Memoirs of His Own Life, Volumul 2author, 1790 |
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Pagina 8
... truly captivat- ing ( though he spoke not at that time in favour of court politics ) my fituation was fuch I could not at the inftant gain a glimpfe at the fafcinating pro- digy . But when afterwards , with infinite pains and difficulty ...
... truly captivat- ing ( though he spoke not at that time in favour of court politics ) my fituation was fuch I could not at the inftant gain a glimpfe at the fafcinating pro- digy . But when afterwards , with infinite pains and difficulty ...
Pagina 9
... truly be termed the phoenix , and that phoenix rare , Great Britain , in our present golden days , may boaft rifing daily to full bloom , adorned with every art , humanity , and honour , that can fill the noble breast . Would the Lord ...
... truly be termed the phoenix , and that phoenix rare , Great Britain , in our present golden days , may boaft rifing daily to full bloom , adorned with every art , humanity , and honour , that can fill the noble breast . Would the Lord ...
Pagina 22
... truly enjoyed them from that time to the prefent . But Mr. Foote's knowledge of Garrick was but fuperficial when compared with Mr. Murphy's ; for Mr. Murphy's cool and fenfible penetration made him a perfect judge of the whole inward ...
... truly enjoyed them from that time to the prefent . But Mr. Foote's knowledge of Garrick was but fuperficial when compared with Mr. Murphy's ; for Mr. Murphy's cool and fenfible penetration made him a perfect judge of the whole inward ...
Pagina 26
... truly was a very picturesque one , and those who re- member him and me at that time will allow what I have here faid ) that he waited on Mr. Garrick , and requested he would not fuffer him , as a man of credit in private life , and an ...
... truly was a very picturesque one , and those who re- member him and me at that time will allow what I have here faid ) that he waited on Mr. Garrick , and requested he would not fuffer him , as a man of credit in private life , and an ...
Pagina 30
... truly ridiculous , that I perceived Mr. Garrick underwent much difficulty to prevent his gravity from changing to a burst of merriment ; but when Moffop was fair- ly out of fight he could not contain himself , and the laugh beginning ...
... truly ridiculous , that I perceived Mr. Garrick underwent much difficulty to prevent his gravity from changing to a burst of merriment ; but when Moffop was fair- ly out of fight he could not contain himself , and the laugh beginning ...
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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.