Enthusiast in Wit: A Portrait of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, 1647-1680Routledge and Paul, 1962 - 246 pages |
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Page 105
... Persons of Wit and Quality being at the Play , and observing how she performed , positively gave their opinion she ... person so sincerely as he loved Mrs. Barry ' . The first parts for which he trained her , according to Curll , were ...
... Persons of Wit and Quality being at the Play , and observing how she performed , positively gave their opinion she ... person so sincerely as he loved Mrs. Barry ' . The first parts for which he trained her , according to Curll , were ...
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... Person , not merely by the proper Stress or Sounding of the Voice , but feeling really , and being in the Humour , the Person she represented , was supposed to be in ' . The experiment had a triumphant success . The first night on which ...
... Person , not merely by the proper Stress or Sounding of the Voice , but feeling really , and being in the Humour , the Person she represented , was supposed to be in ' . The experiment had a triumphant success . The first night on which ...
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... Person has made vain and foolish People disparage Him , because he came not in such a Fool's - Coat as they delight in.1 Observe the contempt in the phrase ' a Fool's - Coat ' . The life of sen- suous pleasure which once meant so much ...
... Person has made vain and foolish People disparage Him , because he came not in such a Fool's - Coat as they delight in.1 Observe the contempt in the phrase ' a Fool's - Coat ' . The life of sen- suous pleasure which once meant so much ...
Contents
Two THE CLIMATE OF OPINION | 22 |
Three VERY ACCEPTABLE IN A COURT | 32 |
Four THE UTOPIA OF GALLANTRY | 60 |
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