The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Volume 21810 A drama is appended to each number of v. 1-2 |
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... night was appointed for the benefit of Hodgkinson . The boxkeeper asked him whether he meant to call at the pavilion him- self to know the prince's will , or wished him ( the boxkeeper ) to go as usual . To which Hodgkinson answered ...
... night was appointed for the benefit of Hodgkinson . The boxkeeper asked him whether he meant to call at the pavilion him- self to know the prince's will , or wished him ( the boxkeeper ) to go as usual . To which Hodgkinson answered ...
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... night came , it is recorded that Weston confessed his heart palpitated , his face flushed , and he was under the ... nights in riot , and his days in idleness . In consequence of this , and after frequent attempts to reclaim him , the ...
... night came , it is recorded that Weston confessed his heart palpitated , his face flushed , and he was under the ... nights in riot , and his days in idleness . In consequence of this , and after frequent attempts to reclaim him , the ...
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... night of a new play . " The fair enthusiast responds to this hilarity of expression ; and unless she has been taught to discriminate forgets that this description comes from a profligate , and though in unison with his actions would ...
... night of a new play . " The fair enthusiast responds to this hilarity of expression ; and unless she has been taught to discriminate forgets that this description comes from a profligate , and though in unison with his actions would ...
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... night in Lear , when in the middle of a most passionate and afflicting part , and when the whole house was drowned in tears , he turned his head round to me , and putting his tongue in his cheek , whispered " Damme , Tom , it'll do ...
... night in Lear , when in the middle of a most passionate and afflicting part , and when the whole house was drowned in tears , he turned his head round to me , and putting his tongue in his cheek , whispered " Damme , Tom , it'll do ...
Página 60
... Night . " Ibid . b . 1 , v . 541 , et seq . Their ardour thus roused , they were to move on " in perfect phalanx , " and , instead of trumpets and clarions , flutes and re- corders were used , in order to inspire them with cool and ...
... Night . " Ibid . b . 1 , v . 541 , et seq . Their ardour thus roused , they were to move on " in perfect phalanx , " and , instead of trumpets and clarions , flutes and re- corders were used , in order to inspire them with cool and ...
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Página 124 - Ring out, ye crystal spheres ! Once bless our human ears, If ye have power to touch our senses so; And let your silver chime Move in melodious time ; And let the base of Heaven's deep organ blow; And with your ninefold harmony Make up full consort to the angelic symphony.
Página 124 - Sirens' harmony, That sit upon the nine infolded spheres, And sing to those that hold the vital shears, And turn the adamantine spindle round On which the fate of gods and men is wound. Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie, To lull the daughters of Necessity, And keep unsteady Nature to her law, And the low world in measured motion draw After the heavenly tune, which none can hear Of human mould with gross unpurged ear.
Página 411 - I have heard That guilty creatures, sitting at a play, Have by the very cunning of the scene Been struck so to the soul that presently They have proclaim'd their malefactions; For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ.
Página 58 - And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes, with many a winding bout Of link-ed sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running ; Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of Harmony : That Orpheus...
Página 194 - No creature could be more grateful than my patient after his recovery ; a sentiment which he most significantly expressed, by licking my hand, first the back of it, then the palm, then every finger separately, then between all the fingers, as if anxious to leave no part of it unsaluted ; a ceremony which he never performed but once again upon a similar occasion.
Página 156 - S'OME ask'd me where the Rubies grew, And nothing I did say ; But with my finger pointed to The lips of Julia.
Página 237 - ... studied chords of some choice composer, sometimes the lute, or soft organ stop waiting on elegant voices either to religious, martial, or civil ditties; which if wise men and prophets be not extremely out," have a great power over dispositions and manners, to smooth and make them gentle from rustic harshness and distempered passions.
Página 128 - I never addressed myself in the language of decency and friendship to a woman, whether civilized or savage, without receiving a decent and friendly answer. With man it has often been otherwise.
Página 166 - Shakespeare has no heroes; his scenes are occupied only by men, who act and speak as the reader thinks that he should himself have spoken or acted on the same occasion: even where the agency is supernatural, the dialogue is level with life.
Página 194 - ... my knee. He was ill three days, during which time I nursed him, kept him apart from his fellows, that they might not molest him (for, like many other wild animals, they persecute one of their own species that is sick,) and by constant care, and trying him with a variety of herbs, restored him to perfect health. No creature...