Mrs. Jordan, Том 2Grolier Society, 1800 |
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... Thing - The Return of Mrs. Sid- dons to Covent Garden , and the Destruction of the Theatre Eight Days After- The Dreadful Loss of Lives -Other Losses Enumerated - Cold Comforts - Tran- sition from Despair to Desire - Vanity , Avarice ...
... Thing - The Return of Mrs. Sid- dons to Covent Garden , and the Destruction of the Theatre Eight Days After- The Dreadful Loss of Lives -Other Losses Enumerated - Cold Comforts - Tran- sition from Despair to Desire - Vanity , Avarice ...
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... thing but Her Person Her Return to Bushy , and Visit to Dublin - Her Letter as to Her Prospects There- Author's Observations - Her Manner in Society - Like Mrs. Siddons , no Showy Talker - Treatment of Her by the Irish Manager , Jones ...
... thing but Her Person Her Return to Bushy , and Visit to Dublin - Her Letter as to Her Prospects There- Author's Observations - Her Manner in Society - Like Mrs. Siddons , no Showy Talker - Treatment of Her by the Irish Manager , Jones ...
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... the hue and cry against the romance , and its immorality , had roused every thing pious against the represen- tation ; and yet I had omitted the devil himself , for the tempter , and given to Aurelio no stronger 6 MRS . JORDAN.
... the hue and cry against the romance , and its immorality , had roused every thing pious against the represen- tation ; and yet I had omitted the devil himself , for the tempter , and given to Aurelio no stronger 6 MRS . JORDAN.
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... things upon the stage ; indeed , it seems to have removed , very opportunely , the wife of the said Dorimont ; and as the principle of the young lady had been happily established already , she dressed herself at once in the robes that ...
... things upon the stage ; indeed , it seems to have removed , very opportunely , the wife of the said Dorimont ; and as the principle of the young lady had been happily established already , she dressed herself at once in the robes that ...
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... things some favourable reports were received from Dublin of an actor exceedingly eccentric , but certainly a master in his art , who had an ambition to try his strength expressly against this very man , and to dispute the crown with him ...
... things some favourable reports were received from Dublin of an actor exceedingly eccentric , but certainly a master in his art , who had an ambition to try his strength expressly against this very man , and to dispute the crown with him ...
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