Mrs . Jordan suffers considerably -Mathews and others - The reservoir said to have been in complete order - The machinist enters the theatre , but too late to save ...
... feeling for him in that assembly- Recent fires -- Fire - offices - Mrs . Jordan suffers considerably -Mathews and others - The reservoir said to have been in complete order - The machinist enters the theatre , but too late to save ...
Pàgina 23
... like Mrs. Jordan , was all abroad in this antithetic and pointed speech ; it did not suit her manner , and was against her judgment or her feeling , whichever you call it ; and in Sheridan's THE LIFE OF MRS . JORDAN . 23.
... like Mrs. Jordan , was all abroad in this antithetic and pointed speech ; it did not suit her manner , and was against her judgment or her feeling , whichever you call it ; and in Sheridan's THE LIFE OF MRS . JORDAN . 23.
Pàgina 24
Including Original Private Correspondence, and Numerous Anecdotes of Her Contemporaries James Boaden. feeling , whichever you call it ; and in Sheridan's opinion , which I know was a sincere one , she 66 could not speak a line " of Cora ...
Including Original Private Correspondence, and Numerous Anecdotes of Her Contemporaries James Boaden. feeling , whichever you call it ; and in Sheridan's opinion , which I know was a sincere one , she 66 could not speak a line " of Cora ...
Pàgina 64
... feel interested in the success of every dramatic work that is presented at this theatre ; but at the same time , I most sensibly feel the deference which is due to your decision . In this sentiment the author of the piece presented to ...
... feel interested in the success of every dramatic work that is presented at this theatre ; but at the same time , I most sensibly feel the deference which is due to your decision . In this sentiment the author of the piece presented to ...
Pàgina 98
... feeling more for himself than the actor , actually put the poet's triumph in the actor's mouth , and I smiled when poor King faltered out the vanity of what follows . " The poet , nearly breathless , lame , or blind , Whilst the muse ...
... feeling more for himself than the actor , actually put the poet's triumph in the actor's mouth , and I smiled when poor King faltered out the vanity of what follows . " The poet , nearly breathless , lame , or blind , Whilst the muse ...
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The Life of Mrs. Jordan: Including Original Private Correspondence ..., Volum 2 James Boaden Visualització completa - 1831 |
The Life of Mrs. Jordan: Including Original Private Correspondence ..., Volum 2 James Boaden Visualització completa - 1831 |
The Life of Mrs. Jordan: Including Original Private Correspondence ..., Volum 2 James Boaden Visualització completa - 1831 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 95 - Now, whether it be Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple Of thinking too precisely on the event, — A thought which, quarter'd, hath but one part wisdom And ever three parts coward, — I do not know Why yet I live to say, " This thing 's to do," Sith I have cause and will and strength and means To do 't.
Pàgina 269 - Can such things be, And overcome us like a summer cloud, Without our special wonder...
Pàgina 95 - What is a man, If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed ? a beast, no more. Sure, he that made us with such large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us not That capability and god-like reason To fust in us unused.
Pàgina 63 - tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend.
Pàgina 161 - Weep with me, all you that read This little story: And know, for whom a tear you shed Death's self is sorry. 'Twas a child that so did thrive In grace and feature, As Heaven and Nature seem'd to strive Which own'd the creature. Years he number'd scarce thirteen When Fates turn'd cruel, Yet three fill'd zodiacs had he been The stage's jewel...
Pàgina 144 - Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
Pàgina 88 - And mark'd the clouds that drove before the wind, Ten thousand glorious systems would he build, Ten thousand great ideas fill'd his mind; But with the clouds they fled, and left no trace behind.
Pàgina 146 - Come, Antony, and young Octavius, come, Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius, For Cassius is aweary of the world ; Hated by one he loves...
Pàgina 7 - ... perfectly free. It is assumed, I know, to give dignity and variety to the style ; but whatever success the attempt may sometimes have, it is always obtained at the expense of purity and of the graces that are natural and appropriate to our language. It is true that when the exigence calls for auxiliaries of all sorts, and common language becomes unequal to the demands of extraordinary thoughts, something ought to be conceded to the necessities which make " ambition virtue ;" but the allowances...
Pàgina 192 - What though no weeping Loves thy ashes grace, Nor polish'd marble emulate thy face ; 60 What though no sacred earth allow thee room, Nor hallow'd dirge be mutter'd o'er thy tomb ; Yet shall thy grave with rising flowers be drest, And the green turf lie lightly on thy breast : There shall the morn her earliest tears bestow, 65 There the first roses of the year shall blow ; While angels with their silver wings o'ershade The ground, now sacred by thy relics made.