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HAMMER: And you make a great point, Ken, and I have to say, I have actually become scenical.

CNN Transcript Oct 27, 2009 2009

Covetousness cracks the sinews of faith, numbs the apprehension of anything above sense; and only affected with the certainty of things present, makes a peradventure of things to come; lives but unto one world, nor hopes but fears another: makes their own death sweet unto others, bitter unto themselves, brings formal sadness, scenical mourning, and no wet eyes at the grave.

Letter to a Friend 2007

Use honest and chaste sports, scenical shows, plays, games;

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

The world hath often compared to the theatre; and many grave writers, as well as the poets, have considered human life as a great drama, resembling, in almost every particular, those scenical representations which Thespis is first reported to have invented, and which have been since received with so much approbation and delight in all polite countries.

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling 2004

But what sort of compassion is this for feigned and scenical passions? for the auditor is not called on to relieve, but only to grieve: and he applauds the actor of these fictions the more, the more he grieves.

The Confessions 1999

These were a sort of scenical illustration of the Sacred

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 Various

The whole range of imaginative literature cannot furnish an incident of more absorbing interest; nor can the whole history of the theatre exhibit a situation of more tremendous scenical power than was presented at this moment in that chamber of doom.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861 Various

It is only just to assign to Weaver the entire credit of being the first to introduce Pantomimes on the English stage, though the author's original bent was "scenical dancing," or ballet dancing, by representations of historical incidents with graceful motion.

A History of Pantomime R. J. Broadbent

Contradictions, or in acute Nonsense; Sometimes a scenical

An Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit, Humour, Railery, Satire, and Ridicule (1744) Corbyn Morris

The society of one of those benign _savans_ who attract the sympathy and win the admiration of young students may yield a delightful and noble association to our future reminiscences; or an unmodified experience of cynical hearts joined to scenical manners may leave us nothing to regret, upon our departure, save the material advantages there enjoyed.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 Various