 | Edward Aloysius Pace, Thomas Edward Shields - 1916 - 492 Seiten
...this accident, that he is said to have made his first acquaintance in the play-house. He was receiv'd into the company then in being, at first in a very...wit, and the natural turn of it to the stage, soon dlstinguish'd him, if not as an extraordinary actor, yet as an excellent writer. His name is printed,... | |
 | 1916 - 114 Seiten
...oblig'd to leave his business and family in Warwickshire, for some time, and shelter himself in London. It is at this time, and upon this accident, that he...have made his first acquaintance in the playhouse." His continued presence in London was fairly evidently a matter of professional occupation, for certainly... | |
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Warwickshire for some time and shelter himself in London. It is at this time, and upon this accident, that he is said to have made his first acquaintance in the playhouse. He was received into the company then in being, at first in a very mean rank... 
