Dr. Smollet....His quarrel with Mr. Garrick, and his severe cen- sures on him and Mr. Quin....His application for the acting of a farce.... Its success....Mr. Garrick's generous conduct to him.... Mr. Garrick's letter to the doctor....Smollet's letter of acknow- Mr. Macklin's farce of Love Alamode.... Its success.... Mr. Sheridan's engagement with the managers of Drury-lane...Terms of agreement ....Mr. Sheridan supposed to have raised the jealousy of Mr. Gar- rick by his merit in acting.... Brooke's Earl of Essex....King John... The king's opinion of the acting that character....The quarrel be- tween Mr. Garrick and Mr. Sheridan....Comedy of the Discovery Mrs. Woffington.....Educated by Madame Violante.... Acts among the Lilliputians of Dublin.....Her Sir Harry Wildair in London ......Lothario in Dublin.....Her chief stage excellence......Stoops to parts in low comedy......Lady Pliant and Mrs. Day......Colley Cibber her admirer, Cicisbeo and instructor.....Acts Ophelia and Cordelia with Mr. Garrick in Ireland.....Her quarrels with Mrs. Clive......Visits Ireland in 1751.... Her opinion of the conversation of women.....Returns to London in 1754.....Her character......Dies. Churchill's Rosciad..... The players alarmed.....Their behaviour on the publication of the poem....Garrick exalted above all actors..... Churchill angry at the players.....He renews his attack, and obliquely aims at Mr. Garrick, who writes a defence of his conduct .....Churchill's praises of his friends, particularly Mr. Lloyd and Mr. Colman..... His contempt of the Reviewers..... His attack on THE LIFE OF DAVID GARRICK, Esq. CHAPTER I. Some account of Mr. Garrick's family...... His early acquaintance with Mr. Walmsley and Dr. S. Johnson...... His voyage to Lisbon .....Return to England... .Becomes pupil to Dr. Johnson.....Sets out in company with him for London. I shall ALL excellence has a right to be recorded. therefore think it superfluous to apologize for writing the life of a man, who, by an uncommon assemblage of private virtues, adorned the highest eminence in a publick profession. In a narrative of Mr. Garrick's life will unavoidably be included many theatrical anecdotes, and a variety of observations upon several comedians of both sexes, who distinguished themselves by superiority in their profession. Their merits I shall endeavour to display, and their characters I intend to delineate with truth and candour. The grandfather of Mr. Garrick was one of those unhappy French protestants, who, upon the revoca tion of the Edict of Nantz, sought for an asylum in England. was The father of Mr. Garrick, whose christian name was Peter, obtained a captain's commission in the army, and generally resided at Litchfield. His son David was born when he was on a recruiting party in Hereford; and baptized, as appears by the register, in the church of All Saints in that city, February the 28th, 1716. His mother's maiden name Clough, daughter to one of the vicars in Litchfield cathedral. Captain Garrick was a man of an amiable disposition, and much respected for his affable demeanour and agreeable conversation. Mrs. Garrick, though not beautiful in her person, was very attractive in her manner; her address was polite, and her conversation sprightly and engaging: she had the peculiar happiness, wherever she went, to please and to entertain. Though restrained in their circumstances, Captain Garrick and his wife were visited by the best families in Litchfield. Young Garrick was a most sprightly and diverting boy; he engaged the attention of every body who knew him. Mr. Walmsley, register of the Ecclesiastical Court in Litchfield, a gentleman much respected, of very considerable fortune, and a friend of Captain Garrick, took early notice of him; he would often unbend himself by listening to his odd ques tions, and divert himself with his smart repartees and frolicksome actions. When young Garrick was about ten years of age, he was put under the care of Mr. Hunter, master of the grammar school at Litchfield. This gentleman was an odd mixture of the |