The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners : with Strictures on Their Epitome, the Stage, Volume 12Proprietors., 1801 |
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... consequence of your abominable doctrine . ” Savinien . " I pity you , Sylvanus ! How little you know of the Christian faith . It will lead men back to the innocence of the first age . How can there be contentions and wars among the chil ...
... consequence of your abominable doctrine . ” Savinien . " I pity you , Sylvanus ! How little you know of the Christian faith . It will lead men back to the innocence of the first age . How can there be contentions and wars among the chil ...
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... by what it feels , is a talent of equal consequence in an actress with any she can possess . It is by the countenance alone you can distinguish between irony and jest . 1 A voice , more or less raised or depressed THE MONTHLY MIRROR . 45 .
... by what it feels , is a talent of equal consequence in an actress with any she can possess . It is by the countenance alone you can distinguish between irony and jest . 1 A voice , more or less raised or depressed THE MONTHLY MIRROR . 45 .
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... consequence of the long duration of the war , that , with the best incli- nation towards the encouragement of dramatic amusement , they are not able to afford themselves the gratification of visiting the theatre so frequently as they ...
... consequence of the long duration of the war , that , with the best incli- nation towards the encouragement of dramatic amusement , they are not able to afford themselves the gratification of visiting the theatre so frequently as they ...
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... consequence , compared to that which is evinced in the engagement of performers . Formerly the inhabitants of this town could not be satisfied with any thing less than a London company , but at present they are obliged to be content ...
... consequence , compared to that which is evinced in the engagement of performers . Formerly the inhabitants of this town could not be satisfied with any thing less than a London company , but at present they are obliged to be content ...
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... consequence of a previous agreement , jointly took it at the rent of £ 1000 . but the lease was written out in the name of the latter . Availing himself of this , and of some objections to the validity of the security offered by Jackson ...
... consequence of a previous agreement , jointly took it at the rent of £ 1000 . but the lease was written out in the name of the latter . Availing himself of this , and of some objections to the validity of the security offered by Jackson ...
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Page 43 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Page 165 - I see a column of slow-rising smoke O'ertop the lofty wood that skirts the wild. A vagabond and useless tribe there eat Their miserable meal. A kettle, slung Between two poles upon a stick transverse, Receives the morsel ; flesh obscene of dog, Or vermin, or, at best, of cock purloined From his accustomed perch.
Page 390 - Awake, /Eolian lyre, awake, And give to rapture all thy trembling strings. From Helicon's harmonious springs A thousand rills their mazy progress take ; The laughing flowers, that round them blow, Drink life and fragrance as they flow. Now the rich stream of music winds along, Deep, majestic, smooth, and strong, Through verdant vales, and Ceres...
Page 383 - Romeo: and when he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun.
Page 166 - The cheerful haunts of man, to wield the axe, And drive the wedge, in yonder forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary task.
Page 313 - It is a weary interlude — Which doth short joys, long woes, include; • The world the stage, the prologue tears, The acts vain hopes and varied fears ; The scene shuts up with loss of breath, And leaves no epilogue but death.
Page 241 - He found a Woman in the cave, A solitary Woman, Who by the fire was spinning, And singing as she spun. The pine boughs were cheerfully blazing, And her face was bright with the flame; Her face was as a Damsel's face, And yet her hair was grey.
Page 117 - ... the peace of all the families and friends he is acquainted with in a quarter of an hour, and yet the next moment be the best-natured man in the whole world.
Page 227 - Is deep enrich'd with vegetable life; Till, in the western sky, the downward sun Looks out, effulgent, from amid the flush Of broken clouds, gay-shifting to his beam. The rapid radiance instantaneous strikes Th...
Page 164 - I have been at one opera, Mr. Wesley's. They have boys and girls with charming voices, that sing hymns, in parts, to Scotch ballad tunes; but indeed so long, that one would think they were already in eternity, and knew how much time they had before them.