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... was written expressly for Nell Gwyn by Dryden , who seems to have been on the best terms with her , and who understood perfectly how to turn her talent to effect . She had on one occasion 6 FAMOUS FIRST REPRESENTATIONS .
... was written expressly for Nell Gwyn by Dryden , who seems to have been on the best terms with her , and who understood perfectly how to turn her talent to effect . She had on one occasion 6 FAMOUS FIRST REPRESENTATIONS .
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... seems certain that Nell Gwyn's success was limited to comic parts . She herself declared in one of her epilogues- " I know you in your hearts Hate serious plays , as I hate serious parts . " Pepys was certainly more impressed by the ...
... seems certain that Nell Gwyn's success was limited to comic parts . She herself declared in one of her epilogues- " I know you in your hearts Hate serious plays , as I hate serious parts . " Pepys was certainly more impressed by the ...
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... seems to have charmed her audience in all her impersonations except those of a tragic kind . That she should ever have assumed parts which she her- self , equally with the public , felt to be unsuited to her talent , seems strange ; and ...
... seems to have charmed her audience in all her impersonations except those of a tragic kind . That she should ever have assumed parts which she her- self , equally with the public , felt to be unsuited to her talent , seems strange ; and ...
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... seems to me , Sire , that you took from me all cause of complaint , when you had the kindness to declare that you found nothing to object to in this comedy , which you forbade me to produce in public . 66 " But notwithstanding this ...
... seems to me , Sire , that you took from me all cause of complaint , when you had the kindness to declare that you found nothing to object to in this comedy , which you forbade me to produce in public . 66 " But notwithstanding this ...
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... seems to have held in great regard . " A very honest doctor , " ran the third placet , " whose patient I have the honour to be , promises , and is ready D to bind himself thereto before notary , to make me MOLIÈRE'S " TARTUFE . " 33.
... seems to have held in great regard . " A very honest doctor , " ran the third placet , " whose patient I have the honour to be , promises , and is ready D to bind himself thereto before notary , to make me MOLIÈRE'S " TARTUFE . " 33.
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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.