A Book of Burlesque, Sketches of English Stage Travestie and ParodyHenry and Company, 1891 - 220 pagina's |
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... Buckingham ; but probably there were several hands engaged in it . It was the outcome of the boredom and the laughter caused by the wildness and bombast of the Restoration plays . There were some things in the stage of that day which ...
... Buckingham ; but probably there were several hands engaged in it . It was the outcome of the boredom and the laughter caused by the wildness and bombast of the Restoration plays . There were some things in the stage of that day which ...
Pagina 5
... Buckingham ; but probably there were several hands engaged in it . It was the outcome of the boredom and the laughter caused by the wildness and bombast of the Restoration plays . There were some things in the stage of that day which ...
... Buckingham ; but probably there were several hands engaged in it . It was the outcome of the boredom and the laughter caused by the wildness and bombast of the Restoration plays . There were some things in the stage of that day which ...
Pagina 9
... Buckingham in " The Rehearsal " was followed , more than half a century later , by Henry Fielding , in " The Tragedy of Tragedies , or the Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great . " This was brought out in 1730 , in two acts , and was so ...
... Buckingham in " The Rehearsal " was followed , more than half a century later , by Henry Fielding , in " The Tragedy of Tragedies , or the Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great . " This was brought out in 1730 , in two acts , and was so ...
Pagina 22
... Buckingham dealt with . As the prologue ( not by Sheridan , however ) says : - In those gay days of wickedness and wit , When Villiers criticised what Dryden writ , The tragic queen , to please a tasteless crowd , Had learn'd to bellow ...
... Buckingham dealt with . As the prologue ( not by Sheridan , however ) says : - In those gay days of wickedness and wit , When Villiers criticised what Dryden writ , The tragic queen , to please a tasteless crowd , Had learn'd to bellow ...
Pagina 35
... Buckingham , and Andrew Halliday , by whom much excellent work was achieved in the ' forties and ' fifties . Of lesser note , in this particular department of endeavour , were Leman Rede , Stirling Coyne , and Tom Taylor , who were more ...
... Buckingham , and Andrew Halliday , by whom much excellent work was achieved in the ' forties and ' fifties . Of lesser note , in this particular department of endeavour , were Leman Rede , Stirling Coyne , and Tom Taylor , who were more ...
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Pagina 168 - Thou marshall'st me the way that I was going ; And such an instrument I was to use. Mine eyes are made the fools o' the other senses, Or else worth all the rest ; I see thee still, And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood, Which was not so before.
Pagina 17 - You, who have wisdom at your fingers' ends, Shall it be so, or shall it not be so ? Shall I my Griskinissa's charms forego, Compel her to give up the regal chair, And place the rosy Distaffina there! In such a case, what course can I pursue ? 1 love my Queen, and Distaffina too.
Pagina 3 - So when the child, whom nurse from danger guards, Sends Jack for mustard with a pack of cards, Kings, queens, and knaves, throw one another down, Till the whole pack lies scatter...
Pagina 9 - Go call a coach, and let a coach be called, And let the man who calleth be the caller; And in his calling let him nothing call, But Coach! Coach! Coach! O for a coach, ye gods!
Pagina 13 - I'm sure they are not able to do themselves, a sort of envious persons that emulate the glories of persons of parts, and think to build their fame by...