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" I have got a flock of them formed of leather covered with ravens' feathers: they are a little unwieldy, I must confess ; but I have disposed my wires, so as to play them about tolerably well, and make them flap out the candles ; and two of the largest... "
The British Essayists: Adventurer - Page 12
1823
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The Wandering Patentee: Or, A History of the Yorkshire Theatres ..., Volumes 3-4

Tate Wilkinson - 1795 - 544 pages
...covered with ravens' feathers : They are a little unwieldy,! mutt confefs,but I have difpofed my wires io as to play them about tolerably well, and make them flap out the candles ; and two of the largefc are to gulp down the grenadiers flationed at each door of the fta~e, with their caps, mulquets,...
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The British Essayists: The Adventurer

Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 430 pages
...have got a flock of them formed of leather covered with ravens feathers: they are a little unwieldy, I must confess; but I have disposed my wires, so as...stage, with their caps, muskets, bayonets, and all thuir accoutrements. The sixth labour is an engagement with the Amazons; to represent whom, I have...
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Select British Classics, Volume 19

1803 - 254 pages
...got a flock of them formed of leather, covered with raven's feathers : they are a little unwieldy, I must confess ; but I have disposed my wires so as...hired all the Wonderful Tall Men and Women that have been lately exhibited in this town. The part of Hyppolita their queen, is to be played by the Female...
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The British Essayists;: Adventurer

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 328 pages
...got a flock of them formed of leather covered with ravens feathers : they are a little unwieldy, I must confess ; but I have disposed my wires, so as...caps, muskets, bayonets, and all their accoutrements. I shall then present you with a prospect of the Augean stable, where- you will have an arrangement...
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The Adventurer, Volume 1

1823 - 304 pages
...got a flock of them formed of leather covered with ravens' feathers: they are a little unwieldy, I must confess ; but I have disposed my wires, so as...hired all the wonderful tall men and women that have been lately exhibited in this town. The part of Hippolita their queen is to be played by the female...
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The British Essayists: Adventurer

Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 650 pages
...got a flock of them formed of leather covered with ravens' feathers ; they are a little unwieldy, I must confess; but I have disposed my wires, so as...hired all the wonderful tall men and women that have been lately exhibited in this town. The part of Hippolita their queen is to be played by the female...
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On the Stage: Studies of Theatrical History and the Actor's Art, Volume 1

Dutton Cook - 1883 - 308 pages
...got a Mock of them, formed of leather covered with ravens' feathers. They are a little unwieldy, I must confess ; but I have disposed my wires so as...candles ; and two of the largest are to gulp down the grenadiers stationed at each door of the stage, with their caps, muskets, bayonets, and all their accoutrements."...
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Shakespeare from Betterton to Irving, Volume 1

George Clinton Densmore Odell - 1920 - 552 pages
...the "birds of Stymphalus's lake," who are to be "formed of leather covered with ravens' feathers. ... I have disposed my wires so as to play them about...tolerably well, and make them flap out the candles" — doubtless in the six rings mentioned above — "and two of the largest are to gulp down the grenadiers...
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Shakespeare from Betterton to Irving, Volume 1

George Clinton Densmore Odell - 1920 - 612 pages
...doubtless in the six rings mentioned above — "and two of the largest are to gulp down the grenadiers stationed at each door of the stage, with their caps, muskets, bayonets, and all their accoutrements." Tate Wilkinson, writing at the close of the century, speaks of the abrogation of the practice "within...
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