The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners: With Strictures on Their Epitome, the Stage ..., 6 tomasproprietors, 1809 |
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... play - hours and holidays to juvenile recreation ; he was either in the fields collecting wild plants for his garden , or laying gins for birds .. He kept a large and curious assortment of different pigeons , besides having col- lected ...
... play - hours and holidays to juvenile recreation ; he was either in the fields collecting wild plants for his garden , or laying gins for birds .. He kept a large and curious assortment of different pigeons , besides having col- lected ...
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... play Punch to entertain the party . What have letters and manners to expect from such disciples ! The noble writer already quoted , says , " Mimicry , which is the common and favourite amusement of little low minds , is in the For the ...
... play Punch to entertain the party . What have letters and manners to expect from such disciples ! The noble writer already quoted , says , " Mimicry , which is the common and favourite amusement of little low minds , is in the For the ...
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... play his part in a farce they had concerted among them . When they were ready to go to bed , Cibber called out to the waiter Here , you fellow take ont my teeth . ' Teeth , sir , ' said the man . Ay , teeth sir . Unscrew that wire , and ...
... play his part in a farce they had concerted among them . When they were ready to go to bed , Cibber called out to the waiter Here , you fellow take ont my teeth . ' Teeth , sir , ' said the man . Ay , teeth sir . Unscrew that wire , and ...
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... played " Punchy " to the life . In this line she shews a won- derful deal of naiveté and cleverness . The farce of ... play is printed with Betterton's life , the French ladder is entirely kicked down and unnoticed . If the original ...
... played " Punchy " to the life . In this line she shews a won- derful deal of naiveté and cleverness . The farce of ... play is printed with Betterton's life , the French ladder is entirely kicked down and unnoticed . If the original ...
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... plays with judg- ment as well as originality . The tragedy rehearsed , called the Spanish Armada , which is tacked to the Critic , is a perfect disgrace to the wit that precedes it - leaden heels to the winged Mercury - a poor copy of a ...
... plays with judg- ment as well as originality . The tragedy rehearsed , called the Spanish Armada , which is tacked to the Critic , is a perfect disgrace to the wit that precedes it - leaden heels to the winged Mercury - a poor copy of a ...
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