David GarrickK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1894 - 346 oldal |
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... of National Bio- graphy and elsewhere . The literature and the memoirs of the second half of the last century are full of anecdote concerning Garrick or references to him . The chief difficulty of the biographer has been Indebtedness in.
... of National Bio- graphy and elsewhere . The literature and the memoirs of the second half of the last century are full of anecdote concerning Garrick or references to him . The chief difficulty of the biographer has been Indebtedness in.
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... full information concerning the scenes and characters amidst which he dwelt or to chronicle the stories that have been invented con- cerning him . 27 , Camden Square , September , 1893 . ERRATA . p . 56 , 1. 6 , after vi PREFACE .
... full information concerning the scenes and characters amidst which he dwelt or to chronicle the stories that have been invented con- cerning him . 27 , Camden Square , September , 1893 . ERRATA . p . 56 , 1. 6 , after vi PREFACE .
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... Concerning the early career of Peter Garric history is all but silent , and the name of the regiment which he joined is unknown . All that is known is that the young officer , whose first commission is dated 12th May , 1706 , was ...
... Concerning the early career of Peter Garric history is all but silent , and the name of the regiment which he joined is unknown . All that is known is that the young officer , whose first commission is dated 12th May , 1706 , was ...
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... Concerning this pleasant and affectionate banter , Forster writes with pleasant but exaggerated enthusiasm , " Is not the letter a bit of comedy in itself , a piece of character and feeling such as Farqu- har might have written ...
... Concerning this pleasant and affectionate banter , Forster writes with pleasant but exaggerated enthusiasm , " Is not the letter a bit of comedy in itself , a piece of character and feeling such as Farqu- har might have written ...
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... Concerning this journey to London , which proffers all the opportunities of romance , little serious infor- mation is obtainable . Garrick subsequently stated that they rode and tied , which Boswell characterizes as an effort at ...
... Concerning this journey to London , which proffers all the opportunities of romance , little serious infor- mation is obtainable . Garrick subsequently stated that they rode and tied , which Boswell characterizes as an effort at ...
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297. oldal - Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff of a dunce, he mistook it for fame; Till his relish grown callous, almost to disease, Who pepper'd the highest, was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind.
322. oldal - 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.
297. oldal - Twas only that when he was off he was acting. With no reason on earth to go out of his way, He turn'd and he varied full ten times a day: Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and trick...
297. oldal - Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and trick ; He cast off his friends, as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallowed what came, And the puff of a dunce, he mistook it for fame, Till his relish grown callous, almost to disease, Who peppered the highest, was surest to please.
322. oldal - ... sure, if I had seen a ghost, I should have looked in the very same manner, and done just as he did. And then, to be sure, in that scene, as you called it, between him and his mother, where you told me he acted so fine, why, Lord help me, any man, that is, any good man, that had such a mother, would have done exactly the same. I know you are only joking with me ; but indeed, madam, though I was never at a play in London, yet I have seen acting before in the country ; and the king for my money;...
62. oldal - With very little variation of cadence, and in a deep, full tone, accompanied by a sawing kind of action, which had more of the senate than of the stage in it, he rolled out his heroics with an air of dignified indifference, that seemed to disdain the plaudits that were bestowed upon him.
220. oldal - 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.
20. oldal - relating to Rogues, Vagabonds, Sturdy Beggars, and Vagrants 'into One Act of Parliament, and for the more effectual 'punishing such Rogues, Vagabonds, Sturdy Beggars, and ' Vagrants, and sending them whither they ought to be sent,' as relates to common Players of Interludes; and another Act passed in the twenty-eighth.
84. oldal - King ! Long live our noble King! God save the King! Send him victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us ! God save the King!
189. oldal - Vice's snares, She blunder'd on some virtue unawares; With all these blessings, which we seldom find Lavish'd by Nature on one happy mind, A motley figure, of the Fribble tribe, Which heart can scarce conceive, or pen describe, Came simpering on — to ascertain whose sex Twelve sage impannelTd matrons would perplex.