THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE

... we have spoken. We went yesterday afternoon to The Theatre Royal Drury-lane, and heard an IPalan opera, of which we will speak. The opera c selected for performance was D ntzetti's comio opera, I 1I Cauipanlzelo, the singers Lilliputian, whom Mr. 1 ...

SINGULAR STORY

... Orleans. The letters are addressed Dear Julia and Children. The first ones speak of having sent her money, with some doubt in one case whether it was honestly ?? The late ones speak of want, not having been plt sickness, &o., and at least intimate a request ...

Theatrical Gossip

... Gloucester festival, La Drance Afusicale gives us a curious example of French inability to spell English names. O r contemporary speaks of Sines Reeves, Lewis Thomer, Santluy, and Dr Wesley. The opening spectacle at the Th6atre Lyrique will, it is expected, ...

POETRY

... secure, in downward gazing, To find one theme his heart for ever praising- The crystal cup a throne, and she the queen I speak. I grew about him, ever dearer; The water rose to meet me, ever nearer; The water passed one day this curb of stonc. Was it ...

POETRY

... POE RthY. sPEAK A GOOD) NvORD, OR 8AY NOTHI'NG AT ALL. rbere's a 5peciesi of slander abroad in thoe world, Against a good neelbbour, too frequently hari'd; Not aiwvys with malice, with envy, or spite, Yet fatal to friendship, good feeling, and right. ...

THE BETTER TIMES TO BE

... future time, will take the shape You chance to give it-shape it fair or foul- Speak to it in your actions; it will hear. Few words live long; but great deeds are the tongues That speak to every age and all mankind. 'The poet is the prophet of the good- Time ...

The Agricultural Hall Concerts

... the eight oratorios on Wednesday. Mr. Benedict was tie conductor in both instances. Of Tie Messiah in particular we have to speak, and, in general terms, the execntion of this masterpiece may be pronounced satisfactory. The csoristers were selected from ...

Published: Sunday 27 September 1868
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 769 | Page: 6 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

The Strand Amateurs at Bass's Rooms

... consider the members of this Club, generally speaking, very defective in their elocution. There is no art or style about it. Its chief fault is the want of naturalness. Some talk altogether with the lips, and others speak from the throat only, instead of letting ...

Published: Sunday 10 June 1866
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1019 | Page: 10 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

LITERATURE

... forms cannot be identified with the direct energies of an all-pervading willit is uuphiloso. pshical, the author submits, to speak as if the forces of nature were separate from the power of the Creator. To discover the cause is not to exclude thelidea of ...

THE STORY OF A CREAT FAILURE

... estimated that there would be a los1 on these of £2,788 000. No commentary is needed on such figures; buoy speak- to the eye better than any words speak to the ear. And they are not, it is to be remembered, the whole of the real loss: they are the estimated ...

POETRY

... tell of happy thoughts within, And hearts of kindliest feeling. Then mar it not with lordly pride, When lo0e should there be speaking; remember that a glance of scorn, Mday crush a heart that's breaking. Nor toss the bead,-nor 4chx the eye To pass all by ...

A FEW PLAIN HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS ON TEACHING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN (WELSH) COUNTRY SCHOOLS

... As long as thev g- encouragement to speak it is confined (as is isow the case ij 11e iss many places) withisn the walls of the schoolsoem; t where except on extraordinary occasions, it is an offence j~ g) to speak at all; and where no portion of time ...