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" Between the pauses or acts of this serious representation, he interwove a comic fable, consisting chiefly of the courtship of Harlequin and Columbine, with a variety of surprising adventures and tricks, which were produced by the magic wand of Harlequin;... "
Memoirs of the Life of David Garrick, Esq: Interspersed with Characters and ... - Page 35
by Thomas Davies - 1781
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Memoirs of the Life of David Garrick: Interspersed with Characters ..., Volume 1

Thomas Davies - 1780 - 372 pages
...writer. Between the paufes or acts of this ferious reprefentation, he interwove a comic fable, confiding chiefly of the courtfhip of Harlequin and Columbine,...cottages; of men and women into wheel-barrows and jointflools; of trees turned to houfes; colonades to beds of tulips; and mechanics fhops into ferpents...
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London Society, Volume 5; Volume 7

James Hogg, Florence Marryat - 1865 - 696 pages
...surprising adventures and tricks, which were produced by the magic wand of Harlequin, such as the sudden transformation of palaces and temples to huts and cottages; of men and women into wheelbarrows and joint stools ; colonnades to beds of tulips, and mechanics' shops into serpents and ostriches. This...
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The Christmas story-teller, by old hands and new ones

Christmas story-teller - 1877 - 578 pages
...surprising adventures and tricks, which were produced by the magic wand of Harlequin, such as the sudden transformation of palaces and .temples to huts and cottages ; of men and women into wheelbarrows and joint stools ; colonnades to beds of tulips, and mechanics' shops into serpents and ostriches. This...
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Once a Week

Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1872 - 610 pages
...surprising adventures and tricks which were produced by the magic wand of Harlequin, such as the sudden transformation of palaces and temples to huts and cottages, of men and women into wheel-barrows and jointstools, of trees turned to houses, colonnades to beds of tulips, and mechanics' shops into serpents...
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Theatrical Anecdotes: Or Fun and Curiosities of the Play, the Playhouse, and ...

Jacob Larwood - 1882 - 346 pages
...adventures and tricks, produced by the magic wand of Harlequin, such as the sudden transformations of palaces and temples to huts and cottages, of men and women into wheelbarrows and jointstools, of trees into houses, colonnades to beds of tulips, and mechanics' shops into serpents...
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On the Stage: Studies of Theatrical History and the Actor's Art, Volume 2

Dutton Cook - 1883 - 378 pages
...variety of surprising adventures and tricks produced by the magic wand of harlequin : such as the sudden transformation of palaces and temples to huts and cottages ; of men and women into wheelbarrows and joint-stools ; of trees turned to houses, colonnades to beds of tulips, and mechanics' shops into serpents...
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Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 48

Leslie Stephen - 1896 - 468 pages
...surprising adventures and tricks which were produced by the magic wand of Harlequin, such as the sudden transformation of palaces and temples to huts and cottages, of men and women into wheelbarrows and joint-stools ' (Life of Garrick, i. 130). Rich himself invariably played Harlequin. From 1717 to 1760,"the...
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English Drama of the Restoration and Eighteenth Century (1642-1780)

George Henry Nettleton - 1914 - 392 pages
...surprising adventures and tricks, which were produced by the magic wand of Harlequin ; such as the sudden transformation of palaces and temples to huts and cottages ; of men and women into wheel-barrows and joint-stools; of trees turned to houses; colonades to beds of tulips; and mechanics shops into serpents...
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The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling, Volume 1

Henry Fielding - 1983 - 1028 pages
...surprising adventures and tricks, which were produced by the magic wand of Harlequin; such as the sudden transformation of palaces and temples to huts and cottages; of men and women into wheel-barrows and joint-stools; of trees turned to houses; colonades to beds of tulips; and mechanics shops into serpents...
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The Language of Theatre

Martin Harrison - 1998 - 334 pages
...And there were other 'tricks, which were produced by the magic wand of Harlequin; such as 'the sudden transformation of palaces and temples to huts and cottages; of men and women into wheel-barrows and joint-stools; collonades to beds of tulips; and mechanic shops into serpents and ostriches' (1808,...
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