The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners: With Strictures on Their Epitome, the Stage ..., 21 tomasproprietors, 1806 |
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... piece under the title of the Duke of Foix , but afterwards he had it played under its first title . In its original state there was a character called Coucy , to whom another of the cha- racters said , emphatically , after a long speech ...
... piece under the title of the Duke of Foix , but afterwards he had it played under its first title . In its original state there was a character called Coucy , to whom another of the cha- racters said , emphatically , after a long speech ...
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... piece , and thus we shall kill two birds with one stone . " At these words the author jumped up , and has- tened to the door ; then turning to the company , he said , " My piece was not written to be read to gamblers . " M. Poinsinet ...
... piece , and thus we shall kill two birds with one stone . " At these words the author jumped up , and has- tened to the door ; then turning to the company , he said , " My piece was not written to be read to gamblers . " M. Poinsinet ...
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... pieces attained the end of tragedy , because it , in an exemplary manner , excited piety ; and that the other was the ne plus ultra of the tragic art . SOLILOQUY . THOUGH a soliloquy , in the perturbation of passion , is undoubtedly ...
... pieces attained the end of tragedy , because it , in an exemplary manner , excited piety ; and that the other was the ne plus ultra of the tragic art . SOLILOQUY . THOUGH a soliloquy , in the perturbation of passion , is undoubtedly ...
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... piece , in the person of Sir Mathew Mite , the son of a cheese monger , who is supposed to have made an immense fortune in the East Indies , he ridicules all the expensive vices and follies generally attached to such a character . This ...
... piece , in the person of Sir Mathew Mite , the son of a cheese monger , who is supposed to have made an immense fortune in the East Indies , he ridicules all the expensive vices and follies generally attached to such a character . This ...
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... piece through the whole course of the season . * * The above anecdote was supplied by a very near relation of one of the party ; who added , that his friend afterwards had Foote often to dine with him , at his house in town and in the ...
... piece through the whole course of the season . * * The above anecdote was supplied by a very near relation of one of the party ; who added , that his friend afterwards had Foote often to dine with him , at his house in town and in the ...
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