Shadows of the StageMacmillan, 1892 - 387 էջ |
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... night , " above which the genius of the drama was mournfully presiding , in the likeness of an owl . The New York veteran of to - day , although his sad gaze may not penetrate backward quite to the effulgent splendours of the old Park ...
... night , " above which the genius of the drama was mournfully presiding , in the likeness of an owl . The New York veteran of to - day , although his sad gaze may not penetrate backward quite to the effulgent splendours of the old Park ...
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... night behind " ) , and thus to circle forever round and round this globe , the ecstatic spectator of happiness and peace . He has had enough and more than enough of study , of struggle , of un- fulfilled aspiration . Lonely dignity ...
... night behind " ) , and thus to circle forever round and round this globe , the ecstatic spectator of happiness and peace . He has had enough and more than enough of study , of struggle , of un- fulfilled aspiration . Lonely dignity ...
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... night . My province is evil ; my existence is mockery ; my pleas- ure and my purpose are destruction . In a word , this Fiend , towering to the loftiest summit of cold intellect , is the embodiment of cruelty , malice , and scorn ...
... night . My province is evil ; my existence is mockery ; my pleas- ure and my purpose are destruction . In a word , this Fiend , towering to the loftiest summit of cold intellect , is the embodiment of cruelty , malice , and scorn ...
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... scene , the agony of the final parting from Romeo , the forlorn tremor and passionate frenzy of the terrible night before the burial , the fearful awak- - ening , the desperation , the paroxysm , the death 60 ADELAIDE NEILSON.
... scene , the agony of the final parting from Romeo , the forlorn tremor and passionate frenzy of the terrible night before the burial , the fearful awak- - ening , the desperation , the paroxysm , the death 60 ADELAIDE NEILSON.
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... night of November 13 , 1833 , and on that night , near Baltimore , Maryland , was born the most famous tragic actor of America in this generation , Edwin Booth . No other American actor of this century has had a rise so rapid or a ...
... night of November 13 , 1833 , and on that night , near Baltimore , Maryland , was born the most famous tragic actor of America in this generation , Edwin Booth . No other American actor of this century has had a rise so rapid or a ...
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Էջ 11 - I would go fifty miles on foot, for I have not a horse worth riding on, to kiss the hand of that man whose generous heart will give up the reins of his imagination into his author's hands — be pleased he knows not why, and cares not wherefore.
Էջ 259 - ... upon him her whole artillery of airs, eyes, and motion; down goes her dainty, diving body to the ground, as if she were sinking under the conscious load of her own attractions; then launches into a flood of fine language and compliment, still playing her chest forward in fifty falls and risings, like a swan upon waving water...
Էջ 275 - CLXXVII •Oh, that the Desert were my dwelling-place, With one fair Spirit for my minister, That I might all forget the human race, And, hating no one, love but only her ! Ye Elements, in whose ennobling stir I feel myself exalted, can ye not Accord me such a being ? Do I err In deeming such inhabit many a spot, Though with them to converse can rarely be our lot...
Էջ 100 - A creature not too bright and good For human nature's daily food; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
Էջ 46 - Like one, that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round walks on And turns no more his head; Because he knows, a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread.
Էջ 378 - And babes, sweet-smiling babes, our bed. How should I love the pretty creatures, While round my knees they fondly clung ; To see them look their mother's features, To hear them lisp their mother's tongue. And when with envy, time transported, Shall think to rob us of our joys, You'll in your girls again be courted, And I'll go wooing in my boys.
Էջ 210 - ... could have felt more with me and for me. Why, then, should I hesitate (unless through a fear that I might seem egotistical) to tell you all my triumphs, all my success? Suffice it, all my successes put together since I have been upon the stage would not come near my success in London; and I only wanted some one of you here to enjoy it with me, to make it complete.
Էջ 355 - I slept soundly till three o'clock, awaked, and then writ these lines : " ' Come, pleasing Rest, eternal Slumber, fall ; Seal mine, that once must seal the eyes of all. Calm and composed my soul her journey takes, No guilt that troubles, and no heart that aches. Adieu ! thou Sun, all bright like her arise ; Adieu ! fair Friends, and all that's good and wise.