Curiosities of Literature, Volume 2F. Warne, 1881 - Anecdotes |
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... scene is painted in glowing , though in faithful colours , by Voltaire in the Henriade . - Charles , whose last miserable moments we come from contemplating , when he observed several fugitive Huguenots about his palace in the morning ...
... scene is painted in glowing , though in faithful colours , by Voltaire in the Henriade . - Charles , whose last miserable moments we come from contemplating , when he observed several fugitive Huguenots about his palace in the morning ...
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... scene ; before his time they rarely ex- ceeded two persons ; if a third appeared , he was usually a mute actor , who never joined the other two . The state of the theatre was even then very rude ; the most lascivious embraces were ...
... scene ; before his time they rarely ex- ceeded two persons ; if a third appeared , he was usually a mute actor , who never joined the other two . The state of the theatre was even then very rude ; the most lascivious embraces were ...
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... scenes of a wild fancy , the actors were seen croaking in their fens , or climbing up the steep ascent of Olympus ; they were dressed so as to appear gigantic frogs ; and in pleading their cause before Jupiter and his court , the dull ...
... scenes of a wild fancy , the actors were seen croaking in their fens , or climbing up the steep ascent of Olympus ; they were dressed so as to appear gigantic frogs ; and in pleading their cause before Jupiter and his court , the dull ...
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... scene of the action in the residence of the Married Arts . The pedant - comic - writer has even attended to the dresses of his characters , which are minutely given . Thus Melancholico wears a black suit , a black hat , a black cloak ...
... scene of the action in the residence of the Married Arts . The pedant - comic - writer has even attended to the dresses of his characters , which are minutely given . Thus Melancholico wears a black suit , a black hat , a black cloak ...
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... scene for dramatic effect , renounces any other occupation ; and finally , Alcidon , the father of these three mad girls , as imbecile as his daughters are wild . So much for the amiable characters ! The plot is in perfect harmony with ...
... scene for dramatic effect , renounces any other occupation ; and finally , Alcidon , the father of these three mad girls , as imbecile as his daughters are wild . So much for the amiable characters ! The plot is in perfect harmony with ...
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