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... never forget the melancholy fact that , in spite of the School Board , there are many persons in London who can neither read nor write , and who are compelled to seek that amusement in public places which a defective education has ...
... never forget the melancholy fact that , in spite of the School Board , there are many persons in London who can neither read nor write , and who are compelled to seek that amusement in public places which a defective education has ...
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... never forget the great fact that , no matter what persons may form his audience , they have a much clearer idea as to the article they want to see than he can possibly give them . He must never attempt to make his taste their taste ...
... never forget the great fact that , no matter what persons may form his audience , they have a much clearer idea as to the article they want to see than he can possibly give them . He must never attempt to make his taste their taste ...
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... never sit at his own theatre and watch the pieces he gives to the public . Few men can do this without becoming prejudiced either for or against such pieces . He must only look at the financial results , and watch these carefully night ...
... never sit at his own theatre and watch the pieces he gives to the public . Few men can do this without becoming prejudiced either for or against such pieces . He must only look at the financial results , and watch these carefully night ...
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... never had that refined pleasure . Of course I was immediately asked why . I replied , because I had a constitutional aversion to subsidised theatres and academies of all kinds ; that I believed more in free - trade than I did in ...
... never had that refined pleasure . Of course I was immediately asked why . I replied , because I had a constitutional aversion to subsidised theatres and academies of all kinds ; that I believed more in free - trade than I did in ...
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... never heard that any one of these rejected manuscripts became a success- ful play at another London theatre . The few -the very few - manuscripts that had the apparent making of a play in them were either not fitted to my company , my ...
... never heard that any one of these rejected manuscripts became a success- ful play at another London theatre . The few -the very few - manuscripts that had the apparent making of a play in them were either not fitted to my company , my ...
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