The London review, conducted by R. Cumberland, Volume 1Richard Cumberland 1809 |
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... talents to effect so much . It is true that every performer , who is possessed of a power- ful and well - toned voice , is responsible for the management of it , and should not upon all occasions send it round the theatre in compliment ...
... talents to effect so much . It is true that every performer , who is possessed of a power- ful and well - toned voice , is responsible for the management of it , and should not upon all occasions send it round the theatre in compliment ...
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... talents . As Garrick's genius could dilate his stature , so could her excellence give grace and juvenility to her person . In short he might have played a giant , and she a fairy , if Shakespear would have written parts for them . On ...
... talents . As Garrick's genius could dilate his stature , so could her excellence give grace and juvenility to her person . In short he might have played a giant , and she a fairy , if Shakespear would have written parts for them . On ...
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... talents presses on my mind , and not to speak of him , when speaking of his colleagues and contemporaries , is a self - denial that I cannot practise . He was the great promoter ( I had almost said the founder ) of that legitimate taste ...
... talents presses on my mind , and not to speak of him , when speaking of his colleagues and contemporaries , is a self - denial that I cannot practise . He was the great promoter ( I had almost said the founder ) of that legitimate taste ...
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... talents have been gradually expanding and improving from the first hour when he stepped upon the stage , I would ... talent may be stretched by the energy of the London Theatres . 17.
... talents have been gradually expanding and improving from the first hour when he stepped upon the stage , I would ... talent may be stretched by the energy of the London Theatres . 17.
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Richard Cumberland. the elasticity of talent may be stretched by the energy of am- bition . When Mr. Cooke is ... talents to buffoonery and farce , is much to be regretted , and I cannot but agree with Mr. Hunt , that it has been ...
Richard Cumberland. the elasticity of talent may be stretched by the energy of am- bition . When Mr. Cooke is ... talents to buffoonery and farce , is much to be regretted , and I cannot but agree with Mr. Hunt , that it has been ...
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