Table Talk: Or, Selections from the Ana. Containing Extracts from the Different Collections of Ana, French, English, Italian, and German. With Bibliographical Notices |
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Page 83
... Tragedies into France . The Car- dinal of Ferrara , Archbishop of Lyons , is the first person who had a Tragi - Comedy performed on our stage , by Italian Comedians . The first Sonnet which appeared in our language , is attributed to ...
... Tragedies into France . The Car- dinal of Ferrara , Archbishop of Lyons , is the first person who had a Tragi - Comedy performed on our stage , by Italian Comedians . The first Sonnet which appeared in our language , is attributed to ...
Page 141
... tragedy at this pas- sage " I was in Rome- It was in vain that he began the passage several times , he never could get farther than Rome . At last , seeing there was no help for it , and that the prompter , as embarrass- ed as himself ...
... tragedy at this pas- sage " I was in Rome- It was in vain that he began the passage several times , he never could get farther than Rome . At last , seeing there was no help for it , and that the prompter , as embarrass- ed as himself ...
Page 142
... tragedy of Fontenelle . So we are told by the poet Roi , in his Brevet de la Calotte , where he says , in speaking of Fontenelle , " Auteur d'Aspar , œuvre immortelle , Par le Sifflet , qui sortit d'elle . " CCLXXIX . BRIOCHÉ . The ...
... tragedy of Fontenelle . So we are told by the poet Roi , in his Brevet de la Calotte , where he says , in speaking of Fontenelle , " Auteur d'Aspar , œuvre immortelle , Par le Sifflet , qui sortit d'elle . " CCLXXIX . BRIOCHÉ . The ...
Page 143
... tragedy came to read his ma- nuscript to Madame de Lambert . The piece began by a princess saying— De l'Arabie enfin en ces lieux arrivée . Madame de Lambert interrupted the author by this impromptu- Princesse , asseyez vous , vous êtes ...
... tragedy came to read his ma- nuscript to Madame de Lambert . The piece began by a princess saying— De l'Arabie enfin en ces lieux arrivée . Madame de Lambert interrupted the author by this impromptu- Princesse , asseyez vous , vous êtes ...
Page 146
... tragedy , and speaking in too low a tone , one of the specta- tors called out , " Speak louder ; " the actor proud- ly replied , " Speak lower . " The house , indignant at this spirited reply , hissed the actor off the stage . The ...
... tragedy , and speaking in too low a tone , one of the specta- tors called out , " Speak louder ; " the actor proud- ly replied , " Speak lower . " The house , indignant at this spirited reply , hissed the actor off the stage . The ...
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