Curiosities of Literature, Volume 3Lilly, Wait, Colman and Holden, 1833 - Literature |
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... performing Punchinello's little comedy , that , for this purpose , with considerable expense and curi- osity , he had his wooden company , in all their cos- tume , sent over from his native place . The shrill 6 squeak of the tin whistle ...
... performing Punchinello's little comedy , that , for this purpose , with considerable expense and curi- osity , he had his wooden company , in all their cos- tume , sent over from his native place . The shrill 6 squeak of the tin whistle ...
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... perform a more extraordinary office , for they appear to have been introduced into funerals , to mimic the person ... performed his part admirably , not only repre- senting the person , but imitating , according to custom , ut est mos ...
... perform a more extraordinary office , for they appear to have been introduced into funerals , to mimic the person ... performed his part admirably , not only repre- senting the person , but imitating , according to custom , ut est mos ...
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... performing some favourite one . One , already immortalized by having lost his real name in that of Captain Matamoros , by whose inimitable hu- mours he became the most popular man in Italy , in- vented the Neapolitan Pullicinello ...
... performing some favourite one . One , already immortalized by having lost his real name in that of Captain Matamoros , by whose inimitable hu- mours he became the most popular man in Italy , in- vented the Neapolitan Pullicinello ...
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... perform , the dialogue en- tirely depending on their own genius . * These pieces must have been detestable , and the actors mere buffoons , ' exclaim the Northern critics , whose imaginations have a coldness in them , like a frost in ...
... perform , the dialogue en- tirely depending on their own genius . * These pieces must have been detestable , and the actors mere buffoons , ' exclaim the Northern critics , whose imaginations have a coldness in them , like a frost in ...
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... perform- ances at Rome were becoming too sentimental and declamatory , banishing the playfulness and the mirth of Comedy , the Roman youth left these graver per- formances to the professed actors , and revived , per- haps in imitation ...
... perform- ances at Rome were becoming too sentimental and declamatory , banishing the playfulness and the mirth of Comedy , the Roman youth left these graver per- formances to the professed actors , and revived , per- haps in imitation ...
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