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Page 13
... surely may be called extremely valuable : But I adhere to my conjecture . Mr. Hunt says of Mr. Kemble , as Racine did of his own Athaliah- Non in se crimen amoris habet . Mr. Hunt is a nice observer , and very apt to be right : Mrs ...
... surely may be called extremely valuable : But I adhere to my conjecture . Mr. Hunt says of Mr. Kemble , as Racine did of his own Athaliah- Non in se crimen amoris habet . Mr. Hunt is a nice observer , and very apt to be right : Mrs ...
Page 46
... surely free to examine , how far an unsound taste may have concurred to so undue a commendation : for taste is clearly a matter of public interest , and public cognizance . Independently then of all personal considerations , the prin ...
... surely free to examine , how far an unsound taste may have concurred to so undue a commendation : for taste is clearly a matter of public interest , and public cognizance . Independently then of all personal considerations , the prin ...
Page 72
... Surely nothing can be more pathetic than the sensation of this poor girl , lamenting that her lover lingers , and yet even in her deepest grief , prevented , by that very madness which his death has caused , from suspecting that he will ...
... Surely nothing can be more pathetic than the sensation of this poor girl , lamenting that her lover lingers , and yet even in her deepest grief , prevented , by that very madness which his death has caused , from suspecting that he will ...
Page 94
... surely it affords an abundant source of amusement ; no doubt it has many faults , but the fault attributed to Massinger and many past dramatists ( and writers of novels may be added ) " of bestowing spirit , life , and every power- ful ...
... surely it affords an abundant source of amusement ; no doubt it has many faults , but the fault attributed to Massinger and many past dramatists ( and writers of novels may be added ) " of bestowing spirit , life , and every power- ful ...
Page 95
... Surely the reason of this is sufficiently obvious . Plays , drawn from Greek and Roman history , have never yet been interesting ; and the character of Caesar's Cleopatra , Anthony's Cleopatra , every body's Cleopatra , " is too well ...
... Surely the reason of this is sufficiently obvious . Plays , drawn from Greek and Roman history , have never yet been interesting ; and the character of Caesar's Cleopatra , Anthony's Cleopatra , every body's Cleopatra , " is too well ...
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