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Usage examples of parr.

The Earl of Northam indicated the stage, where Miss India Parr was standing with her fists resting on the wide panniers of her gown, and her elbows cocked sharply outward.

India Parr was farther from all of them now than she had been when she was behind the footlights.

It will soon be public record that I have alienated the affections of Miss Parr, which, indeed, I have.

Unlike the revered Sarah Siddons, who first trod the boards in Drury Lane more than a quarter of a century before, India Parr was not foremost a tragic actress.

It was widely agreed that while her tragic heroines were most excellently realized, Miss Parr had a particular gift for the nuance of character in the comedies, and the sharp timing and physical humor of farces.

It was hard to believe the hand-clapping could sustain itself, let alone grow louder, yet both these things occurred as India Parr came front and center and made her deep curtsy.

Standing once more, Miss India Parr stepped as close to the footlamps as she dared and applauded her audience.

Perhaps she was staying away at the express orders of Miss Parr herself, or perhaps, as South suspected, she was availing herself of the medicinal properties of a dram or two of gin.

The boy, South thought, was learning as much from Miss Parr about acting as he was about reading.

Miss Parr stepped toward him as he began to unfasten his coat, belatedly realizing that her flustered maid had taken no measures to secure these items from him.

A less perceptive woman would have assumed his surprise had been only for the supper, yet India Parr sensed more than the obvious and unerringly targeted the things he had not said.

The consomme might be a diversion, but Miss Parr did not seem to understand that anticipation was the real aphrodisiac.

India Parr could reasonably expect to earn in a lifetime spent at her craft.

India Parr on stage: bewigged and rouged and costumed, a slight, willowy figure commanding almost as much space and men with as few words as Admiral Nelson had.

India Parr in her dressing room: polite now but somehow reticent, estranged from the very crowd that had come to pay homage, the woman inside the dress and paint closer to the surface.