The Rehearsal: With Illustrations from Previous Plays, EtcAlex. Murray, 1868 - 136 pages |
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... self with Miss Stewart ; she was childish in her behaviour , and laughed at every thing , and her taste for frivolous amusements , though unaffected , was only allowable in a girl about twelve or thirteen years old . A child , however ...
... self with Miss Stewart ; she was childish in her behaviour , and laughed at every thing , and her taste for frivolous amusements , though unaffected , was only allowable in a girl about twelve or thirteen years old . A child , however ...
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... self , if the Reader wou'd be kind enough to think it belongs to me . The Character of Zimri in my Absalom , is , in my Opinion , worth the whole Poem : ' Tis not bloody , but ' tis ridiculous enough . And he for whom it was intended ...
... self , if the Reader wou'd be kind enough to think it belongs to me . The Character of Zimri in my Absalom , is , in my Opinion , worth the whole Poem : ' Tis not bloody , but ' tis ridiculous enough . And he for whom it was intended ...
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... self as much , and to trouble others as little as I can : and therefore do naturally avoid the company of those folemn Fops ; who , being incapable of Reason , and infenfible of Wit and Pleasure , are always looking grave , and ...
... self as much , and to trouble others as little as I can : and therefore do naturally avoid the company of those folemn Fops ; who , being incapable of Reason , and infenfible of Wit and Pleasure , are always looking grave , and ...
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... self to the folid nonsence of your pretenders to Business , as the more ingenious paftime . SMI . I have heard , indeed , you have had lately many new Plays , and our Country - wits commend ' em . JOHNS . I , fo do fome of our City ...
... self to the folid nonsence of your pretenders to Business , as the more ingenious paftime . SMI . I have heard , indeed , you have had lately many new Plays , and our Country - wits commend ' em . JOHNS . I , fo do fome of our City ...
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... ' em : these Kings differing fometimes in particular ; though , in the main , they agree . ( I know not whether I make my self well understood . ) Continued from page 32 . 1. To give the reader ACT . I. 35 THE REHEARSAL.
... ' em : these Kings differing fometimes in particular ; though , in the main , they agree . ( I know not whether I make my self well understood . ) Continued from page 32 . 1. To give the reader ACT . I. 35 THE REHEARSAL.
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