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... heard her deliver the startling epilogue written for her by Dryden . " For many years , " says Downes , " Dryden had given her the most showy and fantastic parts in his comedies . It looks as if " THE ENGLISH MONSIEUR . " 13.
... heard her deliver the startling epilogue written for her by Dryden . " For many years , " says Downes , " Dryden had given her the most showy and fantastic parts in his comedies . It looks as if " THE ENGLISH MONSIEUR . " 13.
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... Grace's side , and being asked why she was in mourning , " " Have you not heard , " she replied , " of my loss in the Khan of Tartary ? " “ And what relation , " continued the inquirer , C 2 " THE ENGLISH MONSIEUR . " 19.
... Grace's side , and being asked why she was in mourning , " " Have you not heard , " she replied , " of my loss in the Khan of Tartary ? " “ And what relation , " continued the inquirer , C 2 " THE ENGLISH MONSIEUR . " 19.
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... heard as much , " replied the good Queen Mary , " and this is a sign that the poor unfortunate woman died penitent ; for , if I have read a man's heart through his looks , had she not made a truly pious end , the Doctor could never have ...
... heard as much , " replied the good Queen Mary , " and this is a sign that the poor unfortunate woman died penitent ; for , if I have read a man's heart through his looks , had she not made a truly pious end , the Doctor could never have ...
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... heard that the piece is supposed to have been written as a satire on the Italian Opera as established . by Handel at the King's Theatre in the Haymarket — on the site now occupied by the building known as Her Majesty's Theatre . The ...
... heard that the piece is supposed to have been written as a satire on the Italian Opera as established . by Handel at the King's Theatre in the Haymarket — on the site now occupied by the building known as Her Majesty's Theatre . The ...
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... heard . " A letter from Handel to Mr. Charles Jennens , compiler of the words , giving him an account of the first performance of the Messiah , exhibits the modesty of the composer as much as a letter on the same subject from Mr ...
... heard . " A letter from Handel to Mr. Charles Jennens , compiler of the words , giving him an account of the first performance of the Messiah , exhibits the modesty of the composer as much as a letter on the same subject from Mr ...
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Stranica 37 - This was a good while before the first act was over, and so gave us ease soon ; for...
Stranica 9 - But, Lord ! to see how they were both painted would make a man mad, and did make me loath them ; and what base company of men comes among them, and how lewdly they talk ! and how poor the men are in clothes, and yet what a show they make on the stage by candle-light, is very observable.