Memoirs of Miss O'Neill: Containing Her Public Character, Private Life, and Dramatic Progress, from Her Entrance Upon the Stage;...D. Cox, 1816 - 100 páginas |
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... the blameless conduct of her private life , cannot fail to have a claim to strong prepossession with every person to whom female excellence is a subject of deserved admiration . Memoirs OF MISS O'NEILL , & c . & c 2 INTRODUCTION .
... the blameless conduct of her private life , cannot fail to have a claim to strong prepossession with every person to whom female excellence is a subject of deserved admiration . Memoirs OF MISS O'NEILL , & c . & c 2 INTRODUCTION .
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... strong marked visage of age . Yet even here she triumphs in some degree over this defect of nature , and in the following fine soliloquy before she swallows the Friar's draught , she displays in the strongest colours the influence of ...
... strong marked visage of age . Yet even here she triumphs in some degree over this defect of nature , and in the following fine soliloquy before she swallows the Friar's draught , she displays in the strongest colours the influence of ...
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... strong prepossession in favour of an actress like Miss O'Neill , where soft and tender thrill is so much suited to the situation , and a uni- versal stillness and anxiety pervades every pulse of the house , when she is heard to repeat ...
... strong prepossession in favour of an actress like Miss O'Neill , where soft and tender thrill is so much suited to the situation , and a uni- versal stillness and anxiety pervades every pulse of the house , when she is heard to repeat ...
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... anew to the attack on her honour , as the strong incentive to master Jaffier's feelings , and thus shakes his resolution , and fixes him to betray the plot . The parting words of the scene are peculiarly excellent . MISS O'NEILL . 29.
... anew to the attack on her honour , as the strong incentive to master Jaffier's feelings , and thus shakes his resolution , and fixes him to betray the plot . The parting words of the scene are peculiarly excellent . MISS O'NEILL . 29.
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... strong shrill cadence of Mrs. Siddons , in the same part . The one literally plays round the head - we admire it , and it is lost ; the other goes to the heart , and is rivetted . The ex- pression , Ꭰ " Yes ! your daughter , " is given ...
... strong shrill cadence of Mrs. Siddons , in the same part . The one literally plays round the head - we admire it , and it is lost ; the other goes to the heart , and is rivetted . The ex- pression , Ꭰ " Yes ! your daughter , " is given ...
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