The Life of Mr. Thomas Betterton, the Late Eminent Tragedian. Wherein the Action and Utterance of the Stage, Bar, and Pulpit, are Distinctly Consider'd. ... To which is Added, The Amorous Widow, ... Written by Mr. Betterton. ...Robert Gosling, 1710 - 87 страници |
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... Mufic , with Refpect to its Mea- fure , Time and Tune . Every well - measur'd " Sentence is proportional three ways , in all its " Parts to the Sentences , and to what it is in- " tended to exprefs , and all Words that have . " Time ...
... Mufic , with Refpect to its Mea- fure , Time and Tune . Every well - measur'd " Sentence is proportional three ways , in all its " Parts to the Sentences , and to what it is in- " tended to exprefs , and all Words that have . " Time ...
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... Mufic , fo in Speaking , ' tis the Variety , which makes the Harmony ; and as for a Fidler or Lutinift , or any other Performer in Mufic , to ftrike always the fame String and Note , would be fo far from tolerable Mufic , that it would ...
... Mufic , fo in Speaking , ' tis the Variety , which makes the Harmony ; and as for a Fidler or Lutinift , or any other Performer in Mufic , to ftrike always the fame String and Note , would be fo far from tolerable Mufic , that it would ...
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... Mufic , if violent Paffion pro- duce your Speech , that will produce a violent Pronunciation ; but if it arife only from a tran- quill and gentle Thought , the Force and Accent of the Delivery will be gentle and calm ; so that the ...
... Mufic , if violent Paffion pro- duce your Speech , that will produce a violent Pronunciation ; but if it arife only from a tran- quill and gentle Thought , the Force and Accent of the Delivery will be gentle and calm ; so that the ...
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... Mufic , I fhall prefume to say something of Opera's , which have of late been dangerous Rivals of the Drama , tho clogg'd with many adventitious or accidental Abfurdi- ties more , than the very Opera confider'd in it felf contains , tho ...
... Mufic , I fhall prefume to say something of Opera's , which have of late been dangerous Rivals of the Drama , tho clogg'd with many adventitious or accidental Abfurdi- ties more , than the very Opera confider'd in it felf contains , tho ...
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... Mufic , but their Pre- fentments , as I have often feen , are difpropor- tion'd to the right Time . For you shall have " one , who endeavouring to act the Birth of σε Jupiter , and Saturn's eating his Children , " dances the Sufferings ...
... Mufic , but their Pre- fentments , as I have often feen , are difpropor- tion'd to the right Time . For you shall have " one , who endeavouring to act the Birth of σε Jupiter , and Saturn's eating his Children , " dances the Sufferings ...
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Страница 17 - ... some rules, by which the young beginners might direct themselves to that perfection, which everybody is sensible is extremely (and perhaps always has been) wanted on our stage I wish I could prevail with you to deliver your sentiments on this head, so that from them we might form a system of acting, which might be a rule to future players and teach them to excel not only themselves, but those who have gone before them.