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POETRY

... POETRY. 13E CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY. In speaking of a person's faults, rray don't, forget your own; Bernemlohr those with homes of glass Should seldom throw a stone; If we have nothing else to do But talk of those who sin, 'Tiobetter we commence at home ...

MORE PARODIES

... part, Tell me of what use thon art? With a glass stuck in your eye, p And your cap worn all awry; Though no language you can speak, Neither Latin know nor Greek,- Hear my vow before you go, You shall never be my beau ! Awful Puppy ! Awful Swell! Who would ...

POETRY

... I'm sore perplexed; The last one proved his doctrine true, But so too will the next. TIHEOLOGIST. Here one avers-nor loth he speak As doubting. or afreid- That in six days, in ono short week, This werld wis perfect mado. GEOLOGIST. Another there with ...

QUEEN MARY AT THE LYCEUM

... Sinion Renard of Mr. Broolce was adapted to the picture M itil considerable skill. Of the other performers it is better not to speak h but since we ale sometimes engaged in contemplating the Princess Elizabeth sois upon the stage, we would express a wvish ...

Published: Saturday 22 April 1876
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 958 | Page: 7 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

TENNYSON'S QUEEN MARY

... suggest themselves to any reader of Queen Mary's history. We shall besides speak of these inci- dents in a separate notice. Our object is rather to trace the. . motive power so to speak of Mr Tennyson's play, and we quote, in conclusion, a passage from the ...

Published: Sunday 16 April 1876
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2540 | Page: 10 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE URBAN CLUB

... dearest action in the tented field ; And little of this great world can he speak More than pertains to feats of broils and battle; And therefore little should he grace his cause in speaking for himself. Yet, by your gracious patience, I will his round, unvarnished ...

Published: Sunday 02 April 1876
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2122 | Page: 5 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE SIDDONIAN DRAMATIC COMPANY

... destitute of talent. One or two were really respectable, and since it is a more agree- able task to praise than to blame we will speak of these first. Mr H. Gaston, who played the character of Rochford, had a thorough comprehension of the author's intention ...

Published: Sunday 02 April 1876
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 949 | Page: 3 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE HANDMAIDS OF THESPIS

... legitimacy of the Stage; they jar somewhat upon the harmony of a play constructed on the orthodox principle ; they, so to speak, make a climax of their own ; while, for the most part, they interrupt the emotions of the audience. Yet it must be admitted ...

Published: Sunday 23 April 1876
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1749 | Page: 6 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

HORNS ASSEMBLY ROOMS

... sketch called Sitting for your Photograph exercised a marvellous power over the risible faculties of those present without speaking so much as a single word. The conversation which took place between the photographer and the gentleman to be photographed ...

Published: Sunday 16 April 1876
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1123 | Page: 4 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

LORD MACAULAY.*

... while the other was due to his own independent reading and observation. We observe also with much interest that Mr. Trevelyan speaks of his uncle as walking up and down and talking what he called metaphysics; and also that he ranked the Dialogues of ...

VARIETIES

... organ-grinder in his purest accent, but was antonished' at receiviug the following response, I no speak Inglis. Call that a kind man, said an actor, speaking of an absent acquaintance, a man whe is away from his family, and never sends them a farthing ...

LITERARY NOTICES

... honour is assigned n to Mr. Matthew Arnold, whose paper is on 'The Church of England.' Wne contribution is not strictly speaking. an original one- or rather- it is the address, amplified vwe 0 believe, which the author delivered to the London clergy' ...