Life of Mrs. Siddons, Volumes 1-2Harper, 1834 - 260 páginas |
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... Father's Company- Engages her Affections , and marries her , in her nineteenth year P. 13 CHAPTER II . Mrs. Siddons acts at Cheltenham - Meets with the Hon . Miss Boyle , afterward Lady O'Neil - Is invited by Garrick to Drury Lane - Ap ...
... Father's Company- Engages her Affections , and marries her , in her nineteenth year P. 13 CHAPTER II . Mrs. Siddons acts at Cheltenham - Meets with the Hon . Miss Boyle , afterward Lady O'Neil - Is invited by Garrick to Drury Lane - Ap ...
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... Father " -Elvira , in Miss Burney's unfortunate Drama - Palmira , in " Mahomet " -Emmeline , in " Edgar and Evelina " -Roxana , in " Alexander the Great " -Julia , in Prince Hoare's Tragedy of " Such Things Were " -Almeyda , in the ...
... Father " -Elvira , in Miss Burney's unfortunate Drama - Palmira , in " Mahomet " -Emmeline , in " Edgar and Evelina " -Roxana , in " Alexander the Great " -Julia , in Prince Hoare's Tragedy of " Such Things Were " -Almeyda , in the ...
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... Father's Company- Engages her Affections , and marries her , in her nineteenth year . MRS . SIDDONS's maiden name was Kemble . She was the daughter of Roger Kemble , the manager of a theatrical com- pany that performed chiefly in the ...
... Father's Company- Engages her Affections , and marries her , in her nineteenth year . MRS . SIDDONS's maiden name was Kemble . She was the daughter of Roger Kemble , the manager of a theatrical com- pany that performed chiefly in the ...
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... father , I have not been able to make out any very interesting particulars . His wife alleged that he was an unparalleled Falstaff , but I know of no impartial testimony to the same effect . Ward disapproved of his daughter marrying an ...
... father , I have not been able to make out any very interesting particulars . His wife alleged that he was an unparalleled Falstaff , but I know of no impartial testimony to the same effect . Ward disapproved of his daughter marrying an ...
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... Father Attwood was sentenced , but reprieved and taken off the hurdle . Father Atkinson , a Franciscan friar , died a prisoner in Hurst castle , in 1729 . men from worshipping according to their creed were not the LIFE OF MRS . SIDDONS .
... Father Attwood was sentenced , but reprieved and taken off the hurdle . Father Atkinson , a Franciscan friar , died a prisoner in Hurst castle , in 1729 . men from worshipping according to their creed were not the LIFE OF MRS . SIDDONS .
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Página 119 - Hie thee hither, That I may pour my spirits in thine ear ; And chastise with the valour of my tongue All that impedes thee from the golden round, Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem To have thee crown'd withal.
Página 125 - All causes shall give way : I am in blood Stepp'd in so far that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er : Strange things I have in head, that will to hand ; Which must be acted ere they may be scann'd.
Página 124 - Here's the smell of the blood still: all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.
Página 51 - Pity it is, that the momentary beauties flowing from an harmonious elocution, cannot like those of poetry be their own record! That the animated graces of the player can live no longer than the instant breath and motion that presents them; or at best can but faintly glimmer through the memory, or imperfect attestation of a few surviving spectators.
Página 122 - Are you a man ? MACB. Ay, and a bold one, that dare look on that Which might appal the devil. LADY M. O proper stuff ! This is the very painting of your fear : This is the air-drawn dagger which, you said, Led you to Duncan. O, these flaws and starts, Impostors to true fear, would well become A woman's story at a winter's fire, Authorized by her grandam. Shame itself ! Why do you make such faces ? When all 's done, You look but on a stool.
Página 120 - I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this.
Página 180 - Page. Madam, there is a lady in your hall, Who begs to be admitted to your presence. Lady. Is it not one of our invited friends? Page. No, far unlike to them ; it is a stranger. Lady. How looks her countenance ? Page.
Página 123 - Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck, Till thou applaud the deed. Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day, And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond Which keeps me pale! Light thickens, and the crow...
Página 121 - Nought's had, all's spent, Where our desire is got without content : 'Tis safer to be that which we destroy Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy.
Página 94 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me...