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Pagina 85
... stage also is more magnificent with us than any other in Europe , and the people in general fonder of theatrical en- tertainment . Yet still as our pleasures , as well as more important concerns , are generally man- aged by party , the ...
... stage also is more magnificent with us than any other in Europe , and the people in general fonder of theatrical en- tertainment . Yet still as our pleasures , as well as more important concerns , are generally man- aged by party , the ...
Pagina 92
... stage , whatever claim he may have to the appellation of a wit , at least he has no right to be called a conjuror.1 his conduct , either from misinformation or misconception , bluntly replied - ' In truth he had spoken his mind , and ...
... stage , whatever claim he may have to the appellation of a wit , at least he has no right to be called a conjuror.1 his conduct , either from misinformation or misconception , bluntly replied - ' In truth he had spoken his mind , and ...
Pagina 93
... stage for either fame or subsistence , when he must at once flatter an actor and please an audience.1 contempt than , perhaps , they deserved . Honest Estcourt , Ver- bruggen , and Underhill were extremely poor , and assumed no airs of ...
... stage for either fame or subsistence , when he must at once flatter an actor and please an audience.1 contempt than , perhaps , they deserved . Honest Estcourt , Ver- bruggen , and Underhill were extremely poor , and assumed no airs of ...
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Of the present state of polite learning in Italy | 27 |
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