The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners : with Strictures on Their Epitome, the Stage, Volume 241807 |
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... natural and fortunate gradation , from an actor he became a writer of plays . In his first efforts , it is said , he was unsuccessful ; but this , as it is common to most men , is no impeachment of his future merit . Tradition affirms ...
... natural and fortunate gradation , from an actor he became a writer of plays . In his first efforts , it is said , he was unsuccessful ; but this , as it is common to most men , is no impeachment of his future merit . Tradition affirms ...
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... nature of these entries , which , while they prove the poverty of Jonson , are extended to all his fellows , and evince the needy and dependent state of the writers for the stage . Shakespeare is , however , one great exception : it ...
... nature of these entries , which , while they prove the poverty of Jonson , are extended to all his fellows , and evince the needy and dependent state of the writers for the stage . Shakespeare is , however , one great exception : it ...
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... natural to expect that the origin of the nobility should be , at least , respectable ; the sword originally gained hereditary distinctions . It was natural it should . Literature , confined to the clergy , engrossed the law . Trade was ...
... natural to expect that the origin of the nobility should be , at least , respectable ; the sword originally gained hereditary distinctions . It was natural it should . Literature , confined to the clergy , engrossed the law . Trade was ...
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... nature of man and wine is dissimilar , says Alexis- Ο μεν γας απογηρασκων αηδης γινεται Lib . ii . p . 36 . for we hate old men , but we like the oldest wine . In the above verse read απογήρων . Panyasis , lib . ii . p . 37 , 18 THE ...
... nature of man and wine is dissimilar , says Alexis- Ο μεν γας απογηρασκων αηδης γινεται Lib . ii . p . 36 . for we hate old men , but we like the oldest wine . In the above verse read απογήρων . Panyasis , lib . ii . p . 37 , 18 THE ...
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... nature - they scratch and cut their faces with broken pieces of shell . The return of Moyhanger , a native brought by Mr. S. to this country , will , he fears , " produce a dreadful disfiguration of their countenances . " Their ...
... nature - they scratch and cut their faces with broken pieces of shell . The return of Moyhanger , a native brought by Mr. S. to this country , will , he fears , " produce a dreadful disfiguration of their countenances . " Their ...
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