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... my dead wife loved comes rubbing n1godust my hand, Ali olftent findd myself talking to her as if she could tie a comfort to speak when my heart is full, for it softens my grief away, Mdld'don't Want to hear other people preach, for there's nothing new they ...

THE DAYS OF HIS VANITY.*

... interpreted as here. After heading a chapter with one of the most serious admonitions to be found in Holy Writ, the writer speaks flip- pantly of a young lady, lHow good she looks saying her prayers into herpoekethandkerchief. There is really nothing ...

Published: Sunday 29 October 1876
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 852 | Page: 3 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

AN UNMUSICAL POET

... ini Heine's lifetinse. The poet thus speaks of him: H~eis indisputably the artist in Paris who finds the most unlimited enthusiasm, as well as the most cealous opponents. It is a characteristic sign that no one speaks of him with indi! - ference. Without ...

Published: Sunday 08 October 1876
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2781 | Page: 14 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

ACTORS IN THE CITY

... gieater portioi of you already linow; hut my object in speaking to you to-night i1 a very dif- ferent one The ?? Mayor has spoken of the eMluca- Siouln power of the dramdi. Yos will fortiee me if I speak of niy self iore than good taste would snigaiest; ...

Poetry

... loved comes rubbing against my hand, And re oten fnd myself talking to her as if she could under- stand, But 'tis comfort to speak when my heart is full, for it softens t] my grief away. c A ndrdon't want to hear other people preach, for there's no- thing ...

MUSIC

... treated with a master's hand. That the difficulties of execu- tion are very considerable, appears almost like a truism in speaking of a modern work; neither need it be specially men- tioned that they were overcome by Herr Hartvigoon in the splendid style ...

LITERARY MISCELLANEA

... bark; they simply whine, bowl, and growl; the e splosive no1se is only found among those which are. domesticated. onnsni .speaks of the shepherds? dogs in the wilds of Egypt as hafiugtthis faculty; and Columbuis found-. the dogs whieb he had previously ...

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS

... severe on English burlesquo actresses:- Nothing surprises a Frenchman so much as the ulogged persistence with which English- speaking vocalists misrepresent opera bouffe. Its heroines are made to appear as seaseless rouips without intellect or motive, and ...

OUIDA ON THE ENGLISH STAGE

... all students of our beautiful art will'bett fast when they hear why Ouida does not desire to be dramatised. Let the lady speak in her own words :- I have at all times refused permission to dramatise nay works, considering as I do, tflat in the present ...

Published: Sunday 01 October 1876
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 3284 | Page: 4 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

Promenade Concerts, Covent-garden

... bouffe during her recent tours in New Zealand, Australia. and India, has returned to England. The Colonii L and Indian press speak in enthusiastic terms of her ablilties, referring especially to her performances in Der FrciscluZ, Alanitanar, and the popular ...

Published: Sunday 01 October 1876
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 508 | Page: 10 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

FORESTER'S ENTERTAINMENT

... rch addressed the meeting upon Forestry. The Order was eat the largest in the world, having lodges il every English- o speaking country. He was glad that the practice of holding Ing tm at public-houses was dying away, and he believed that vasit was ...

THE LORD MAYOR AND THE DRAMA

... greater portion of you already know; but my object i in speaking to you to-night is a very different one. Thes' Lord Mayor has spoken of the educational power of the drama. You will forgive me if I speak of myself more than | good taste would suggest; if I ...