The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays,: Which are Acted at the Theatres Royal, Drury-Lane, Covent-Garden, and Haymarket ...Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1808 |
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... Sir Harry Wildair ; and Wilks , by the very admirable manner in which he supported the part , divided with the author those honours which the first appearance of the work ob- tained him . As a proof that this famed actor's abilities ...
... Sir Harry Wildair ; and Wilks , by the very admirable manner in which he supported the part , divided with the author those honours which the first appearance of the work ob- tained him . As a proof that this famed actor's abilities ...
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... Sir Harry ; and Mrs. Jordan has been no less admired and attractive . But it must be considered as a disgrace to the me- mory of the men of fashion , of the period in which Wildair was brought on the stage , that he has ever since been ...
... Sir Harry ; and Mrs. Jordan has been no less admired and attractive . But it must be considered as a disgrace to the me- mory of the men of fashion , of the period in which Wildair was brought on the stage , that he has ever since been ...
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... him that was , to the last moment of his life , thine , " GEORGE FARQUHAR . " Wilks protected the children - their mother died in extreme indigence . DRAMATIS PERSONE . SIR HARRY WILDAIR Mr. Elliston . TOM REMARKS . 7 ་
... him that was , to the last moment of his life , thine , " GEORGE FARQUHAR . " Wilks protected the children - their mother died in extreme indigence . DRAMATIS PERSONE . SIR HARRY WILDAIR Mr. Elliston . TOM REMARKS . 7 ་
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... SIR HARRY WILDAIR Mr. Elliston . TOM ERRAND'S WIFE Mrs. Maddocks . SCENE - London . THE CONSTANT COUPLE . ACT THE FIRST . SCENE I. Mr. Farren . DRURY LANE . COVENT GARDEN . Mr. Lewis . ALDERM . SMUGGLER Mr. Dowton . Mr. Quick . COLONEL ...
... SIR HARRY WILDAIR Mr. Elliston . TOM ERRAND'S WIFE Mrs. Maddocks . SCENE - London . THE CONSTANT COUPLE . ACT THE FIRST . SCENE I. Mr. Farren . DRURY LANE . COVENT GARDEN . Mr. Lewis . ALDERM . SMUGGLER Mr. Dowton . Mr. Quick . COLONEL ...
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... SIR HARRY WILDAIR , crosses the Stage sing- ing , with FOOTMEN after him . Heyday ! who the devil have we here ? Vizard . The joy of the playhouse , and life of the park ; Sir Harry Wildair , newly come from Paris . Colonel S. Sir Harry ...
... SIR HARRY WILDAIR , crosses the Stage sing- ing , with FOOTMEN after him . Heyday ! who the devil have we here ? Vizard . The joy of the playhouse , and life of the park ; Sir Harry Wildair , newly come from Paris . Colonel S. Sir Harry ...
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الصفحة 59 - The wide, the unbounded prospect lies before me : But shadows, clouds, and darkness, rest upon it. Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy.
الصفحة 59 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
الصفحة 58 - Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
الصفحة 17 - O'ercast with gloomy cares, and discontent ; Then tell me, Syphax, I conjure thee, tell me, What' are the thoughts that knit thy brow in frowns, And turn thine eye thus coldly on thy prince ? SYPHAX. 'Tis not my talent to conceal my thoughts, Or carry smiles and sun-shine in my face, , When discontent sits heavy at my heart.
الصفحة 7 - Dear Bob, — I have not anything to leave thee, to perpetuate my memory, but two helpless girls ; look upon them, sometimes ; and think of him that was, to the last moment of his life, thine, — GEORGE FARQUHAR.
الصفحة 45 - ARCH. Madam, the ladies pay best; the honour of serving them is sufficient wages; there is a charm in their looks that delivers a pleasure with their commands, and gives our duty the wings of inclination. MRS.
الصفحة 30 - The resolution fits a Roman senate. But, Cato, lend me for a while thy patience, And condescend to hear a young man speak. My father, when some days before his death He...
الصفحة 20 - Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin, that I admire: Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.
الصفحة 32 - Exacts severity from all our thoughts : It is not now a time to talk of aught But chains or conquest, liberty or death.
الصفحة 20 - His counsels bade me yield to thy directions: Then, Syphax, chide me in severest terms, Vent all thy passion, and I'll stand its shock, Calm and unruffled as a summer sea, When not a breath of wind flies o'er its surface.