Gossip of the Century: Personal and Traditional Memories, Social, Literary, Artistic, Etc, Volumen2Downey & Company Limited, 1899 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Gossip of the Century: Personal and Traditional Memories--social ..., Volumen2 Mrs. Wm. Pitt Byrne Vista de fragmentos - 1892 |
Términos y frases comunes
acting actor admiration Adolphe Nourrit altogether amiable amusing appeared applause appreciation artiste audience barytone beautiful became Braham brilliant c'est called career Catalani character charming Ciabatta composer connoisseurs début delight Don Giovanni donna Dragonetti duet engagement English enthusiasm excellent expression exquisite falsetto Fanny Kemble father favour favourite feeling fortune French friends Gardoni gave genius gifts grace Grisi heard histrionic humour impresario instrument Italian Jenny Lind John Parry knew Lablache Lablache's lady London Lord Madame Madame Vestris Madelle Majesty's Theatre Malibran manager Mario Masaniello melody ment musician never night notes Nourrit occasion once opera opera-house orchestra Otello Paganini Paris Pasta perfection performance perhaps Persiani played prima donna produced profession professional Puritani Puzzi remarkable remember rendered Ronconi Rossini Rubini sang scene seemed Signor sing singer song stage style success sweet Tamburini taste tenor theatre tion tones took triumphs troupe Vestris vocal voice young
Pasajes populares
Página 424 - Lyceum; ignorant that the doorkeeper was ever in that theatre; ignorant that you never forgave an affront; ignorant that any had been offered ; ignorant of when, how, or by whom the list was made out, and equally so by whom it was altered. Allow me to add that I am quite incapable of offering any discourtesy to a gentleman I have barely the pleasure of knowing, and have, moreover, no power to interfere with Mr.
Página 352 - Then wakes the power which in the age of iron Burst forth to curb the great, and raise the low. Mark, where she stands, around her form I draw The awful circle of our solemn Church! Set but a foot within that holy ground, And on thy head — yea, though it wore a crown — I launch the curse of Rome!
Página 307 - He makes no attempt at music. It is a kind of admirable recitative, in which every shade of thought is syllabled and dwelt upon, and the sentiment of the song goes through your blood, warming you to the very eyelids, and starting your tears, if you have a soul or sense in you. I have heard of women's fainting at a song of Moore's...
Página 492 - When a man to a fair for a show brings a lion, 'Tis usual a monkey the sign-post to tie on ; But here the old custom reversed is seen, For the lion's without, and the monkey's within.
Página 423 - I was stopped the other night at the stage-door of Drury Lane Theatre by people whom I remember to have seen at the Lyceum under your reign. This is the first time such an affront was put upon me in any theatre where I have produced a play, and is without precedent when an affront was intended. As I never forgive an affront, I am not hasty to suppose one intended. It is very possible that this was done inadvertently, and the present stage list may have been made out without the older claims being...
Página 423 - It is very possible that this was done inadvertently, and the present stage list may have been made out without the older claims being examined. Will you be so kind as to let me know at once whether this is so ; and if the people who stopped me at the stage-door are yours, will you protect the author of " Gold," &c., from any repetition of such annoyance?
Página 48 - Ye sons to comrades o' my youth, Forgie an auld man's spleen, Wha midst your gayest scenes still mourns The days he ance has seen. When time has passed, and seasons fled, Your hearts will feel like mine, And aye the sang will maist delight That minds ye o
Página 350 - I saw Miss Fanny Kemble for the first time on Friday, and was disappointed. She is short, ill made, with large hands and feet, an expressive countenance, though not handsome, fine eyes, teeth, and hair, not devoid of grace, and with great energy and spirit, her voice good, though she has a little of the drawl of her family.
Página 156 - For all the arts beneath the heaven, That man has found, or God has given, None draws the soul so sweet away, As music's melting mystic lay ; Slight emblem of the bliss above, It soothes the spirit all to love.
Página 350 - ... is short, ill made, with large hands and feet, an expressive countenance, though not handsome, fine eyes, teeth, and hair, not devoid of grace, and with great energy and spirit, her voice good, though she has a little of the drawl of her family. She wants the pathos and tenderness of Miss O'Neill, and she excites no emotion ; but she is very young, clever, and may become a very good, perhaps a fine actress. Mrs. Siddons was not so good at her age. She fills the house every night.