Mrs. Jordan, Volum 2Grolier Society, 1800 |
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Pàgina x
... Drury - Richardson's Funeral - Mrs . Jordan Estab- lishes Her First Family in Golden Square - - - - PAGE . 107 ter 99 - CHAPTER VI . - The " Cara- The Reservoirs of Some Use at Drury Lane - van " and the Dog Carlo - Story of the Piece ...
... Drury - Richardson's Funeral - Mrs . Jordan Estab- lishes Her First Family in Golden Square - - - - PAGE . 107 ter 99 - CHAPTER VI . - The " Cara- The Reservoirs of Some Use at Drury Lane - van " and the Dog Carlo - Story of the Piece ...
Pàgina 2
... Drury Lane Theatre opened on the 15th of September , and to give the greater , or , indeed , the greatest attraction to the night , also destined for Palmer's orphans , the " Stranger " itself was the play , acted by Kemble and Siddons ...
... Drury Lane Theatre opened on the 15th of September , and to give the greater , or , indeed , the greatest attraction to the night , also destined for Palmer's orphans , the " Stranger " itself was the play , acted by Kemble and Siddons ...
Pàgina 5
... Drury Lane to supply some of Palmer's parts with a representative , was in the introduction of Mr. Powell , from the Norwich theatre , who acted Don Felix and young Wilding : he was only respectable in either ; and , instead MRS . JORDAN 5.
... Drury Lane to supply some of Palmer's parts with a representative , was in the introduction of Mr. Powell , from the Norwich theatre , who acted Don Felix and young Wilding : he was only respectable in either ; and , instead MRS . JORDAN 5.
Pàgina 29
... Drury Lane , in September under a manager somewhat of an antiquary himself : to " There was a proclamation at the Cross , Anno 1043 , in the reign of Edward the Confessor , though Coventry was without one till the reign of Henry the ...
... Drury Lane , in September under a manager somewhat of an antiquary himself : to " There was a proclamation at the Cross , Anno 1043 , in the reign of Edward the Confessor , though Coventry was without one till the reign of Henry the ...
Pàgina 31
... Drury Lane might have been expected to open with " Pizarro , " and run on with £ 500 houses , from the unparalleled success of that piece ; but Mrs. Siddons was not ready till the beginning of December for Elvira ; in the meantime ...
... Drury Lane might have been expected to open with " Pizarro , " and run on with £ 500 houses , from the unparalleled success of that piece ; but Mrs. Siddons was not ready till the beginning of December for Elvira ; in the meantime ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 258 - Can such things be, And overcome us like a summer cloud, Without our special wonder...
Pàgina 100 - 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 godlike reason To fust in us unused.
Pàgina 71 - 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 160 - 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 145 - 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 160 - 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 seemed to strive Which owned the creature.
Pàgina 100 - 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 251 - My forbearance, he says, is beyond what he could have imagined ! But what will not a woman do who is firmly and sincerely attached ? Had he left me to starve, I never would have uttered a word to his disadvantage. I enclose you two other letters ; and in a day or two you shall see more, the rest being in the hands of the R 1. And now, my dear friend, do not hear the D. of C. unfairly abused.
Pàgina 20 - ... 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 25 - Oh, holy Nature ! thou dost never plead in vain. There is not, of our earth, a creature bearing form, and life, human or savage — native of the forest wild, or giddy air-— around whose parent bosom, thou...