Word: byronic
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Theatricals.A very pleasant entertainment was given last Wednesday evening, at the Chelsea Academy of Music, by members of the H H Society. The bills announced "Poor Pillicoddy," and Mr. Byron's burlesque, Fra Diavolo, as the programme, and these were given in a manner which not only displayed much individual talent, but showed abundant and painstaking rehearsal...
...almost worthless; besides, it is hard to find more than half a dozen interested in the same subject at once. It appears to us quite out of the question to speak to the half-dozen and neglect the hundreds. Let those who think differently consider well this line from Byron, that served as the motto of one of our predecessors...