Memoirs of His Own Life, Volumul 2author, 1790 |
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Pagina 9
... remember , and in drawing his sword he threw all other performers at a wonderful distance by his fwiftnefs , ease , grace , and fuperior elegance ; to him , was Mr. Garrick afterwards much indebted for the applause he received in Hamlet ...
... remember , and in drawing his sword he threw all other performers at a wonderful distance by his fwiftnefs , ease , grace , and fuperior elegance ; to him , was Mr. Garrick afterwards much indebted for the applause he received in Hamlet ...
Pagina 72
... remember to have heard du- ring the farce , unless to Mrs. Clive . As January 1759 had pinched , so February , in- stead of being more calm and quiet , made the air of Covent Garden far from being softened ; for it nipt the wit with ...
... remember to have heard du- ring the farce , unless to Mrs. Clive . As January 1759 had pinched , so February , in- stead of being more calm and quiet , made the air of Covent Garden far from being softened ; for it nipt the wit with ...
Pagina 74
... remember I have often gone thither and often returned , and never had to re - cross the Tweed again for Scotland but my heart felt a fecret pleasure at the thought of vifiting once more thofe whose attachments had been last- ing , and ...
... remember I have often gone thither and often returned , and never had to re - cross the Tweed again for Scotland but my heart felt a fecret pleasure at the thought of vifiting once more thofe whose attachments had been last- ing , and ...
Pagina 85
... remember giving Tea as long as he lives . " Garrick's eyes sparkled with pleasure , and betray- ed a fatisfaction he wished to conceal . He inwardly hated Foote ( and not altogether without reason ) ; he wished to frown , but with all ...
... remember giving Tea as long as he lives . " Garrick's eyes sparkled with pleasure , and betray- ed a fatisfaction he wished to conceal . He inwardly hated Foote ( and not altogether without reason ) ; he wished to frown , but with all ...
Pagina 95
... obliged . I here beg leave to affure Mr. Moody I hold him in great regard , and shall never forget , but ever remember him with the highest pleasure and esteem . Mr. Moody arrived at Portsmouth from Ja- maica , and TATE WILKINSON . 95.
... obliged . I here beg leave to affure Mr. Moody I hold him in great regard , and shall never forget , but ever remember him with the highest pleasure and esteem . Mr. Moody arrived at Portsmouth from Ja- maica , and TATE WILKINSON . 95.
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Abington acted actor actreſs affiftance affured againſt alfo almoſt alſo anſwer applauſe aſked audience Bajazet Barry and Woodward benefit beſt caufe cauſe character confequence Crow-ftreet defired Drury-Lane Dublin fafe faid fame farce faſhion fatire favour fecond feemed fent feveral fhall fhort finiſhed firft firſt fituation fome fometimes foon Foote Foote's ftage ftill ftrong fuccefs fuch fuperior fuppofed fupport fure Garrick gentleman himſelf honour horſe houfe houſe increaſed Jane Shore lady laft laſt laugh leaſt lefs London Lord Lord Chamberlain Macklin Mifs Moffop moft moſt muft muſt myſelf never night obferve occafion Othello perfons performers play pleaſed pleaſure poffible Portſmouth prefent promiſed purpoſe racter raiſe reaſon refpect rehearſal requeſt ſaid ſcene ſeeing ſeemed ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould Shuter Sir Francis ſpeak ſpirits ſtage ſtate ſuch TATE WILKINSON theatre theatrical themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thought tion univerfal unleſs uſed vifit Wilkinſon wiſhed
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Pagina 199 - I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth ; my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Pagina 39 - I should take it, for it cannot be But I am pigeon-liver'd, and lack gall To make oppression bitter, or ere this I should have fatted all the region kites With this slave's offal.
Pagina 39 - Why, what an ass am I! This is most brave, That I, the son of a dear father murdered, Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell, Must like a whore unpack my heart with words, And fall a-cursing like a very drab, A scullion!
Pagina 153 - For he who fights and runs away May live to fight another day ; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise and fight again.
Pagina 199 - This is the state of man : To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day, comes a frost, a killing frost; And, — when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Pagina 23 - Gibber thought the new player " well enough," but Foote, with the malice that was natural to him, remarked, " Yes, the hound has something clever, but if his excellence was to be examined, he would not be found in any part equal to Colley Gibber's Sir John Brute, Lord Foppington, Sir Courtly Nice, or Justice Shallow.
Pagina 183 - A pleafant fellow. —Who were your parents ? Shift. I was produced, Sir, by a left-handed marriage, in the language of the news-papers, between an illuftrious lamp-lighter and an eminent itinerant cat and dog butcher. — Cat's meat, and dog's meat 1 dare fay, you have heard my mother, Sir.
Pagina 183 - Here, firrah, light me a-crofs the kennel. ——I hope your honour will remember poor Jack. You ragged rafcal, I have no halfpence I'll pay you the next time I fee you. But, lack-a-day, fir, that time I faw as feldom as his tradefmen.
Pagina 94 - O, what an infernal limb of an actress you'll make ! What ! not know the meaning of prentice ! Why prentice, ma'am, is the plural of prentices !" The complaints of this original to the Dublin stage-manager upon her daughter's wrongs, are equally comic. " Sir, you have not used my daughter well, 'pon my sould, and Barry has left her in ' Love's Last Shift
Pagina 28 - ... why will you take a liberty with these gentlemen the players, and without my consent ? you never consulted or told me you were to take off, as you call it ; hey, why now, I never take such liberties — indeed I once did it, but I gave up such dd impudence.