Criticisms and Dramatic Essays of the English StageG. Routledge and Company, 1851 - 324 psl. |
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... Rochefoucalt , I believe it was , who said that the reason why lovers were so fond of one an- other's company was , that they were always talking about themselves . The same reason almost might be given for the interest we feel in PREFACE.
... Rochefoucalt , I believe it was , who said that the reason why lovers were so fond of one an- other's company was , that they were always talking about themselves . The same reason almost might be given for the interest we feel in PREFACE.
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William Hazlitt. almost might be given for the interest we feel in talking about plays and players ; they are " the brief chronicles of the time , " the epitome of human life and manners . While we are talking about them , we are ...
William Hazlitt. almost might be given for the interest we feel in talking about plays and players ; they are " the brief chronicles of the time , " the epitome of human life and manners . While we are talking about them , we are ...
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... given those sharp and nice touches , that bold relief to their characters , -have opposed them in every variety of contrast and collision , of conscious self- satisfaction and mutual antipathy , with a power which can only find full ...
... given those sharp and nice touches , that bold relief to their characters , -have opposed them in every variety of contrast and collision , of conscious self- satisfaction and mutual antipathy , with a power which can only find full ...
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... given persons , placed in given cir- cumstances ; and in order to make what so proceeds from their mouths at once proper to them and inter- esting to the audience , their characters must be powerfully marked : their passions , which are ...
... given persons , placed in given cir- cumstances ; and in order to make what so proceeds from their mouths at once proper to them and inter- esting to the audience , their characters must be powerfully marked : their passions , which are ...
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... crime ? The goodly face of nature Hath one disfeaturing stain the less upon it . Are we not all predestined Transiency , And cold Dishonour ? Grant it , that this hand Had given a morsel to the hungry worms Somewhat too COLERIDGE . 37.
... crime ? The goodly face of nature Hath one disfeaturing stain the less upon it . Are we not all predestined Transiency , And cold Dishonour ? Grant it , that this hand Had given a morsel to the hungry worms Somewhat too COLERIDGE . 37.
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action actor actress admirable appearance applause audience beauty Beggar's Opera character Charles Kemble comedy comic Coriolanus Covent Garden criticism dance Desdemona dignity dramatic dress Drury Lane Drury Lane Theatre effect Elliston equal excellence expression fancy farce fault favourite feel Garrick genius give grace Hamlet heart human humour Iago imagination Ivanhoe Jack Bannister John Kemble Junius Brutus Booth Kean Kean's acting Kemble Kemble's lady laugh Lear living look Lord Macbeth Macready manager manner merit mind Miss O'Neill nature never Othello pantomime passages passion pathos perfect performance person piece play players poet racter Richard Richard II scene seemed seen sense sentiment Shakspeare shew Shylock Siddons Sir Giles Sir Giles Overreach soul speak spirit stage taste theatre thing thou thought tion tone tragedy tragic ventriloquism voice whole WILLIAM HAZLITT wish word write
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