The Last Essays of EliaDent, 1901 - 254 pages |
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Page 25
... acted in proportion to the scenical illusion produced . Whether such illusion can in any case be perfect , is not the question . The nearest approach to it , we are told , is , when the actor appears wholly unconscious of the presence ...
... acted in proportion to the scenical illusion produced . Whether such illusion can in any case be perfect , is not the question . The nearest approach to it , we are told , is , when the actor appears wholly unconscious of the presence ...
Page 27
... acted before us ; likeness only is going on , and not the thing itself . please by being done under the life , or beside it ; the life . When Gatty acts an old man , is he angry indeed ? or only a pleasant counterfeit , just enough of a ...
... acted before us ; likeness only is going on , and not the thing itself . please by being done under the life , or beside it ; the life . When Gatty acts an old man , is he angry indeed ? or only a pleasant counterfeit , just enough of a ...
Page 70
... acted his despotic fancies how is it reduced to a common bed - room ! The trimness of the very bed has something petty and unmeaning about it . It is made every day . How unlike to that wavy many - furrowed , oceanic surface , which it ...
... acted his despotic fancies how is it reduced to a common bed - room ! The trimness of the very bed has something petty and unmeaning about it . It is made every day . How unlike to that wavy many - furrowed , oceanic surface , which it ...
Page 89
... acted imprudently in my disclosure ; that I had foolishly given a handle against myself , and had been anticipating my own dismissal . A week passed in this manner , the most anxious one , I verily believe , in my whole life , when on ...
... acted imprudently in my disclosure ; that I had foolishly given a handle against myself , and had been anticipating my own dismissal . A week passed in this manner , the most anxious one , I verily believe , in my whole life , when on ...
Page 109
... acted part , and pain of real appetite at missing such a dainty , her little heart sobbed almost to breaking , till a flood of tears , which the well - fed spectators were totally unable to comprehend , mercifully relieved her . This ...
... acted part , and pain of real appetite at missing such a dainty , her little heart sobbed almost to breaking , till a flood of tears , which the well - fed spectators were totally unable to comprehend , mercifully relieved her . This ...
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