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... masculine in everything . Now , whatever might be thought of Siddons by Sheridan , I confess to me she seemed to have levelled here perfectly at the mark ; and he was obliged to the slight sophistry of her manner , by MRS . JORDAN 17.
... masculine in everything . Now , whatever might be thought of Siddons by Sheridan , I confess to me she seemed to have levelled here perfectly at the mark ; and he was obliged to the slight sophistry of her manner , by MRS . JORDAN 17.
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... seemed absurd that the latter should be in the company at all , unless he directed it . His brother Charles , too , was now of no slight consequence , either to the theatre or his brother . In the youth- ful husband of Cora , he had ...
... seemed absurd that the latter should be in the company at all , unless he directed it . His brother Charles , too , was now of no slight consequence , either to the theatre or his brother . In the youth- ful husband of Cora , he had ...
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... seemed pretty . " Giddy air " was from Shakespeare , but not attaining his happiness . " Wilt thou , upon the high and giddy mast , Seal up the ship - boy's eyes , and rock his brains ? " CHAPTER II . - The Summer Theatre Antiquary ...
... seemed pretty . " Giddy air " was from Shakespeare , but not attaining his happiness . " Wilt thou , upon the high and giddy mast , Seal up the ship - boy's eyes , and rock his brains ? " CHAPTER II . - The Summer Theatre Antiquary ...
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... seemed to be written as a counterpart to the " East Indian ; " it was called " Indiscretion , " and exposed , roundly enough , the folly of leaving the paternal roof , and accepting the protection of some man of honour , who cannot ...
... seemed to be written as a counterpart to the " East Indian ; " it was called " Indiscretion , " and exposed , roundly enough , the folly of leaving the paternal roof , and accepting the protection of some man of honour , who cannot ...
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... seemed , for , after making her curtsey , she asked his Majesty " whether they should stay ? " " Certainly , " re- plied the king , " the whole of the entertainments . " The curtain now rose , and " God Save the King " was given by the ...
... seemed , for , after making her curtsey , she asked his Majesty " whether they should stay ? " " Certainly , " re- plied the king , " the whole of the entertainments . " The curtain now rose , and " God Save the King " was given by the ...
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Page 258 - Can such things be, And overcome us like a summer cloud, Without our special wonder...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...