Memoirs of Mrs. Inchbald: Including Her Familiar Correspondence with the Most Distinguished Persons of Her Time. To which are Added The Massacre, and A Case of Conscience; Now First Published from Her Autograph Copies, Volume 1R. Bentley, 1833 |
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... actress . She might consider the beauty of her person as securing attention at least to her efforts ; and she found out , by repeated trials , modes of palliating her defect . She wrote out all the words with which she had much ...
... actress . She might consider the beauty of her person as securing attention at least to her efforts ; and she found out , by repeated trials , modes of palliating her defect . She wrote out all the words with which she had much ...
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... actress , and any engagement that should appear respectable . He From the 7th May , visits are kept up with Dodd , who expresses a willingness to engage her ; and on the 16th she settles with him . had made her some presents , and , it ...
... actress , and any engagement that should appear respectable . He From the 7th May , visits are kept up with Dodd , who expresses a willingness to engage her ; and on the 16th she settles with him . had made her some presents , and , it ...
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... actresses and au- diences . The great magician alone could give voice and action to the divine Cordelia : - " Patience and Sorrow strove Which should express her goodliest . Once or twice She heaved the name of father Pantingly forth ...
... actresses and au- diences . The great magician alone could give voice and action to the divine Cordelia : - " Patience and Sorrow strove Which should express her goodliest . Once or twice She heaved the name of father Pantingly forth ...
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... . She had met with some singular and romantic adventures on the journey ; had become both a writer for the stage , and an actress : the parallel had not hitherto 6 been very imperfectly made out , and Mrs. Inch- bald 36 MEMOIR OF.
... . She had met with some singular and romantic adventures on the journey ; had become both a writer for the stage , and an actress : the parallel had not hitherto 6 been very imperfectly made out , and Mrs. Inch- bald 36 MEMOIR OF.
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... actress , and for a time it might discourage her application ; however , her husband , though not insensible to amusement , was himself a very steady and zealous actor ; and although not fond of repeating her parts before him , she ...
... actress , and for a time it might discourage her application ; however , her husband , though not insensible to amusement , was himself a very steady and zealous actor ; and although not fond of repeating her parts before him , she ...
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