The one had the look of a melodrame; the other the look of an execution. ❋ Various (N/A)
There is another circumstance connected with the habits of the Woodcock which increases his importance as an actor in the melodrame of Nature. ❋ Various (N/A)
Richmond of Shakspeare to the "terrific combats" of modern melodrame. ❋ Various (N/A)
It may be supposed, however, that men whom the tragedies of Smithfield failed to terrify, were not likely to be affected deeply by melodrame and blazing paper. ❋ James Anthony Froude (1856)
I have also attempted to make a play without love; and there are neither rings, nor mistakes, nor starts, nor outrageous ranting villains, nor melodrame in it. ❋ Byron, George G (1854)
His bugle was daintily suspended by a green cord across his shoulders; it was a neat and glittering instrument, whose garniture was bedizened with the coxcombry of silken tassels, and was displayed as ostentatiously as if worn by the hero of a melodrame. ❋ Unknown (1852)
'What I mean to say is, that it is the mingled epigram and melodrame of the idea, that Marie Roget still lives, rather than any true plausibility in this idea, which have suggested it to L'Etoile, and secured it a favourable reception with the public. ❋ Unknown (1842)
A cook calls himself an artist; a tailor does the same; a man writes a gaudy melodrame, a spasmodic song, a sensational novel, and straightway he calls Himself an artist, and indulges in a pedantic jargon about 'essence' and 'form,' assuring us that a poet we can understand wants essence, and a poet we can scan wants form. ❋ Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton (1838)
My Lord must be by nature a fine actor, -- comic, with a touch of melodrame! ❋ Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton (1838)
I felt spellbound by the interest of the sinistoe melodrame, with its quick succession of scenic effects and the metropolis of the world for its stage. ❋ Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton (1838)
I felt spellbound by the interest of the _sinistoe melodrame_, with its quick succession of scenic effects and the metropolis of the world for its stage. ❋ Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton (1838)
Nothing could be more gay than the streets and public walks, crowded with holiday people: the women were in proportion as six to one; and looked like groups dressed to figure in a melodrame or ballet. ❋ Unknown (1827)
"Mon cher," I answered, trying to mimic his tone, "je meprise les femmes, pour ne pas les aimer, car autrement la vie serait un melodrame trop ridicule." ❋ Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov (1827)
"Les Deux Cousins;" and there is even a melodrame at the Porte St. Martin, entitled "L'Ecole du Scandale." ❋ Thomas Moore (1815)
_Orientalism_ -- which I hear is very splendid -- of the melodrame ❋ Thomas Moore (1815)
“je meprise les femmes, pour ne pas les aimer, car autrement la vie serait un melodrame trop ridicule.” ❋ Unknown (2003)
"What I mean to say is, that it is the mingled epigram and melodrame of the idea, that Marie Roget still lives, rather than any true plausibility in this idea, which have suggested it to ❋ Unknown (2006)