The Life of David Garrick: From Original Family Papers, and Numerous Published and Unpublished Sources, Volumen2Tinsley brothers, 1868 |
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... soon , And , of roast beef they only know the tune . " criticises them with de- There was แ Then as the actors go by , he lightful , and most easy touch . poor Billy Havard , " whose obscurity might have saved him , yet whose- 66 Easy ...
... soon , And , of roast beef they only know the tune . " criticises them with de- There was แ Then as the actors go by , he lightful , and most easy touch . poor Billy Havard , " whose obscurity might have saved him , yet whose- 66 Easy ...
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... soon borne to Churchill , who , inflamed by the attacks of reviews and the hostile cries of the actors , had his bludgeon in the air again , and in a very short time produced " The Apology , " a sequel to the former work , but in a far ...
... soon borne to Churchill , who , inflamed by the attacks of reviews and the hostile cries of the actors , had his bludgeon in the air again , and in a very short time produced " The Apology , " a sequel to the former work , but in a far ...
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... soon as possible . " But Churchill's genius , as Garrick had , with great penetration , divined , disdained any direction . He had his way , and sent out this " most bloody performance . " Garrick was deeply hurt by it . It seemed to ...
... soon as possible . " But Churchill's genius , as Garrick had , with great penetration , divined , disdained any direction . He had his way , and sent out this " most bloody performance . " Garrick was deeply hurt by it . It seemed to ...
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... soon found out this double dealing , and chasséd him promptly . The crowd presently began to discover that the person of the great Roscius was no longer sacred , and this never - flagging series of criti- cisms began to raise up at the ...
... soon found out this double dealing , and chasséd him promptly . The crowd presently began to discover that the person of the great Roscius was no longer sacred , and this never - flagging series of criti- cisms began to raise up at the ...
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... soon " to expose and detect his designs . " Not a few guessed that this heralded Churchill . The poem described a sort of conventicle held on Hampstead Hill , with Fitzgig in the chair , 34 [ 1762- THE LIFE OF DAVID GARRICK .
... soon " to expose and detect his designs . " Not a few guessed that this heralded Churchill . The poem described a sort of conventicle held on Hampstead Hill , with Fitzgig in the chair , 34 [ 1762- THE LIFE OF DAVID GARRICK .
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Página 418 - Biron they call him; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal : His eye begets occasion for his wit; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest...
Página 404 - As an actor, confess'd without rival to shine ; As a wit, if not first, in the very first line : Yet, with talents like these, and an excellent heart, The man had his failings, a dupe to his art. Like an ill-judging beauty, his colours he spread, And beplaster'd with rouge his own natural red. On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting ; 'Twas only that when he was off he was acting.
Página 159 - Farewell, great painter of mankind ! Who reach'd the noblest point of art, Whose pictured morals charm the mind, And through the eye correct the heart. If Genius fire thee, reader, stay, If nature touch thee, drop a tear, If neither move thee — turn away — For Hogarth's honour'd dust lies here.
Página 360 - Here, Hermes, says Jove, who with nectar was mellow, Go fetch me some clay— I will make an odd fellow: Right and wrong shall be jumbled, much gold and some dross, Without cause be he...
Página 308 - In expressing slowness of apprehension, this actor surpassed all others. You could see the first dawn of an idea stealing slowly over his countenance, climbing up by little and little, with a painful process, till it cleared up at last to the fulness of a twilight conception — its highest meridian.
Página 360 - I'll bestow it. This scholar, rake, Christian, dupe, gamester, and poet ; Though a mixture so odd, he shall merit great fame, And among brother mortals — be GOLDSMITH his name : When on earth this strange meteor no more shall appear, You, Hermes, shall fetch him to make us sport here.
Página 110 - Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer; ' Why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure if I had seen a ghost, I should have looked in the very same manner, and done just as he did.
Página 110 - And if it was really a ghost, it could do one no harm at such a distance, and in so much company ; and yet if I was frightened, I am not the only person.
Página 404 - Here lies David Garrick, describe me who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man ; As an actor, confest without rival to shine; As a wit, if not first, in the very first line : Yet, with talents like these, and an excellent heart, The man had his failings, a dupe to his art.
Página 404 - But peace to his spirit, wherever it flies, To act as an angel and mix with the skies : Those poets, who owe their best fame to his skill, Shall still be his flatterers, go where he will : Old...