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Page 17
... play met with a very favourable reception from the public . - We must not here omit two anecdotes which happened the first night of the representation . Mr. Thomson , it seems , made one of his characters address Sophonisba in the ...
... play met with a very favourable reception from the public . - We must not here omit two anecdotes which happened the first night of the representation . Mr. Thomson , it seems , made one of his characters address Sophonisba in the ...
Page 18
... play , was considered as a very great instance of esteem . The profits arising from this play were very considerable ; and afforded him a very seasonable supply after he had lost his office by the death of Lord Talbot , and was still ...
... play , was considered as a very great instance of esteem . The profits arising from this play were very considerable ; and afforded him a very seasonable supply after he had lost his office by the death of Lord Talbot , and was still ...
Page 19
... plays ; and , from the deep romantic distress of the lovers , still continues to draw crowded houses . The success of ... play Mr. Thomson published , his tragedy of Coriolanus being only prepared for the theatre , when a fatal accident ...
... plays ; and , from the deep romantic distress of the lovers , still continues to draw crowded houses . The success of ... play Mr. Thomson published , his tragedy of Coriolanus being only prepared for the theatre , when a fatal accident ...
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... play of Coriolanus was brought on the stage to the best advantage . The profits arising from this play , and from the sale of manuscripts , and other effects , more than satisfied all demands ; so that a very handsome sum was remitted ...
... play of Coriolanus was brought on the stage to the best advantage . The profits arising from this play , and from the sale of manuscripts , and other effects , more than satisfied all demands ; so that a very handsome sum was remitted ...
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... played secure . This when , emergent from the gloomy wood , The glaring lion saw , his horrid heart Was meekened , and he joined his sullen joy . For music held the whole in perfect peace : Soft sighed the flute ; the tender voice was ...
... played secure . This when , emergent from the gloomy wood , The glaring lion saw , his horrid heart Was meekened , and he joined his sullen joy . For music held the whole in perfect peace : Soft sighed the flute ; the tender voice was ...
Common terms and phrases
amid ANGELES Autumn beam beauty beneath blast blaze bloom bosom boundless breast breath breeze Burning Zone CALIFORN Castle of Indolence CELADON charm clouds Coriolanus dark deep delight deluge descends dreadful earth EDNAM ether exalts fair fair brow fancy fierce flame flocks flood forest gale genius gloom glow grace grove Hagley Park happy heart heaven hills JAMES THOMSON Lapland light matchless maze mind mingled mountains Muse Musidora Nature Nature's night o'er Palemon passions peace plain pomp pours pride rage rapture retired Riccarton Richmond Hill rills rise roar robe rocks roll round rural scene season shade shake shining smile snow soft song Sophonisba soul spreads Spring storm stream swain sweet swelling swift tempest tender thee Thomson thou thought thro thunder toil UNIVERS vale virtue walk waste wave wild winds wing Winter wintry wonders woods youth