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the coaviotion of that moment laid-lfoe first , 9 ktpi , < to Mm r ** && * tion tp } ife » li > * . ;•; > v •• • . , .- . ¦¦ - < < - ,, j . :, ? f " wfi'rr / r . v / rm , o * inrf Wit Wn-a month of this day Percy w&e on his AVayt 0 rL (> rwWfi ; his errand need not be told . By ( we of those etojncjttfritaft * which are called strange , but which , if they did not WppW sometimes amongst the separate number of circumstances that
make up life , it would be stranger still , —he arrived in the g ^ eat city the day before that in which Flora was to take her firat public benefit . To her unqualified fame as an actress was added the popularity which her domestic history , now universally knowa , could not fail to call forth . It had been determined to mark her benefit by some public tribute to her worth , to grace it with a peculiar triumph , which her exalted genius , linked as it was with
devoted and heroic virtue , richly deserved . Accordingly , after various plans , the following was agreed upon ,, the manager * iti half jest , claiming from her implicit obedience in performing all that might be allotted to her . Amongst that part of the public who had yielded homage to her genius , she had obtained the name of the modern Corinne ; ' by those who preferred worshipping her in her other character , the modern Cordelia . '
Accordingly ; the play selected for the evening was Shakspeare ' s ' Lear , ' in which she was to play her own part ; to be followed by ( with an adaptation to the present circumstance ) the Triumph of Corinne in the CJapitol . ' The whole town was full of this approaching triumph ; ' coronation of the modern Corinne * greeted Percy ' s eyes in all directions . He had wisely determined not to see her
until the eventful night should be over , but it seemed strange that he who loved her best , who joyed most deeply at her success , should take no part in her triumph . He looked again and agaia at the play-bills ; a sudden thou ght flashed upon him ! He made his way to the theatre—sought the manager- —gate bis name , which was at once recognised ; described himself as am
early friend of Flora ' s , and anxious to occupy a favoured positiaa on such a night . ;» , ¦ -,,.. . The story of * Corinne' has been universally read ; bwt . it may be forgotten by some , and unknown by others , tliat , aft ^ r iwr coronation by a prince of Italy , an Englishman , who is pre ^ irif replaces the crown , which had accidentally fallen from h ^ t hlJul as she leaves the hall . This had been ingeniously taken a < j * ay ^
tage of , by the author of the adaptation , to reserve the ri gfrttoi Flora ' s coronation to her native country . The manager heartily rejoiced in the exchange of a somewhat material and unpicture ^ que hero for the graceful and spiritual Percy . The responsibility w % | s sli g ht ; a few words were all , and he felt that those words might be safely trusted with one who atemed so exactly fitted t <* eo « e * the part . Percy ' s romance wili be e ^ teeoaed unaocouatuble a » 4 extravagant by m * ny ; to those tvho havernpt p . key to i 4 irvtAffir own boeoniB iti w useless to ofiev « xplaaatu > n . Long before tJtorfoy
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1835, page 589, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2649/page/25/
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