Life of Mrs. Siddons, Volumes 1-2Harper, 1834 - 260 pages |
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... John Kemble - Performs Constance , in " King John " -Her own Criti- cisms on the Character - Plays Lady Randolph , the Countess of Salis- bury , and Sigismunda in Thomson's Tragedy - Conclusion of the Season 1783-4 CHAPTER VI . · 82 Mrs ...
... John Kemble - Performs Constance , in " King John " -Her own Criti- cisms on the Character - Plays Lady Randolph , the Countess of Salis- bury , and Sigismunda in Thomson's Tragedy - Conclusion of the Season 1783-4 CHAPTER VI . · 82 Mrs ...
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... John , at Lausanne - Mrs . Garrick's Bequest to her - Mrs . Siddons's gratifica- tion at Fanny Kemble's performance - Her last Illness , Death , and Funeral - General Eulogium on her Character 240 LIFE OF MRS . SIDDONS . CHAPTER . I ...
... John , at Lausanne - Mrs . Garrick's Bequest to her - Mrs . Siddons's gratifica- tion at Fanny Kemble's performance - Her last Illness , Death , and Funeral - General Eulogium on her Character 240 LIFE OF MRS . SIDDONS . CHAPTER . I ...
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... John Kemble , of course , enhanced the interest which their venerable appearance commanded , yet I have been assured by those who knew them long before their children became illustrious , that in their humblest circum- stances they ...
... John Kemble , of course , enhanced the interest which their venerable appearance commanded , yet I have been assured by those who knew them long before their children became illustrious , that in their humblest circum- stances they ...
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... John Kemble , who , according to the diary of Douay College , was ordained a priest in February , 1625 ; and in the June fol- lowing was sent upon the English mission ; after which , his usual residence was in the diocess of his native ...
... John Kemble , who , according to the diary of Douay College , was ordained a priest in February , 1625 ; and in the June fol- lowing was sent upon the English mission ; after which , his usual residence was in the diocess of his native ...
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... JOHN PHILIP KEMBLE , born at Prescott , in Lancashire , February 1 , 1757. Died at Lausanne , 1823 . 3. STEPHEN KEMBLE , born at Rington , in Herefordshire , May 3 , 1758 . Died 1822 . 4. FRANCES KEMBLE , born at Hereford , December 28 ...
... JOHN PHILIP KEMBLE , born at Prescott , in Lancashire , February 1 , 1757. Died at Lausanne , 1823 . 3. STEPHEN KEMBLE , born at Rington , in Herefordshire , May 3 , 1758 . Died 1822 . 4. FRANCES KEMBLE , born at Hereford , December 28 ...
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Page 125 - Hie thee hither, That I may pour my spirits in thine ear ; And chastise with the valour of my tongue All that impedes thee from the golden round, Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem To have thee crown'd withal.
Page 125 - Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be What thou art promised. Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great, Art not without ambition, but without The illness should attend it. What thou wouldst highly That wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false, And yet wouldst wrongly win. Thou'dst have, great Glamis, that which cries, "Thus thou must do, if thou have it, And that which rather thou dost fear to do Than wishest should...
Page 133 - All causes shall give way : I am in blood Stepp'd in so far that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er : Strange things I have in head, that will to hand ; Which must be acted ere they may be scann'd.
Page 126 - I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me : I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this.
Page 51 - Pity it is, that the momentary beauties flowing from an harmonious elocution, cannot like those of poetry be their own record! That the animated graces of the player can live no longer than the instant breath and motion that presents them; or at best can but faintly glimmer through the memory, or imperfect attestation of a few surviving spectators.
Page 130 - Are you a man ? MACB. Ay, and a bold one, that dare look on that Which might appal the devil. LADY M. O proper stuff ! This is the very painting of your fear : This is the air-drawn dagger which, you said, Led you to Duncan. O, these flaws and starts, Impostors to true fear, would well become A woman's story at a winter's fire, Authorized by her grandam. Shame itself ! Why do you make such faces ? When all 's done, You look but on a stool.
Page 132 - Here's the smell of the blood still: all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.
Page 128 - Nought's had, all's spent, Where our desire is got without content : 'Tis safer to be that which we destroy Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy.
Page 131 - Till thou applaud the deed. Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond Which keeps me pale!— Light thickens; and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood: Good things of day begin to droop and drowse; Whiles night's black agents to their preys do rouse...
Page 127 - tis not done. The attempt, and not the deed, Confounds us. Hark ! I laid their daggers ready He could not miss them. Had he not resembled My father as he slept, I had done 't.