 | 1839 - 430 pages
...the farther and very singular fact,tliat though lie li as repeatedly performed it since that time, he has been obliged each time to prepare it anew,...never acquired in regard to it that facility which is familial to him in other instances. When questioned respecting the mental process which hu employed... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - 1843 - 606 pages
...one occasion to study one very hurriedly. This part immediately after disappeared from his mind. " When questioned respecting the mental process which...employed the first time he performed this part, he said that he lost sight entirely of the audience, and seemed to have nothing before him but the pages... | |
 | John Abercrombie - Mind and body - 1846 - 300 pages
...was the farther and very singular fact, that though he has repeatedly performed it since that time, he has been obliged each time to prepare it anew,...part, he says, that he lost sight entirely of the siudieuce, and seemed to have nothing before him but the pages of the book from which he had learned... | |
 | John Abercrombie - Mind and body - 1853 - 300 pages
...was the farther and very singular fact, that though he has repeatedly performed it since that time, he has been obliged each time to prepare it anew,...first time he performed this part, he says, that he ost sight entirely of the audience, and seemed to have nothing before him but the pages of the book... | |
 | John Abercrombie - Mind and body - 1859 - 302 pages
...was the farther and very singular fact, that though he has repeatedly performed it since that time, he has been obliged each time to prepare it anew,...first time he performed this part, he says, that he ost sight entirely of the audie:ice, and seemed to have nothing before him but the pages of the book... | |
 | Francis Wayland - Philosophy - 1868 - 444 pages
...was the further and very singular fact, that, though he has repeatedly performed it since that time, he has been obliged each time to prepare it anew,...which is familiar to him in other instances. When ques tioned respecting the mental process which he employed the first time he performed this part,... | |
 | Olive Logan - Actresses - 1871 - 648 pages
...the peformance, forgot every word of it. Characters which ho has acquired in a more deliberate mauner he never forgets, but can perform them without a moment's...he employed the first time he performed this part, be says that he lost sight entirely of the audience, and seemed to have nothing before him but the... | |
 | Olive Logan - Theater - 1871 - 650 pages
...more deliberate mauner he never forgets, but can perform them without a moment's preparation ; but iu the character now .mentioned there was the further...familiar to him in other instances. When questioned respectins; the mental process which he employed the first time he performed this part, he says that... | |
 | American literature - 1873 - 848 pages
...to go through the process of "studying" it, to which Mrs. Siddons used to give weeks or even months. When questioned respecting the mental process which he employed the first time he performed the part, he said that he entirely lost sight of the audience, and seemed to have nothing before him... | |
 | Great Britain - 1873 - 966 pages
...go through the process of " studying " it, to which Mrs. Siddons used to give weeks or even months. When questioned respecting the mental process which he employed the first time he performed the part, he said that he entirely lost sight of the audience, and seemed to have nothing before him... | |
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... he has been obliged each time to prepare it anew, and has never acquired in regard to it that facility which is familiar to him in other instances. 
