The gamester, by E. Moore. The tragedy of Jane Shore, by N. Rowe. The London merchant, by G. Lillo. Douglas, by J. Home. The tragedy of the Lady Jane Gray, by N. RoweJames Plumptre F. Hodson, 1812 |
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Pagina iv
... nature of theatres , and how much they are exposed to accidents by fire , from the lamps , & c . the wonder is , perhaps , that we do not hear of more frequent accidents in them . * In these two cases how much cause is there for ...
... nature of theatres , and how much they are exposed to accidents by fire , from the lamps , & c . the wonder is , perhaps , that we do not hear of more frequent accidents in them . * In these two cases how much cause is there for ...
Pagina vii
... Nature of them ; and gross " failings reflect not only on our Morals , but our " Taste . Indeed it is lamentable that , fond as we are " of adopting the Fashions and Qualities of our Neigh- " bours , often much for the worse , we should ...
... Nature of them ; and gross " failings reflect not only on our Morals , but our " Taste . Indeed it is lamentable that , fond as we are " of adopting the Fashions and Qualities of our Neigh- " bours , often much for the worse , we should ...
Pagina xviii
... nature , appealing to the heart , and affording a lesson of great importance in a moral point of view . The second is a story of former times , partly formed on the sufferings of domestic life , but with a mixture of the characters of ...
... nature , appealing to the heart , and affording a lesson of great importance in a moral point of view . The second is a story of former times , partly formed on the sufferings of domestic life , but with a mixture of the characters of ...
Pagina xix
... nature , which defeats its own purpose for want of discretion and firmness in chusing its objects and executing its designs , is exposed in the third . The fourth condemns those libertine principles , which , in seeking their own ...
... nature , which defeats its own purpose for want of discretion and firmness in chusing its objects and executing its designs , is exposed in the third . The fourth condemns those libertine principles , which , in seeking their own ...
Pagina xxiii
... nature , is to renounce art and affectation , and " to adhere to truth and simplicity . " It is usual in printed plays to put those passages which are omitted in representation between single in- verted commas . The reader will find ...
... nature , is to renounce art and affectation , and " to adhere to truth and simplicity . " It is usual in printed plays to put those passages which are omitted in representation between single in- verted commas . The reader will find ...
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Alic Alicia Anna Barn Bates beauty Beverley Beverley's bless Blunt bosom Char character Charlotte Clare Hall death distress Doug Douglas dreadful Duke Edward Enter ev'ry Exeunt Exit eyes father fear forgive fortune friendship George Barnwell give Glen Glenalvon Glos Gloster grief Guil Guilford hand happy heart Heaven honour hope husband Jane Shore Jarvis King L. J. Gray Lady Jane Lady Rand Lady Randolph Lewson live Lord Guilford Dudley Lord Hastings Lord Rand Lucy madam master means mercy Millwood mind misery murder never night noble Norv Norval o'er passion peace Pemb pity play poor racters Richard RATCLIFFE royal ruin says scene servant shew Sir William CATESBY sorrow soul speak stage Stukely tears tell Theatre THEATRE ROYAL thee Thor thought Tragedy True truth Twas villain virtue wife wretch youth
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Pagina 280 - The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.
Pagina 22 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly...
Pagina 279 - Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
Pagina 182 - What's Hecuba to him or he to Hecuba That he should weep for her? What would he do Had he the motive and the cue for passion That I have? He would drown the stage with tears, And cleave the general ear with horrid speech, Make mad the guilty and appal the free, Confound the ignorant, and amaze indeed The very faculties of eyes and ears.
Pagina 325 - Duchess, with all the household, gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park. I found her in her chamber reading...
Pagina 326 - For when I am in presence either of father or mother, whether I speak, keep silence, sit, stand, or go, eat, drink, be merry or sad, be sewing, playing, dancing or doing anything else, I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure and number, even so perfectly as God made the world...
Pagina xxi - And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; and he shall purify the sons of Levi and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.
Pagina 23 - O good old man, how well in thee appears The constant service of the antique world, When service sweat for duty, not for meed...
Pagina 326 - I am with him. And when I am called from him, I fall on weeping, because whatsoever I do else but learning, is full of grief, trouble, fear, and whole misliking unto me. And thus my book hath been so much my pleasure, and bringeth daily to me more pleasure and more, that in respect of it, all other pleasures, in very deed, be but trifles and troubles unto me.
Pagina 70 - I have pass'da miserable night, So full of fearful dreams, of ugly sights, That, as I am a christian faithful man, ' • I would not spend another such a night, Though 'twere to buy a world of happy days ; So full of dismal terror was the time.