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... excellent mimic . I am sorry for these disclosures , which were extorted from me , but I cannot retract them . There is one observation which has been made , and which is true , that public censure hurts actors in a pecuniary point of ...
... excellent mimic . I am sorry for these disclosures , which were extorted from me , but I cannot retract them . There is one observation which has been made , and which is true , that public censure hurts actors in a pecuniary point of ...
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... excellent . A spirit should not whine or shed tears . [ Miss Smith's Ophelia excited a high degree of interest , and was applauded as it deserved . ] 3 Mr. Dowton's Polonius was unworthy of so excellent an actor . The part was mistaken ...
... excellent . A spirit should not whine or shed tears . [ Miss Smith's Ophelia excited a high degree of interest , and was applauded as it deserved . ] 3 Mr. Dowton's Polonius was unworthy of so excellent an actor . The part was mistaken ...
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... excellent as it always is . It is hard to say , whether the soul of Mr. Liston has passed into Mr. Lubin Log , or that of Mr. Lubin Log into Mr. Liston : -but a most wonderful congeniality and mutual good understanding there is between ...
... excellent as it always is . It is hard to say , whether the soul of Mr. Liston has passed into Mr. Lubin Log , or that of Mr. Lubin Log into Mr. Liston : -but a most wonderful congeniality and mutual good understanding there is between ...
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... excellent and original actor , and are equally without the candour to acknowledge their error , after they find themselves in the wrong . A In going to see Mr. Kean in any new character , we do not go in the expectation of seeing either ...
... excellent and original actor , and are equally without the candour to acknowledge their error , after they find themselves in the wrong . A In going to see Mr. Kean in any new character , we do not go in the expectation of seeing either ...
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... excellent good fellow , and lively bottle companion . But though we do not wish him to be represented as a monster , or a fiend , we see no reason why he should instantly be con- verted into a pattern of comic gaiety and good humour ...
... excellent good fellow , and lively bottle companion . But though we do not wish him to be represented as a monster , or a fiend , we see no reason why he should instantly be con- verted into a pattern of comic gaiety and good humour ...
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