Memoirs of the Life of David Garrick: Interspersed with Characters and Anecdotes of His Theatrical Contemporaries. The Whole Forming a History of the Stage, which Includes a Period of Thirty-six Years, Volumen 1Joseph Hill, 1780 |
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... soon as he reached it , with the first lunge he killed his adverfary . He was tried for the fact , and honourably acquitted . Walker , the original Macheath , was at this time , by his irregular manner of living , reduced to a ftate of ...
... soon as he reached it , with the first lunge he killed his adverfary . He was tried for the fact , and honourably acquitted . Walker , the original Macheath , was at this time , by his irregular manner of living , reduced to a ftate of ...
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... Soon after the run of Merope , Mr. Hill tried all his art to make Mr. Garrick in love with his great idol Cæfar * . To this pur- pofe , knowing that he admired the energy of paffion more than dignity of character , or weight of ...
... Soon after the run of Merope , Mr. Hill tried all his art to make Mr. Garrick in love with his great idol Cæfar * . To this pur- pofe , knowing that he admired the energy of paffion more than dignity of character , or weight of ...
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... Soon after , by the former's permiffion , his farce of the New Hippocrates was acted on two benefit nights at Drury- lane ; and though this was an obvious and excellent fubject for ftage ridicule , in a me- tropolis which abounds in ...
... Soon after , by the former's permiffion , his farce of the New Hippocrates was acted on two benefit nights at Drury- lane ; and though this was an obvious and excellent fubject for ftage ridicule , in a me- tropolis which abounds in ...
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... Soon after , Mr. King was brought from Dublin , to fupply many of Mr. Wood- ward's parts . He not only answered the public expectation in that refpect , but , by playing fome new characters , such as Prattle in The Deuce is in Him ...
... Soon after , Mr. King was brought from Dublin , to fupply many of Mr. Wood- ward's parts . He not only answered the public expectation in that refpect , but , by playing fome new characters , such as Prattle in The Deuce is in Him ...
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... public , gave offence to many gentlemen of that country ; and of this indifcretion he felt the fevere effects , when he paid Ireland a vifit about a year after . Such Such an uproar was made as soon as he entered 264 THE LIFE OF.
... public , gave offence to many gentlemen of that country ; and of this indifcretion he felt the fevere effects , when he paid Ireland a vifit about a year after . Such Such an uproar was made as soon as he entered 264 THE LIFE OF.
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Términos y frases comunes
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Página 110 - Ah ! let not Censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.
Página 110 - Durfeys, yet remain in store; Perhaps where Lear has rav'd, and Hamlet died, On flying cars new sorcerers may ride ; Perhaps (for who can guess th' effects of chance) Here Hunt may box, or Mahomet may dance.
Página 110 - Then crush'd by Rules, and weaken'd as refin'd, For Years the Pow'r of Tragedy declin'd; From Bard, to Bard, the frigid Caution crept, Till Declamation roar'd, while Passion slept.
Página 286 - The exhibitions of the stage were improved to the most exquisite entertainment by the talents and management of Garrick, who greatly surpassed all his predecessors of this and perhaps every other nation, in his genius for acting ; in the sweetness and variety of his tones, the irresistible magic of his eye, the fire and vivacity of his action, the elegance of attitude, and the whole pathos of expression.
Página 111 - The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live. Then prompt no more the follies you decry...
Página 301 - This was a bitter cup ; and, to make the draught still more unpalatable, upon his asking whether his majesty approved his playing the Bastard, he was told, without the least compliment paid to his action, it was imagined that the king thought the character was rather too bold in the drawing, and that the colouring was overcharged and glaring. Mr. Garrick, who had been so accustomed to applause, and who of all men living most sensibly felt the neglect of it, was greatly struck with...
Página 11 - Garrick is to be with you early the next week, and Mr. Johnson to try his fate with a tragedy, and to see to get himself employed in some translation, either from the Latin or the French. Johnson is a very good scholar and poet, and I have great hopes will turn out a fine tragedy-writer. If it should any way lie in your way, doubt not but you would be ready to recommend and assist your countryman. "G. WALMSLEY.
Página 46 - tell me if there is not something like envy in your character of this young gentleman. The actor who pleases everybody must be a man of merit.
Página 318 - Genius stoop to them who've none at all ! Ne'er will I flatter, cringe, or bend the knee To those who, slaves to all, are slaves to me. Actors, as actors, are a lawful game, The poet's right, and who shall bar his claim ? And if, o'erweening of their little skill, When they have left the stage...
Página 233 - The manager,' he continues, admitting the whole question at issue in his complaints, 'whether player or ' harlequin, must be the sole pivot on which the whole ' machine is both to move and rest ; there is no drawback ' on the profit of the night in old plays ; and any access ' of reputation to a dead author, carries no impertinent ' claims and invidious distinctions along with it. When