 | Epes Sargent - 1881 - 1000 Seiten
...mute and motionless, Steals but a glance of time. Bat by the mighty actor brought, Illusion's perfect the eclipse, the charm, When Cato spoke in him alive, Or Hotspur kindled warm. What soul was not resigned... | |
 | Clara Erskine Clement Waters - 1882 - 252 Seiten
...and motionless, Steals but a glance of time ; But, by the mighty Actor brought, Illusion's perfect triumphs come, — Verse ceases to be airy thought, And Sculpture to be dumb." INDEX. ABBOTT, MRS. WM. (Miss Buloid), 22, 78. Academy of Music, New York, 85, 108. Adelaide (Queen... | |
 | 1884 - 924 Seiten
...above in the words of Charlotte Cushman) that — "by the mighty actor brought, Illusion's perfect triumphs come, — Verse ceases to be airy thought. And sculpture to be dumb," and appreciate the glory of their calling. Granting all this to be true, we come at once to the conclusion... | |
 | Bostonian Society - 1911 - 164 Seiten
...mute and motionless, Steals but a glance of time. But by the mighty actor brought, Illusion's perfect triumphs come, — Verse ceases to be airy thought, And sculpture to be dumb ! " NOTE. THE print of the Old Federal Street Theatre is reproduced from a copper-plate engraving by... | |
 | 1886 - 406 Seiten
...mute and motionless, Steals but a glance of time. But by the mighty Actor brought, Illusion's perfect triumphs come; Verse ceases to be airy thought, And sculpture to be dumb." The testimony of Shakespeare is summed up in the quoted line : •' Sold cheap what is most dear."... | |
 | Catherine Mary Phillimore - 1891 - 352 Seiten
...mute and motionless, Steals but a glance of time; But, by the mighty actor brought, Illusion's perfect triumphs come, Verse ceases to be airy thought, And sculpture to be dumb." CAMPBELL, Valedictory Stanzas to JP Kemlle. IT is a self-evident fact that the drama, while it exercise's... | |
 | Sir John Alexander Hammerton - 1897 - 284 Seiten
...mute and motionless, Steals but a glance of time. But by the mighty actor brought, Illusion's perfect triumphs come ; Verse ceases to be airy thought, And sculpture to be dumb." PART III LIVING ACTORS ON THEIR ART SIR HENRY IRVING No living actor has written so much or spoken... | |
 | William Caswell Jones - 1897 - 368 Seiten
...mute and motionless, Steals but a glance 6f time. But by the mighty act6r brought, Illusi6n's perfect triumphs come, — Verse ceases to be airy thought, And Sculpture to be dumb. Campbell— "To}. P. Kemble." REFRAIN, OR CHANT. A kind of musical repetition. Hast thou a golden day,... | |
 | Thomas Costley - 1897 - 404 Seiten
...mute and motionless, Steals but a glance of time. But by the mighty Actor wrought Illusion's perfect triumphs come ; Verse ceases to be airy thought, And Sculpture to be dumb. The second name on our list is that of Barton Booth, who was born at Barton in the parish of Eccles,... | |
 | Clement Scott - 1899 - 682 Seiten
...present to hymn to Charles Kean an ode, as on the occasion when John Kemble retired, and was told — " His was the spell o'er hearts That only acting lends,...ceases to be airy thought And sculpture to be dumb ! " By the way, as a matter of theatrical history, the silver vase designed by Flaxman and presented... | |
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For ill can Poetry express Full many a tone of thought sublime, And Painting, mute and motionless, Steals but a glance of time. But by the mighty actor brought, Illusion's perfect triumphs come, — Verse ceases to be airy thought, And Sculpture to be... 
