A General View of the Stage: By Mr. WilkesJ. Coote; and W. Whetstone, Dublin, 1759 - 335 pàgines |
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Pàgina iii
... draw of a few of the principal performers , are the refult of private , but he hopes impartial , observation . If he has erred in any particular , he A 2 will 1 iv PREFACE . will very readily acknowledge , and PREFACE .
... draw of a few of the principal performers , are the refult of private , but he hopes impartial , observation . If he has erred in any particular , he A 2 will 1 iv PREFACE . will very readily acknowledge , and PREFACE .
Pàgina 76
... observe , that he is now allowed by all Europe to be the greatest Musical Genius that ever lived : he has the art of finely adapting found to sense ; of speaking to the heart with as much com- mand as Timotheus : he at once touches the ...
... observe , that he is now allowed by all Europe to be the greatest Musical Genius that ever lived : he has the art of finely adapting found to sense ; of speaking to the heart with as much com- mand as Timotheus : he at once touches the ...
Pàgina 86
... Philofophy , fome Logic , others in Metaphyfics . This will be most clearly illuftrated , if we look abroad into the world , and observe that Providence Providence has allotted to each man a distinct genius and 86 A GENERAL VIEW.
... Philofophy , fome Logic , others in Metaphyfics . This will be most clearly illuftrated , if we look abroad into the world , and observe that Providence Providence has allotted to each man a distinct genius and 86 A GENERAL VIEW.
Pàgina 98
... their future fame , by making an indif- ferent appearance in a capital character for once , and ever after to appear in a mean and inconfiderable light . Let Let it be observed further , that the excel- lence 98 A GENERAL VIEW.
... their future fame , by making an indif- ferent appearance in a capital character for once , and ever after to appear in a mean and inconfiderable light . Let Let it be observed further , that the excel- lence 98 A GENERAL VIEW.
Pàgina 99
By Mr. Wilkes Samuel Derrick. Let it be observed further , that the excel- lence of parts does not confift in their length , though it is the misfortune of many performers to think they do ; and fo they have a great deal to repeat , they ...
By Mr. Wilkes Samuel Derrick. Let it be observed further , that the excel- lence of parts does not confift in their length , though it is the misfortune of many performers to think they do ; and fo they have a great deal to repeat , they ...
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Aaron Hill action Actor affume againſt almoſt alſo antient applauſe audience beauty becauſe beſt caft cauſe character Cibber Comedy comic countenance diſcover diſplay Drama drefs dreſs eaſe entertainment excellent expreffed faid Fair Penitent fame fatire fays feems feen fenfe fentiment fhall fhews fion firft firſt fome fometimes foon fpeech ftriking fubject fuccefs fuch fufficient fuppofed fupport Garrick genius grace greateſt grief higheſt himſelf humour Iago inftruction itſelf Jane Shore judgment juſt laſt lefs manner Maſks maſter ment merit moft moſt Mufic muft muſt nature obferved Othello paffion Painting perfon performance pington Play Player pleafing pleaſing pleaſure Poet poffeffed prefent preferves propriety racter raiſe reaſon repreſent Rofcius ſay ſcene ſee ſeen ſeveral Shakeſpear ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome ſpeaking ſpirit Stage ſtand ſtill ſtrength ſtudy taſte tenderneſs Theatre thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion Tragedy underſtanding uſe utmoſt voice whofe whoſe
Passatges populars
Pàgina 133 - Villain, be sure thou prove my love a whore, — Be sure of it; give me the ocular proof; Or, by the worth of mine eternal soul, Thou hadst been better have been born a dog Than answer my wak'd wrath ! lago.
Pàgina 164 - That I must die, it is my only comfort ; Death is the privilege of human nature, And life without it were not worth our taking: " Thither the poor, the pris'ner, and the mourner, \\* " Fly for relief, and lay their burthens down.
Pàgina 126 - Alack, alack, is it not like that I So early waking, what with loathsome smells And shrieks like mandrakes...
Pàgina 127 - Imparadised in one another's arms, The happier Eden, shall enjoy their fill Of bliss on bliss, while I to hell am thrust...
Pàgina 226 - As for Maister Greene, all that I will speak of him (and that without flattery) is this (if I were worthy to censure) there was not an actor of his nature, in his time, of better ability in performance of what he undertook, more applauded by the audience, of greater grace at the court, or of more general love in the city.
Pàgina 123 - ... .In Sophocles, when the unfortunate Deianira discovers her mistake in having sent a . poisoned vestment to her husband Hercules; her surprise and sorrow are unspeakable, and she answers not her son who acquaints her with the disaster, but goes off the stage without uttering a syllable. A writer unacquainted with nature and the heart, would have put into her mouth twenty florid Iambics, in which she would bitterly have bewailed her misfortunes, and informed the spectators that she was going to...
Pàgina 121 - Away, stand off ! where is she ? let me fly, Save her from death, and snatch her to my heart. Aim. Oh! Alph. Forbear ; my arms alone shall hold her up, Warm her to life, and wake her into gladness.
Pàgina 147 - Kneller recognised in him a superior artist. Sir Godfrey remarks that "he could only copy nature from the originals before him, but that Dogget could vary them at pleasure and yet keep a close likeness.
Pàgina 164 - Thither the Poor, the Pris'ner, and the Mourner, Fly for Relief, and lay their Burthens down. Come then, and take me now to thy cold Arms, Thou meagre Shade ; here let me breathe my last...
Pàgina 234 - I never see him coming down from one corner of the Stage with his old grey hair standing, as it were, erect upon his head, his face filled with horror and attention, his hands expanded, and his whole frame actuated by a dreadful solemnity but I am astounded and share in all his distresses. Nay, as Shakespeare in some different place, with elegance, observes upon another subject, one might interpret from the dumbness of his gesture.