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UNDER ONE ROOF: An Episode in a Family History

... act of love and faith be similarly attracted earthward ? Hush, speak not of compulsion. You may even now be wounding ears of which you little guess. There are means such as you speak of; but whether they may prove efficacious or not, does not rest with ...

Published: Saturday 01 February 1879
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 5977 | Page: 16 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE LITERARY EXAMINER

... it has been mistaken by our author. The specimens of Pindaric lyrical inspiration here given to the English reader are, to speak in the mildest mood, not by any means worthy of the great original. They come chiefly from the pen of Mr. Morice, and partly ...

New Novels

... induced to look into a professedly religious work. Of the value of these suggestions and reasonings this is not the place to speak-though we may be allowed to express a doubt whether the existing religious bodies will be disposed to give a warm welcome to ...

Published: Saturday 01 February 1879
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1598 | Page: 16 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE EXAMINER OF PLAYS

... Rienzi are depicted, the music, or such of it as is heard above the shouts of the populace, is commonplace in the extreme. Speaking of the opera generally, the choruses and con- certed pieces decidedly command most admiration, and it cannot be denied that ...

NEW BOOKS AND NEW EDITIONS

... thrown over the whole country the glamour of his genius, he has so linked his name with that of his land that in all English-speaking communities the very mention of Scotland brings up affec- tionate memories of Scott. The reader, indeed, has only to remember ...

RIENZI AT HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE

... the stage upon the shields of the soldiery, while flags and trophies were displayed in profusion. It remains for us now to speak of the chief artistes. Mr Joseph Mass as Rienzi was very suc- cessful, although he has hardly the physical power required for ...

Published: Sunday 02 February 1879
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2794 | Page: 12 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE DRAMA IN PARIS

... Liewitz obtains accesss to the prison, and on her knees implores Ladislas not to refuse his signature. At first he resists, speaks of the compromise of his honour; but she asks him to consider if she has not sacrificed hers for' his sake. She even tells ...

Published: Sunday 02 February 1879
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2822 | Page: 7 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

PROVINCIAL THEATRICALS

... wvith a most flattering reception, which they richly deserved. The other members of the company, of wboin we have often had to speak in terms of the highest praise, acquitted themselves with credit and to the satisfaction of the audience. Tle Lessee tools ...

Published: Sunday 02 February 1879
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 14118 | Page: 9 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

REVIEWS OF BOOKS

... first on teic Bertls, and had nearly-taken in its minimum quantity o. wool which would comprise her cargo; so I determined tc speak with him. Accoreingly, I -wandered down to the shipping and soon foud the vessel I was looking for She was close in dock, and ...

THE DRAMA IN AUSTRALIA

... their honour and non-greed which appeared in The Era of 22d September, and desire to thank the writer for his courtesy. They speak in the warmest terms of the kindness, fairness, and hoospitality, showered upon them everywhere in England and America. A grand ...

Published: Sunday 02 February 1879
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1549 | Page: 7 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE PHILO-THESPIAN DRAMATIC CLUB

... only exceptions which we would take to her performance being that her voice was, at times, too highly pitched and that her speaking then too nearly resem- bled gasping to be natural and pleasant. The emotions which the young lady experiences, in consequence ...

Published: Sunday 02 February 1879
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 850 | Page: 7 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THEATRICAL GOSSIP

... her in Les Desc t0ababs, at the Theatre Nouveautds, corsentiug to come On the stage at 11-30, in the third act of a play, to speak about fifteen lines, and to sing a MRusic Hall ditty called ' All the Same, Girls ; or, Mavy First Cigar.' At the end of each ...

Published: Sunday 02 February 1879
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2367 | Page: 6 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture