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... the sky revolves So help min God in death's dismay. Of the tragedy as a whole, it is perhaps hardly necessary that ee should speak. We dismiss all stage rules in judging of a production which is meant only fur the closet, and are content to put up with wvant ...

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... has in view; and he holds in still less esteem those who presume to think that works of art should be estimated as such. Speaking of 1 the poor jaded back of the Spectator and other ' such small criics, lie san:- Thcse miserable effigies of critics ...

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... to wait tili the animals which had come to driuL should have thoroughly gorged them- selves; wvhen they were, generally speaking, easily knocked over fom my place of concealment. I have, however, some- times been so thoroughly fagged on taking up my ...

LITERATURE

... Professor Wilson, who pro- posed to rend hin, and said lie fancied l he was both better and worse than Carlyle-Inigher and lower. Speaking of thle French revclution, brought Carle up again. The professor objected to his ineessant iault-findling with the appearances ...

LITERATURE

... The: soul-murdering systern of national ignorance. We cannot refrain from qrloting the eloquent conclusion It is fetile to speak of the principles of Knox and Melville. H[ad Kinox lived in our day. he would probably-without, of' course, abancinning nise ...

THE EXHIBITION OF ALL NATIONS

... performed with so much alacrity and spirit-(hear, . hear.,)-in proposing the health of thc LadyMayoress-(cheers.) Gentlemen I speak in the prcsence of many very distinguished members of the H-ouse of Commons--of men belonging to vari- ons political combinations ...

THE EXHIBITION OF 1851

... medals struck of various sizes and different designs, it being their opinion that this is the form in which it will, generally speaking, be most desirable e that the rewards should he distributed. They will endeavour e to secure the assistance of the most eminent ...

THE THEATRE

... wer so skillfully employs in Richelicu, and which so greatly contribute to the popular effect of that fine drama. Lear never speaks to the audience: he is meant to be looked at, studied and admired strictly as a work of art, and unless we so re- gard him ...

THE DRAMA OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

... is eoniugi. Tire i- Roinse shavc-s off iris rhisker;, pore onl greets spcorcclee, bevies to! iris fate in a handko-clrief, speak-s Eirgishb, and relici liroseif ?? Smith. Protected try Heaverr, tire' muach itt safety thle free- lritble shiores ?? to Meanwil~ie ...

LITERATURE

... which it is written. It is generally utn- derstood that a woman can write in her own language. t as unquestionably shie can speak, with more facility then a d a::ll, buit we woer not ?? that her superior flene extended to the translatioa of her thoughts ...

THE THEATRE—MR AND MRS CHARLES KEAN

... Alone; yet dare not turn, lest fearful shaped Should give the lie to sense. Alone! ah, see o'he l old man stalks before me ! Speak ' T11 answer,-- He's dIra.!h- And nlow from the quiek-breedistg air There loomrs ?? form-dark, stern-my lather's- iec points ...

THE THEATRE

... building end of the accommodation which will be afforded to the National Gallery, and the Royal Scottish Acadezm , we cannat yet speak. We trust that there will be no occasiorf for complaint, and we are sure that the intended arrangement by which the Government ...