unearths some literary gems.
Some snippets from The Idler, Feb. and March 1892:
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My proposal is that amateur performances shall take place in dumb show and also in the dark.
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I confess I felt hurt. People should be careful what they say in a haunted house.
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The game is not worth the phosphorescence.
[That piece in full: https://archive.org/details/sim_idler-an-illustrated-monthly-magazine_1892-03_1/page/194/mode/2up?view=theater]
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[re. the bygone "lion comique" type of performer]
"that opera hat that closed at every joke, and opened at every noble sentiment"
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