The Dictionary of National Biography, Հատոր 8Leslie Stephen, Sir Sidney Lee Oxford University Press, 1908 |
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... success he took a large hall in West Nile Street , Glasgow , which he opened as the Prince's Theatre . In 1852 he undertook the management of the Theatre Royal , Glasgow . He became lessee also of the Theatres Royal at Paisley and ...
... success he took a large hall in West Nile Street , Glasgow , which he opened as the Prince's Theatre . In 1852 he undertook the management of the Theatre Royal , Glasgow . He became lessee also of the Theatres Royal at Paisley and ...
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... success to 1873 , when he succeeded his father in the to open a season of opera at Manchester , his peerage . He was ... successful enough for frequent originated by her . He gave his salary as repetition and a revival two years later ...
... success to 1873 , when he succeeded his father in the to open a season of opera at Manchester , his peerage . He was ... successful enough for frequent originated by her . He gave his salary as repetition and a revival two years later ...
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... success was most distinct in characters name of Glyn , made at the Theatre Royal , in which her commanding figure was of ad- Manchester , her appearance as Constance in vantage . A vein of comedy which in her ' King John . ' Lady ...
... success was most distinct in characters name of Glyn , made at the Theatre Royal , in which her commanding figure was of ad- Manchester , her appearance as Constance in vantage . A vein of comedy which in her ' King John . ' Lady ...
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... success . In December 1801 he was at last married by Mrs. Clairmont , a widow with a son , Charles , and a daughter , Clara Mary Jane Clairmont [ q . v . ] Mrs. Clair- mont had come to live in the next house to him in the Polygon , and ...
... success . In December 1801 he was at last married by Mrs. Clairmont , a widow with a son , Charles , and a daughter , Clara Mary Jane Clairmont [ q . v . ] Mrs. Clair- mont had come to live in the next house to him in the Polygon , and ...
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... success . It is ably criti- cised in Bonar's ' Malthus , ' 1885 , pp . 360-70 . Towards the end of 1819 the publishing business showed ominous symptoms . They deepened in the following years , and Godwin's title to his house in Skinner ...
... success . It is ably criti- cised in Bonar's ' Malthus , ' 1885 , pp . 360-70 . Towards the end of 1819 the publishing business showed ominous symptoms . They deepened in the following years , and Godwin's title to his house in Skinner ...
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Էջ 17 - That the hostile impression was not confined to the courtier, is proved by Butler's immortalising their names in the following couplet : — " Did not the learned Glynne and Maynard To make good subjects traitors strain hard...