The Life of Mr. James Quin, Comedian: With the History of the Stage from His Commencing Actor to His Retreat to Bath ...Reader, 1766 - 107 страници |
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... He learned soon after the death of Mr. L- - ; and his friend Ryan now prevailed upon him to return to the metropolis , and fulfil his theatrical engagements here . CHAPTER II . A concise view of the progress of 10 LIFE OF MR . JAMES QUIN .
... He learned soon after the death of Mr. L- - ; and his friend Ryan now prevailed upon him to return to the metropolis , and fulfil his theatrical engagements here . CHAPTER II . A concise view of the progress of 10 LIFE OF MR . JAMES QUIN .
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... death of Queen Mary , consort to William the Third , the theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields , which was formed out of a tennis court , was by patent opened ; when Mr. Congreve's comedy of Love for Love had such an extra- ordinary run that ...
... death of Queen Mary , consort to William the Third , the theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields , which was formed out of a tennis court , was by patent opened ; when Mr. Congreve's comedy of Love for Love had such an extra- ordinary run that ...
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... death ; but Quin , Ryan , Walker , & c . , & c . , stood forth in the defence of the manager , and a grand scuffle ensued , by which the gentlemen were all drove out at the stage door into the street . They then sallied into the boxes ...
... death ; but Quin , Ryan , Walker , & c . , & c . , stood forth in the defence of the manager , and a grand scuffle ensued , by which the gentlemen were all drove out at the stage door into the street . They then sallied into the boxes ...
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... death appearing on the stage . Mrs. Oldfield's death , which happened in the year 1730 , deprived the theatre of one of its greatest ornaments . Mrs. Porter was about the same time lost to the stage , by the dislocation of her leg ; and ...
... death appearing on the stage . Mrs. Oldfield's death , which happened in the year 1730 , deprived the theatre of one of its greatest ornaments . Mrs. Porter was about the same time lost to the stage , by the dislocation of her leg ; and ...
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... death of Booth , till Delane having gained the ascendant at Covent - garden , had some blind admirers , who put him upon an equal footing with Quin , of whom he was little more than the copy ; and even in those very points which the ...
... death of Booth , till Delane having gained the ascendant at Covent - garden , had some blind admirers , who put him upon an equal footing with Quin , of whom he was little more than the copy ; and even in those very points which the ...
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Страница 73 - Indian mount, or fairy elves, Whose midnight revels, by a forest side, Or fountain, some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course ; they, on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear ; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds.
Страница 79 - When Lothario gave Horatio the challenge Quin, instead of accepting it instantaneously, with the determined and unembarrassed brow of superior bravery, made a long pause, and dragged out the words, ' I'll meet thee there !' in such a manner as to make it appear absolutely ludicrous.
Страница 83 - In fancied scenes, as in life's real plan, He could not, for a moment, sink the man. In whate'er cast his character was laid, Self still, like oil, upon the surface play'd. Nature, in spite of all his skill, crept in : Horatio, Dorax, Falstaff, — still 'twas Quin.
Страница 23 - Herculean satirist, this drawcansir in wit, that spared neither friend nor foe ; who, to make his poetical fame immortal, like another Erostratus, set fire to his stage, by writing up to an act of parliament to demolish it.
Страница 91 - That tongue which set the table on a roar, And charm'd the public ear, is heard no more ! Clos'd are those eyes, the harbingers of wit Which spoke, before the tongue, what Shakespeare writ ; Cold are those hands, which, living, were stretched forth At friendship's call to succour modest worth.
Страница 82 - Though we deny imaginary grace, Founded on accidents of time and place ; Yet real worth of ev'ry growth shall bear Due praise, nor must we, Quin, forget thee there. His words bore sterling weight, nervous and strong In manly tides of sense they roll'd along. Happy in art, he chiefly had pretence To keep up numbers, yet not forfeit sense. No actor ever greater heights could reach In all the labour'd artifice of speech.
Страница 13 - Music has charms to soothe a savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. I've read that things inanimate have moved, And, as with living souls, have been informed, By magic numbers and persuasive sound.
Страница 76 - That Garrick was a new religion ; Whitfield was followed for a time ; but they would all come to church again.
Страница 82 - Their darling chief, and lin'd his fav'rite cause. " Far be it from the candid Muse to tread Insulting o'er the ashes of the dead, But, just to living merit, she maintains, And dares the test whilst Garrick's genius reigns, Ancients in vain endeavour to excel, Happily prais'd, if they could act as well. But though prescription's force we disallow, Nor to antiquity submissive bow ; Tho...
Страница 14 - I remember the ladies were then observed to be decently afraid of venturing bare-faced to a new comedy, till they had been assured they might do it, without the risk of an insult to their modesty...