The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners: With Strictures on Their Epitome, the Stage ..., 6 tomasproprietors, 1809 |
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... ; for as to Fanatics and Bigots , I hold them in too great contempt to take the trouble of addressing myself to their common sense , even if they had any . 2 I pass silently over all your invectives , and I 32 THE MONTHLY MIRROR .
... ; for as to Fanatics and Bigots , I hold them in too great contempt to take the trouble of addressing myself to their common sense , even if they had any . 2 I pass silently over all your invectives , and I 32 THE MONTHLY MIRROR .
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... sense , judgment , piety , and ( not to waste paper ) every other human virtue , are so con- spicuous in the active president of the dramatic fine arts , we may in . deed look forward with sanguine hopes to the realization of all Mrs ...
... sense , judgment , piety , and ( not to waste paper ) every other human virtue , are so con- spicuous in the active president of the dramatic fine arts , we may in . deed look forward with sanguine hopes to the realization of all Mrs ...
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... sense and character from his dress . All affectation in dress implies a flaw in the understanding . " Then , we do confess that he has exceeded our expectation , and to parody old Dornton's speech to Mr. Sulky , we shall for the future ...
... sense and character from his dress . All affectation in dress implies a flaw in the understanding . " Then , we do confess that he has exceeded our expectation , and to parody old Dornton's speech to Mr. Sulky , we shall for the future ...
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... sense . Churchill . Of Mr. Horn we must speak in little --- his voice is little , but pretty , and capable of improvement ; his acting is incapable of deterioration : if nothing is stationary in this world , we think , he must rise . We ...
... sense . Churchill . Of Mr. Horn we must speak in little --- his voice is little , but pretty , and capable of improvement ; his acting is incapable of deterioration : if nothing is stationary in this world , we think , he must rise . We ...
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... sense from her squall . Wallis , fit for nothing but to be set in a box to be looked at , when dressed . Flowerdew is a favourite , and rather deservingly so on the stage , but off not quite so good . Thomp- son is chaste and humorous ...
... sense from her squall . Wallis , fit for nothing but to be set in a box to be looked at , when dressed . Flowerdew is a favourite , and rather deservingly so on the stage , but off not quite so good . Thomp- son is chaste and humorous ...
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