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Most In this play there is a violation good actors have some particular of nature ,
reason , or character in characters which they generally en- almost every scene .
It does not gross : : and Mr. Bernard in sustain- contain a part of even common ...
Most In this play there is a violation good actors have some particular of nature ,
reason , or character in characters which they generally en- almost every scene .
It does not gross : : and Mr. Bernard in sustain- contain a part of even common ...
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contrast in the scenes which succeed separate interests , Pizarro minglés each
other , the first with Essex and the three stories so that it has emphatically second
with the Queen , was not made been denominated " a nest of plays ; " effectually
...
contrast in the scenes which succeed separate interests , Pizarro minglés each
other , the first with Essex and the three stories so that it has emphatically second
with the Queen , was not made been denominated " a nest of plays ; " effectually
...
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This play we think though he may be subject to decided : very little calculated , for
the meridian censure for the presumption of which of Boston , for if the
objectionable pas he was guilty , in the liberties he has sages were expunged , it
would ...
This play we think though he may be subject to decided : very little calculated , for
the meridian censure for the presumption of which of Boston , for if the
objectionable pas he was guilty , in the liberties he has sages were expunged , it
would ...
Page 136
There are , nevertheless , in the play bles bad deserted him ; and afterwards
before us , some original cliaracters of his satisfaction in finding Hubert's - stoan
important grade in the scale of ry false , afforded further proofs of ei . merit .
There are , nevertheless , in the play bles bad deserted him ; and afterwards
before us , some original cliaracters of his satisfaction in finding Hubert's - stoan
important grade in the scale of ry false , afforded further proofs of ei . merit .
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exgeeted ( from any previous notice ) , el , and in his bye - play , he shewed a still
tlut instead of observing the tears of further judicious attention to the part : grief in
the audience , we saw only the Mr. Caulfield in Eirar acquitted sizre of ...
exgeeted ( from any previous notice ) , el , and in his bye - play , he shewed a still
tlut instead of observing the tears of further judicious attention to the part : grief in
the audience , we saw only the Mr. Caulfield in Eirar acquitted sizre of ...
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Page 276 - Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend; And entertains the harmless day With a religious book or friend — This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise or fear to fall: Lord of himself, though not of lands, And, having nothing, yet hath all.
Page 276 - HOW happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ! Whose passions not his masters are; Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the world by care Of public fame or private breath...
Page 276 - I ne'er could any lustre see In eyes that would not look on me ; I ne'er saw nectar on a lip, But where my own did hope to sip.
Page 177 - Christian religion, which might be drawn from the prophecies of the Old Testament, from the necessary connection it has with the whole system of the Jewish religion, from the miracles of Christ, and from the evidence given of his resurrection by all the other apostles, he thought the conversion of St Paul alone, duly considered, was of itself a demonstration sufficient to prove Christianity to be a divine revelation.
Page 30 - Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. For as for the first wrong, it doth but offend the law ; but the revenge of that wrong putteth the law out of office.
Page 224 - God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts, That can alone make sweet the bitter draught, That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threatened in the fields and groves...
Page 237 - ... if wise men and prophets be not extremely out, have a great power over dispositions and manners, to smooth and make them gentle from rustic harshness and distempered passions.
Page 235 - My lot might have been that of a slave, a savage, or a peasant ; nor can I reflect without pleasure on the bounty of Nature, which cast my birth in a free and civilized country, in an age of science and philosophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently endowed with the gifts of fortune.
Page 200 - Be yet patient! I have but a few words more to say. I am going to my cold and silent grave : my lamp of life is nearly extinguished : my race is run : the grave opens to receive me, and I sink into its bosom!
Page 210 - Oh! while along the stream of Time thy name Expanded flies, and gathers all its fame, Say, shall my little bark attendant sail, Pursue the triumph, and partake the gale?