A View of the English Stage: Or, A Series of Dramatic CriticismsRobert Stodart, 1818 - 461 psl. Collected dramatic criticism by William Hazlitt, one of the highest regarded critic and essayists in the history of the English language. |
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... admirably as an officer . Mr. Dignum sang beautifully , and Miss Hagley acted the country girl with much exactness . " " With much exactness " is delightful , and proves that the boy had already read or listened to the theatrical An ...
... admirably as an officer . Mr. Dignum sang beautifully , and Miss Hagley acted the country girl with much exactness . " " With much exactness " is delightful , and proves that the boy had already read or listened to the theatrical An ...
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... admirable and expressive manner of giving the part , fully sustained the reputation he had acquired by his former representation of it , though he laboured under the disadvantage of a considerable hoarseness . He assumed a greater ...
... admirable and expressive manner of giving the part , fully sustained the reputation he had acquired by his former representation of it , though he laboured under the disadvantage of a considerable hoarseness . He assumed a greater ...
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... admirable tragedian ; but we cannot imagine any character represented with greater distinctness and precision , more perfectly articulated in every part . Perhaps , indeed , there is too much of this for we sometimes thought he failed ...
... admirable tragedian ; but we cannot imagine any character represented with greater distinctness and precision , more perfectly articulated in every part . Perhaps , indeed , there is too much of this for we sometimes thought he failed ...
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... admirable exhibition of smooth and smiling villainy . The progress of wily adulation , of encroaching humility , was finely marked throughout by the action , voice , and eye . He seemed , like the first tempter , to approach his prey ...
... admirable exhibition of smooth and smiling villainy . The progress of wily adulation , of encroaching humility , was finely marked throughout by the action , voice , and eye . He seemed , like the first tempter , to approach his prey ...
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... admirable acting received that meed of applause which it so well deserved . His voice had not entirely recovered its tone and strength ; and when ( after the curtain had dropped , amidst a tumult of approbation ) Mr. Rae came forward to ...
... admirable acting received that meed of applause which it so well deserved . His voice had not entirely recovered its tone and strength ; and when ( after the curtain had dropped , amidst a tumult of approbation ) Mr. Rae came forward to ...
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