 each side: this extraordinary and superfluous space occasioned such an undulation from the voice of every actor, that generally what they said sounded like the gabbling of so many people in the lofty aisles of a cathedral. The tone of a trumpet, or swelling...  London, by David Hughson - Page 328by Edward Pugh - 1807Full view - About this book
 | David Hughson - 1807 - 692 pages
...front of the stage; the front boxes were a continued semi-circle to the bare walls of the house on each side : this extraordinary and superfluous space...eunuch's holding note, it is true, might be sweetened by it; but the articulate sounds of a speaking voice were drowned by the hollow reverberations of one... | |
 | David Hughson - 1807 - 696 pages
...front of the stage; the front boxes were a continued semi-circle to the bare walls of the house on each side: this extraordinary and superfluous space...gabbling of so many people in the lofty aisles of a cak thedral. The tone of a trumpet, or swelling of an eunuch's holding note, it is true, might be sweetened... | |
 | David Erskine Baker - 1812 - 482 pages
...front of the stage ; " the front boxes were a continued semicif cle to the bare walls of " the house on each side : this extraordinary and superfluous space...the gabbling of so many " people in the lofty aisles in a cathedral. The tone of a " trumpet, or the swell of an eunuch's holding note, 't is true, " might... | |
 | David Erskine Baker - 1812 - 472 pages
...of the stage; •" the front boxes were a continued semicircle to the bare walls of " the house on each side : this extraordinary and superfluous space...the gabbling of so many " people in the lofty aisles in a cathedral. The tone of a •" trumpet, or the swell of an eunuch's holding note, 'tis true, "... | |
 | Franklin James Didier - 1822 - 218 pages
...audience, occasioned such an undulation from the voice of every actor, that (says Colley Gibber) " what they said sounded like the gabbling of so many...lofty aisles of a cathedral! The tone of a trumpet, or the swelling of an eunuch's holding-note, 'tis true, might be sweetened by it; but the articulate sounds... | |
 | Michael Kelly - 1826 - 832 pages
...gilded cornices, and immoderately high roof, scarce one word in ten could be distinctly heard. The extraordinary and superfluous space occasioned such...lofty aisles of a cathedral. The tone of a trumpet, or the swell of a musical voice, might be sweetened by it; but the articulate sounds of a speaking voice... | |
 | Colley Cibber - 1826 - 358 pages
...front of the stage : the front boxes were a continued semicircle to the bare walls of the house on each side. This extraordinary and superfluous space...generally what they said sounded like the gabbling of to many people in the lofty isles in the cathedral. The tone of a trumpet, or the swell of an eunuch's... | |
 | Michael Kelly, Theodore Edward Hook - 1826 - 392 pages
...gilded cornices, and immoderately high roof, scarce one word in ten could be distinctly heard. The extraordinary and superfluous space occasioned such...an undulation from the voice of every actor, that gerierally what they said sounded like the gabbling of so many people in the lofty aisles of a cathedral.... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1831 - 414 pages
...scarcely one word in ten could be heard. " The extraordinary and superfluous space," ,says Gibber, " occasioned such an undulation from the voice of every...lofty aisles of a cathedral. The tone of a trumpet, or the swell of a singer's holding note, 'tis true, might be sweetened by it; but the articulate sounds... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1833 - 382 pages
...scarcely one word in ten could be heard. " The extraordinary and superfluous space," says Gibber, " occasioned such an undulation from the voice of every...lofty aisles of a cathedral. The tone of a trumpet, or the swell of a singer's holding note, 'tis true, might be sweetened by it; but the. articulate sounds... | |
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