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... play , well acted , passes away a whole evening delightfully at a certain period of life , agree- ably at all times ... plays and players ; they are " the brief chron- icles of the time , " the epitome of human life and manners . While ...
... play , well acted , passes away a whole evening delightfully at a certain period of life , agree- ably at all times ... plays and players ; they are " the brief chron- icles of the time , " the epitome of human life and manners . While ...
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... play was , upon the whole , very respectably cast . It would be an equivocal compliment to say of Miss Smith , ' that her acting often reminds us of Mrs. Siddons . Rae played Bassanio ; but the abrupt and harsh tones of his voice are ...
... play was , upon the whole , very respectably cast . It would be an equivocal compliment to say of Miss Smith , ' that her acting often reminds us of Mrs. Siddons . Rae played Bassanio ; but the abrupt and harsh tones of his voice are ...
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... playing was the same . [ His style of acting is , if we may use the expression , more significant , more pregnant ... played Portia with much more animation than the last time we saw her , and in delivering the fine apostrophe on Mercy ...
... playing was the same . [ His style of acting is , if we may use the expression , more significant , more pregnant ... played Portia with much more animation than the last time we saw her , and in delivering the fine apostrophe on Mercy ...
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... play the greatest animation and effect . He filled every part of the stage . The concluding scene , in which he is killed by Richmond , ' was the most brilliant . He fought like one drunk with wounds : and the attitude in which he ...
... play the greatest animation and effect . He filled every part of the stage . The concluding scene , in which he is killed by Richmond , ' was the most brilliant . He fought like one drunk with wounds : and the attitude in which he ...
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... play shown more of the magnanimity of genius , than in any other . There is no attempt to force an interest , but every thing is left to time and circumstances . The interest is excited without premeditation or effort , the events ...
... play shown more of the magnanimity of genius , than in any other . There is no attempt to force an interest , but every thing is left to time and circumstances . The interest is excited without premeditation or effort , the events ...
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