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THE BURNING OF THE DUBLIN THEATRE

... to us, saying, 'AWhere V lie cast his eyes round the burning circle, and ran, calling out, behind the curtain. I heard him speak to a man, and he, with my husband Mr. Joe Elcdred's servant, and another tien, in a minute emnerged, holdieg a hosepipo. streaming ...

THEATRE ROYAL

... only are well worth seeing, d even if all thle processionists were silent and the move- .r meats in dumb show, the forty speakeing chatracters have 0 been arrangeil with equal. care. Some of the actors anti 0acetresses have onuly a. few words to utter ...

ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTISTS

... Vernon's Near a Minehead (076) are other works of merit of which, did a the limits assigned permnit it, it would be pleasant to speak N more fully. Doubtless, in a first survey, we have over- c looked some good work: what we have observed, how- b ever, is enough ...

NEW BOOKS

... insight. SciENCE rolt ALL. Edited by ROC:RT BrowN, M.A. Vol. 2. [London: Casoell, Potter, and Galpin.] We have had occasion to speak from time to time of the serial issues of this work, hlsoh in its volume formt makes a handsome and attractive book, and we ...

THE ROYAL ACADEMY AND GROSVENOR GALLERY

... stands on the table, whiclh is covered withal rich tapestried cloth, dud he--I hind stands the gentleman leaning forward to speak. All the appeintmoenteof the means are ricace'ad eastly, seed nil aerrs wrought ocet with elaborate chre, thougle there is ...

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... telligent children, but we doubt if moderately-intelligent children will much care to act them. Some E(nglisb people, in speaking to foreigners, have a habit of mispronouncing their own language, and producing a hind of cant tongue like no known language ...

THE OBER-AMMERGAU PASSION PLAY

... have been bodily rspreseutetl. The incidents of the old Testamenit sire arranged as tableaus in which the tuctors do teat speak ; ated the incidents of the New Testa- meat-the druamatie story Of Christ-form thle acteing portion of the play. An ttiesupt ...

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... notes and re- flectiona. If the author has really anything to say to his fellow-mortals worth their listeninS to, let him speak it outin homely straightforward speech, and he will not want listeners ; but this is a busy age, and we shall not recom- mend ...

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... vindicatory of the argu- I ,lent of the author, that we caeunot better serve him than by allowing isis illustrious sponsor to speak for him. After 1briely explaining the circumstances under which he hass been led to write the introduction, and describing ...

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... twin essays on The Normans at Palermo and Sicilian Cyoles. Of Mr. Freeman's consummate knowledge it would be idle to speak, and as little need is there to say that he 0XlIMBSSeS himself with vigeur-a vigour sometimes approaching to passion. There ...

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... other than fEascinating; and Mr. Abbott's writing is far from meriting 3 -that depreciatory epithet. We have had occasion to speak P in terms of approval of other volumes of this series of lives d of Heroes, Patriots, and Pioneers. The Prescat volume will ...

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... emphasis, and I anm right, and the honest, manly convictions that speaks out in thc words is a great part of the fascination of a volume that will be eagerly read through the English-speaking world, SOUVENIR Or OLiD ENGLAND. By an Anglo-American. [Simkin ...