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... powers , which are the admiration of the present , and will continue to be the theme of future ages . Madame Catalani owed more to birth than to fortune ; and she was therefore destined to take the veil , like other females , similarly ...
... powers , which are the admiration of the present , and will continue to be the theme of future ages . Madame Catalani owed more to birth than to fortune ; and she was therefore destined to take the veil , like other females , similarly ...
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... powers , a new compo- sition of Portogallo was substitu- ted for Bianchi's original music , as being more suited to her natu- ral and exquisite powers : she was Poetry . A SKETCH OF SHAKSPEARE . PRIDE of his 2.
... powers , a new compo- sition of Portogallo was substitu- ted for Bianchi's original music , as being more suited to her natu- ral and exquisite powers : she was Poetry . A SKETCH OF SHAKSPEARE . PRIDE of his 2.
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... powers . Here her success was unparallel- ed ; and a simple statement of facts will easily evince the en- thusiasm with which she was re- ceived . The great room of the Redoubt was filled to excess at each of her concerts , though it ...
... powers . Here her success was unparallel- ed ; and a simple statement of facts will easily evince the en- thusiasm with which she was re- ceived . The great room of the Redoubt was filled to excess at each of her concerts , though it ...
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... she declined the flat- tering and advantageous invita- . tion . effect which she produced in sing- , ing Rode's violin variations . In this extraordinary exercise of her . vocal powers , she displayed at once We are sorry 5.
... she declined the flat- tering and advantageous invita- . tion . effect which she produced in sing- , ing Rode's violin variations . In this extraordinary exercise of her . vocal powers , she displayed at once We are sorry 5.
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vocal powers , she displayed at once We are sorry our limits will her surprising rapidity , strength , not allow us to follow her , we and sweetness . She gave an- must therefore conclude by men- other concert on the 30th of July ...
vocal powers , she displayed at once We are sorry our limits will her surprising rapidity , strength , not allow us to follow her , we and sweetness . She gave an- must therefore conclude by men- other concert on the 30th of July ...
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Página 36 - ... loved the man, and do honour his memory on this side idolatry as much as any. He was, indeed; honest, and of an open and free nature; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions, wherein he flowed with that facility that sometimes it was necessary he should be stopped.
Página 21 - Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sat on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations — all were his ! He counted them at break of day — And when the sun set, where were they ? And where are they ? and where art thou, My country?
Página 36 - The latter part of his life was spent, as all men of good sense will wish theirs may be, in ease, retirement, and the conversation of his friends. He had the good fortune to gather an estate equal to his occasion, and, in that, to his wish ; and is said to have spent some years before his death at his native Stratford. His pleasurable wit and good nature engaged him in the acquaintance, and entitled him to the friendship, of the gentlemen of the neighbourhood.
Página 34 - Warwickshire for some time and shelter himself in London. It is at this time, and upon this accident, that he is said to have made his first acquaintance in the playhouse. He was received into the company then in being, at first in a very mean rank...
Página 35 - D'Avenant, who was probably very well acquainted with his affairs, I should not have ventured to have inserted, that my lord Southampton at one time gave him a thousand pounds, to enable him to go through with a purchase which he heard he had a mind to...
Página 21 - The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set.
Página 22 - Trust not for freedom to the Franks They have a king who buys and sells; In native swords, and native ranks, The only hope of courage dwells: But Turkish force, and Latin fraud, Would break your shield, however broad.
Página 34 - He had, by a misfortune common enough to young fellows, fallen into ill company, and, amongst them, some that made a frequent practice of deer-stealing engaged him more than once in robbing a park that belonged to Sir Thomas Lucy, of Charlcote, near Stratford.
Página 35 - He had the honour to meet with many great and uncommon marks of favour and friendship from the earl of Southampton, famous in the histories of that time for his friendship to the unfortunate earl of Essex.
Página 34 - Upon his leaving school, he seems to have given entirely into that way of living which his father proposed to him ; and in order to settle in the world after a family manner, he thought fit to marry while he was yet very young. His wife was the daughter of one Hathaway, said to have been a substantial yeoman in the neighbourhood of Stratford.