 She was not less than a goddess, or than a prophetess inspired by the gods. Power was seated on her brow, passion emanated from her breast as from a shrine. She was tragedy personified. She was the stateliest ornament of the public mind. She was not only...  Lights of the Old English Stage - Página 1231878 - 225 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William Hazlitt - 1878 - 560 páginas
...superior order had dropped from a higher sphere to awe the world with the majesty of her appearance. Power was seated on her brow, passion emanated from her breast as from a shrine ; sho was tragedy personified. In coming on in the sleeping-scene, her eyes were open, but their sense... | |
 | Henry Barton Baker - 1879 - 338 páginas
...descriptions of her acting by contemporary writers. None were more warm than that fine critic, Hazlitt, who wrote so much upon this favorite subject. "The...of the people, she not only hushed the tumultuous shouts of the pit in breathless expectation, and quenched the blaze of surrounding beauty in silent... | |
 | Henry Barton Baker - 1879 - 336 páginas
...the heroic and deified mortals of elder time. She was not less than a goddess, or than a profhitess inspired by the gods. Power was seated on her brow...of the people, she not only hushed the tumultuous shouts of the pit in breathless expectation, and quenched the blaze of surrounding beauty in silent... | |
 | Henry Barton Baker - 1881 - 482 páginas
...The homage she has received is greater than that which is paid to queens,' says Hazlitt, writing of her farewell. ' The enthusiasm she excited had something...of the people, she not only hushed the tumultuous shouts of the pit in breathless expectation, and quenched the blaze of surrounding beauty in silent... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1882 - 420 páginas
...higher sphere to awe the world with the majesty of her appearance. Power was seated 298 MRS. INCHBALD. on her brow, passion emanated from her breast as from a shrine ; she was Tragedy personified. In coming on in the sleeping scene, her eyes were open, but their sense was shut. She was like a person... | |
 | Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1888 - 324 páginas
...nature. We can conceive of nothing grander. She embodied to our imagination the fables of mythology, or the heroic and deified mortals of elder time. She...of the people, she not only hushed the tumultuous shouts of the pit in breathless expectation, and quenched the blaze of surrounding beauty MRS. SIDDONS... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1889 - 364 páginas
...pass in review before me. The homage she has received is greater than that which is paid to queens. The enthusiasm she excited had something idolatrous...of the people, she not only hushed the tumultuous shouts of the pit in breathless expectation, and quenched the blaze of surrounding beauty in silent... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1889 - 586 páginas
...superior order had dropped from a higher sphere to awe the world with the majesty of her appearance. Power was seated on her brow, passion emanated from...breast as from a shrine ; she was tragedy personified. In coming on in the sleeping-scene, her eyes wore open, but their sense was shut. She was like a person... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1890 - 582 páginas
...superior order had dropped from a higher sphere to awe the world with the majesty of her appearance. Power was seated on her 'brow, passion emanated from...breast as from a shrine ; she was tragedy personified. In coming on in the sleeping-scene, her eyes were open, but their sense was shut. She was like a person... | |
 | Thompson Cooper - 1890 - 736 páginas
...superior order had dropped from a higher sphere to awe the world with the majesty of her appearance. Power was seated on her brow; passion emanated from her breast, as from a shrine. In coming on in the sleeping scene, her eyes were open, but their sense was shut. She was like a person... | |
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