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... seemed to strive Which owned the creature . Years he numbered scarce thirteen When Fates turn'd cruell : Yet three filled Zodiacs had he been The stage's jewell : And did act , what now we moan , Old men so duly ; As , sooth , the PARCE ...
... seemed to strive Which owned the creature . Years he numbered scarce thirteen When Fates turn'd cruell : Yet three filled Zodiacs had he been The stage's jewell : And did act , what now we moan , Old men so duly ; As , sooth , the PARCE ...
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... seemed to seize upon the eyes and ears of the giddy and inadvertent . " In " Tatler , " No. 71 , we read that he played Hamlet at seventy , " and by the prevalent power of proper manner , gesture and voice , appeared through the whole ...
... seemed to seize upon the eyes and ears of the giddy and inadvertent . " In " Tatler , " No. 71 , we read that he played Hamlet at seventy , " and by the prevalent power of proper manner , gesture and voice , appeared through the whole ...
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... seemed always to come from him extempore , and sharpened into more wit from his brilliant manner of delivering it . . . . He could at once throw off the man of sense , for the brisk , vain , rude and lively coxcomb , the false , flashy ...
... seemed always to come from him extempore , and sharpened into more wit from his brilliant manner of delivering it . . . . He could at once throw off the man of sense , for the brisk , vain , rude and lively coxcomb , the false , flashy ...
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... seemed the immoveable log he stood for . A coun- tenance of wood could not be more fixed than his , when the blockhead of a character required it ; his face was full and long ; from his crown to the end of his nose was the shorter half ...
... seemed the immoveable log he stood for . A coun- tenance of wood could not be more fixed than his , when the blockhead of a character required it ; his face was full and long ; from his crown to the end of his nose was the shorter half ...
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... seemed still to continue their private approbation , it revived to a second , and again to a third still louder than the former . " Dogget himself was in the pit contem- plating his double ! But not even this triumph could procure his ...
... seemed still to continue their private approbation , it revived to a second , and again to a third still louder than the former . " Dogget himself was in the pit contem- plating his double ! But not even this triumph could procure his ...
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...