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The Biography of the British Stage: Being Correct Narratives of the Lives of ... - Page 115
1824 - 295 pages
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The flowers of literature, or, Encyclopædia of anecdote, a coll ..., Volume 1

William Oxberry - 1822 - 430 pages
...to which Shakspeare has ever been subject. Without grace or dignity he comes forward ; he shews an unconsciousness that any body is before him, and is...voice is harsh and monotonous, but as it is deep, au.swers well enough the idea he entertains, of impressing terror by a tone which seems to proceed...
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The Spirit of the English Magazines

American periodicals - 1825 - 498 pages
...been subject. Without giace or dignity he comes forward ; he shows an unconsciousness that anybody is before him, and is often so forgetful of the respect...contemplation is to be indulged, as if for the purpose of showing his abstractedness from all ordinary objects. His voice is harsh and monotonous, but as it...
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The Irish penny magazine

1833 - 222 pages
...IRISH PENNY MAGAZINE. has ever been subject. Without grace or dignity he comes forward ; he shews an unconsciousness that any body is before him, and is...to an audience, that he turns his back upon them in gome of those scenes where contemplation is to be indulged, as if, for the purpose of shelving hi*...
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The Life of Edmund Kean, Volume 1

Frederick William Hawkins - Actors - 1869 - 466 pages
...been subjected. Without grace or dignity he comes forward ; he shows an unconsciousness that anybody is before him ; and is often so forgetful of the respect...he turns his back upon them in some of those scenes in which contemplation is to be indulged, as if for the purpose of showing his abstractedness from...
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Our old actors, Issue 84, Volume 2

Henry Barton Baker - 1878 - 412 pages
...been subjected. Without grace or dignity he comes forward; he shows an unconsciousness that any one is before him; and is often so forgetful of the respect...he turns his back upon them in some of those scenes in which contemplation is to be indulged, as if for the purpose of showing his abstractedness from...
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Our Old Actors, Volume 2

Henry Barton Baker - Actors - 1878 - 408 pages
...been subjected. Without grace or dignity he comes forward ; he shows an unconsciousness that any one is before him ; and is often so forgetful of the respect due to an andience, that he turns his back upon them in some of those scenes in which contemplation is to be...
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English Actors from Shakespeare to Macready, Volume 2

Henry Barton Baker - Actors - 1879 - 336 pages
...; he shows an unconsciousness that any one is before him ; and is often so forgetful of the raspect due to an audience that he turns his back upon them in some of those scenes in which contemplation is to be indulged, as if for the purpose of showing his abstractedness from...
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Pleasant Hours with Illustrious Men and Women: With Many Personal Reminiscences

Thomas W. Handford - Biography - 1885 - 456 pages
...ever been subject. Without grace or dignity he comes forward; he shows an unconsciousness that anybody is before him, and is often so forgetful of the respect...contemplation is to be indulged, as if for the purpose of showing his abstractedness from all ordinary objects. His voice is harsh and monotonous, but, as it...
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The Life and Adventures of Edmund Kean, Tragedian. 1787-1833, Volume 1

Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - Actors - 1888 - 324 pages
...been subjected. Without grace or dignity he comes forward ; he shows an unconsciousness that anybody is before him, and is often so forgetful of the respect...audience that he turns his back upon them in some of these scenes in which contemplation is to be indulged, as if for the purpose of showing his abstractedness...
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