The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners: With Strictures on Their Epitome, the Stage ..., المجلد 1proprietors, 1807 |
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... performing on that sub- lime instrument was then very different from what it is at present . Organ players then endeavoured to excel in skilful combinations of harmony , in artful contexture of parts , and learned modulation . At ...
... performing on that sub- lime instrument was then very different from what it is at present . Organ players then endeavoured to excel in skilful combinations of harmony , in artful contexture of parts , and learned modulation . At ...
الصفحة 53
... performing the part of Macbeth.- " The word to the action . " THE FEELINGS OF AN ACTOR , WITH AN ANECDOTE OF GARRICK . OLD NICK . MUCH stress has always been laid on this passage in Horace , de arte poeticâ sive Dramaticá ; Si vis me ...
... performing the part of Macbeth.- " The word to the action . " THE FEELINGS OF AN ACTOR , WITH AN ANECDOTE OF GARRICK . OLD NICK . MUCH stress has always been laid on this passage in Horace , de arte poeticâ sive Dramaticá ; Si vis me ...
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... performed the part of Norval , for the first time , with in- different success . This gentleman's talents are so various , and his me rits so considerable , in the vast range and variety of characters , which he represents , that it ...
... performed the part of Norval , for the first time , with in- different success . This gentleman's talents are so various , and his me rits so considerable , in the vast range and variety of characters , which he represents , that it ...
الصفحة 72
... performed , the indisposition of both singers still conti- nuing . Many were the reports industriously spread abroad , by envy and detraction , with respect to Madame Catalani . Amongst others , that her husband had been private ...
... performed , the indisposition of both singers still conti- nuing . Many were the reports industriously spread abroad , by envy and detraction , with respect to Madame Catalani . Amongst others , that her husband had been private ...
الصفحة 73
... performing her part is almost as un- happy as the matter of which it is fashioned . The phantasmagoric evolutions are a shade better , but , on the whole , it is not a proper combination to offer to the public for an evening's ...
... performing her part is almost as un- happy as the matter of which it is fashioned . The phantasmagoric evolutions are a shade better , but , on the whole , it is not a proper combination to offer to the public for an evening's ...
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الصفحة 329 - WHAT I shall leave thee, none can tell, But all shall say I wish thee well : I wish thee, Vin, before all wealth, Both bodily and ghostly health; Nor too much wealth nor wit come to thee, So much of either may undo thee. I wish thee learning not for show, Enough for to instruct and know ; Not such as gentlemen require To prate at table or at fire. I wish thee all thy mother's graces, Thy father's fortunes and hi
الصفحة 121 - Take care of my dear Lady Hamilton, Hardy. Take care of poor Lady Hamilton — Kiss me, Hardy', said he. Hardy knelt down and kissed his cheek: and Nelson said, 'Now I am satisfied. Thank God I have done my duty'.
الصفحة 87 - Whiles his young master lieth o'er his head. Second, that he do, on no default, Ever presume to sit above the salt. Third that he never change his trencher twice. Fourth, that he use all common courtesies, Sit bare at meals, and one half rise and wait. Last, that he never his...
الصفحة 77 - WHEREAS the German Government has issued certain orders which, in violation of the usages of war, purport to declare the waters surrounding the United Kingdom a military area, in which all British and allied merchant vessels will be destroyed, irrespective of the safety of the lives of passengers and crew, and in which neutral shipping will be exposed to similar danger in view of the uncertainties of naval...
الصفحة 78 - ... due regard to the just defence of the rights and interests of his people, not to suffer such measures to be taken by the enemy, without taking some steps on his part to restrain this violence, and to retort upon them the evils of their own injustice...
الصفحة 28 - Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple, where pilasters...
الصفحة 120 - A very considerable portion of the gold lace, pad, and lining of the epaulette, with a piece of the coat, was found attached to the ball: the lace of the epaulette was as firmly so, as if it had been inserted into the metal while in a state of fusion.
الصفحة 29 - The interim of unsweating themselves regularly, and convenient rest before meat, may both with profit and delight be taken up in recreating and composing their travailed spirits with the solemn and divine harmonies of music heard or learned, either whilst the skilful organist plies his grave and fancied descant in lofty fugues, or the whole symphony with artful and unimaginable touches adorn and grace the well-studied chords of some choice composer...
الصفحة 318 - O thou invisible spirit of wine ! if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil.
الصفحة 29 - ... waiting on elegant voices, either to religious, martial, or civil ditties ; which, 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.