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... remarks that as Hemings was free of the Grocer's Company he might have been a grocer . But in his will he is styled John Hemings , gentle- man , which term could scarcely in those days , when the word meant something , and was not ...
... remarks that as Hemings was free of the Grocer's Company he might have been a grocer . But in his will he is styled John Hemings , gentle- man , which term could scarcely in those days , when the word meant something , and was not ...
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... remarks another writer of the age , " he was concerned in , he performed with that exactness and perfection that not any of his successors have equalled him . " " Mrs. Knipp tells me , " writes Pepys , " that my Lady Castlemaine is ...
... remarks another writer of the age , " he was concerned in , he performed with that exactness and perfection that not any of his successors have equalled him . " " Mrs. Knipp tells me , " writes Pepys , " that my Lady Castlemaine is ...
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... remarks , however , must be taken cum grano . Cibber never spoke well of his contemporaries , and seems to have been very splenetic against George Powel , who succeeded to the principal parts after Betterton's defection . Although ...
... remarks , however , must be taken cum grano . Cibber never spoke well of his contemporaries , and seems to have been very splenetic against George Powel , who succeeded to the principal parts after Betterton's defection . Although ...
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... remark , " If the fool has a mind to blow himself up at once , let us e'en give him a clear stage for it . " So it was agreed . Colley had so often wit- nessed Dogget's performance that he was nearly HOW HE WON HIS FIRST SUCCESS . 101 ...
... remark , " If the fool has a mind to blow himself up at once , let us e'en give him a clear stage for it . " So it was agreed . Colley had so often wit- nessed Dogget's performance that he was nearly HOW HE WON HIS FIRST SUCCESS . 101 ...
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... and there- fore the remarks upon the master will apply with double force to the disciple . He had a very exalted idea of his profession . " The longest life , " he said , " is too short for the almost endless study of.
... and there- fore the remarks upon the master will apply with double force to the disciple . He had a very exalted idea of his profession . " The longest life , " he said , " is too short for the almost endless study of.
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 17 - WEEP with me, all you that read This little story; And know, for whom a tear you shed Death's self is sorry. 'Twas a child that so did thrive In grace and feature As Heaven and Nature seemed to strive Which owned the creature.
Página 31 - Nature, was a most gentle expresser of it : his mind and hand went together ; and what he thought, he uttered with that easiness, that we have scarce received from him a blot in his papers.
Página 71 - The voice of a singer is not more strictly tied to time and tune, than that of an actor in theatrical elocution: the least syllable too long, or too slightly dwelt upon in a period, depreciates it to nothing; which very syllable, if rightly touched, shall, like the heightening stroke of light from a master's pencil, give life and spirit to the whole.
Página 334 - The first time I was in company with Foote was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not to be pleased, and it is very difficult to please a man against his will. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to mind him. But the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back upon my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, Sir, he was irresistible.* He upon one occasion experienced, in an extraordinary degree,...
Página 86 - ... at once; and that the letter might not embarrass her attack, crack ! she crumbles it at once into her palm, and pours upon him her whole artillery of airs, eyes, and motion. Down goes her dainty, diving, body to the ground, as if she were sinking under the conscious load of her own attractions ; then launches into a flood of fine language and compliment, still playing her chest forward in fifty falls and risings, like a swan upon waving water ; and, to complete her...
Página 89 - I'll leave her : Would I were free from this restraint, Or else had hopes to win her : Would she could make of me a saint, Or I of her a sinner ! " What a conquering air there is about these ! What an irresistible Mr.
Página 304 - 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 79 - His person was of the middle size, his voice clear and audible; his natural countenance, grave and sober; but the moment he spoke, the settled seriousness of his features was utterly discharged, and a dry, drolling, or laughing levity took such full possession of him, that I can only refer the idea of him to your imagination.
Página 85 - Rehearsal" had for some time lain dormant, she was desired to take it up, which I have seen her act with all the true coxcombly spirit and humour that the sufficiency of the character required.
Página 66 - Betterton ought to be recorded with the same respect as Roscius among the Romans. The greatest orator has thought fit to quote his judgment, and celebrate his life. Roscius was the example to all that would form themselves into proper and winning behaviour. His action was so well adapted to the sentiments he expressed, that the youth of Rome thought they...