Memoirs of the Life of Charles Macklin, Esq: Principally Compiled from His Own Papers and Memorandums; which Contain His Criticisms on and Characters and Anecdotes of Betterton, Booth, Wilks and Most of His Contemporaries ... the Whole Forming a Comprehensive But Succinct History of the Stage ...Lackington, Allen and Company, 1799 - 471 Seiten |
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... shall " never offend your ears again . " As foon as Mr. Macklin had finished this addrefs , the audience teftified their approbation of his determination , by loud and reiterated . plaudits . The Farce was immediately with- drawn , and ...
... shall " never offend your ears again . " As foon as Mr. Macklin had finished this addrefs , the audience teftified their approbation of his determination , by loud and reiterated . plaudits . The Farce was immediately with- drawn , and ...
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... shall jointly proteft in writing , shall not be carried into ex- " ecution ; and from your folemn declaration to " the fame purpose the fucceeding day , in pre- " fence of Meffrs . Woodward , Smith , Gibfon CHARLES MACKLIN . If.
... shall jointly proteft in writing , shall not be carried into ex- " ecution ; and from your folemn declaration to " the fame purpose the fucceeding day , in pre- " fence of Meffrs . Woodward , Smith , Gibfon CHARLES MACKLIN . If.
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... shall abide by his determination . " I am your humble Servant , " W. Powell . " To prevent the Theatre from being shut up , Meffrs . Harris and Rutherford fent the fol- lowing notice to Mr. Colman : " To George Colman , Efq . " Sir ...
... shall abide by his determination . " I am your humble Servant , " W. Powell . " To prevent the Theatre from being shut up , Meffrs . Harris and Rutherford fent the fol- lowing notice to Mr. Colman : " To George Colman , Efq . " Sir ...
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... shall " demand ; and could either juftice or honor " have induced or compelled you to have been responsible to their calls , I fhould not have " " troubled you with this Epistle . 66 " From her infancy , thro ' her course of life , my ...
... shall " demand ; and could either juftice or honor " have induced or compelled you to have been responsible to their calls , I fhould not have " " troubled you with this Epistle . 66 " From her infancy , thro ' her course of life , my ...
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... shall settle here , depend upon it , I fhall put the law against every offender of it , refpecting my property , " in full force . VOL . II . D " I will tell you what in most likelihood " CHARLES MACKLIN . 33 daughter's benefit-his ...
... shall settle here , depend upon it , I fhall put the law against every offender of it , refpecting my property , " in full force . VOL . II . D " I will tell you what in most likelihood " CHARLES MACKLIN . 33 daughter's benefit-his ...
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Seite 33 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Seite 39 - Number of performers about sixteen or eighteen. The person who provides the Cloaths and Scenes is deemed the Master of the Company, who makes all contracts for rents, etc., and is responsible for all expenses and contingencies of every kind, incidental to the...
Seite 265 - ... a passage which in the records of the theatre, had never been acted, and which on and off the stage must be looked upon as an excrescence of the worst sort...
Seite 258 - This was of no advantage to me. I can fill my house without it; but I meant to give them the popularity of doing a justice to the man they had injured^ and of convincing the public that they would never do the like again, and that they were in amity, and not in enmity, with me. My Lord, I have nothing more to say.
Seite 380 - Talking Talking of the caution necessary to be used in conversation amongst a mixed company, Macklin observed, " Sir, I have experienced, to my cost, that a man, in any situation of life, should never be off his guard — A Scotchman never is ; he never lives a moment extempore, and that is one great reason of their success in life. " In a continuation of the same subject, he used to say, with some feeling of his former imprudence, "It is a long time before men learn the * £j art of neutralizing...
Seite 424 - But you are not afraid to die ? " A. "Not in the least, sir,- — I never did any person any serious mischief in my life: — even when I gambled, I never cheated: — I know that a — a — a — see, now — death, I mean, must come, and I am ready to give it up,
Seite 267 - Latin authors, as often as his me" mory ferved him with the fcraps and mottos " it had quaintly picked up; for he knew no " book of antiquity, nor, indeed, of modern " note, Prior, la Fontaine, Swift's Poetry, and " a few more of that kind excepted ; thefe " he conftantly imitated, plundered, difguifed, " and frittered in occafional prologues, epicc logues, and complimentary poems upon " parrots, lap-dogs, monkies, birds, growing " wits, patrons, and ladies. But what he " moft excelled in, was, in...
Seite 426 - Why, sir, my opinion is, that Mr. Palmer played the character of Shylock in one style. In this scene there was a sameness, in that scene a sameness, and in every scene a sameness : — it was all same ! same I same ! — no variation.