 | Colley Cibber - 1740 - 524 Seiten
...Spirit ; though he was yet far diftant from any Competitor. Thus then were thefe Remains of thebeft Set of Actors, that I believe were ever known, at...England, by Time, Death, and the Satiety of their Hearers moulding to decay. , It was, now, the Town-talk, that nothing but a Union of the two Companies, could... | |
 | Colley Cibber - 1822 - 564 Seiten
...spirit, though he was yet far distant from any competitor. Thus, then, were these remains of the best set of actors that, I believe, were ever known, at...by time, death, and the satiety of their hearers, mouldering to decay. It was now the town-talk that nothing but a union of the two companies could recover... | |
 | Colley Cibber - 1826 - 358 Seiten
...spirit, though he was yet far distant from any competitor. Thus then were these remains of the best set of actors that I believe were ever known at once...by time, death, and the satiety of their hearers, mouldering to decay. It was now the town talk that nothing but a union of the two companies could recover... | |
 | 1826 - 362 Seiten
...spirit, though he was yet far distant from any competitor. Tims then were these remains of the best set of actors that I believe were ever known at once...by time, death, and the satiety of their hearers, moulderingto decay. It was now the town talk that nothing but a union of the two companies could recover... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1888 - 214 Seiten
...generation of actors. As Colley Gibber rather pathetically says, in 1706 " these remains of the best set of actors, that I believe were ever known at once...by time, death, and the satiety of their hearers, had mouldered to decay." In April Congreve writes that there is to be a union of the two houses. Nothing... | |
 | Edward Robins - 1895 - 390 Seiten
...spirit, though he was yet far distant from any competitor. Thus, then, were these remains of the best set of actors that I believe were ever known, at once...the satiety of their hearers, mould'ring to decay." Like equally sanguine managers of later years Congreve and Sir John gave up their new venture as soon... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1924 - 202 Seiten
...generation of actors. As Colley Gibber rather pathetically says, in 1706 " these remains of the best set of actors, that I believe were ever known at once in Englandf by time, death, and the satiety of their hearers, had mouldered to decay." In April Congreve... | |
 | Colley Cibber, Byrne R. S. Fone - 2000 - 422 Seiten
...Spirit; though he was yet far distant from any Competitor. Thus then were these Remains of the best Set of Actors, that I believe were ever known, at...Reputation, which Opinion was certainly true: One could have thought too, that the Patentee of Drury-Lane could not have fail'd to close with it, he... | |
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Nor could it be expected that Betterton himself, at past seventy, could retain his former Force, and Spirit; though he was yet far distant from any Competitor. Thus then were these Remains of the best Set of Actors, that I believe were ever known, at... 