 Nicolini, who sets off the character he bears in an opera by his action, as much as he does the words of it by his voice. Every limb, and every finger, contributes to the part he acts, insomuch...  Analysis of the London ball-room - Seite 46von London ball-room - 1825Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1902 - 386 Seiten
...so noble an entertainment, until I heard that the tumbler was not to make his appearance that night. For my own part, I was fully satisfied with the sight...propriety of his action and gesture, does honour to a human figure, as much as the other vilifies and degrades it. Every one will easily imagine I mean... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1907 - 392 Seiten
...so noble an entertainment, until I heard that the tumbler was not to make his appearance that night. For my own part, I was fully satisfied with the sight...propriety of his action and gesture, does honour to a human figure, as much as the other vilifies and degrades it. Kvery one will easily imagine I mean... | |
 | George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland - 1907 - 942 Seiten
...noble entertainment, ' and declares that he ' was fully satisfied with the sight of an Actor [Nicolini] who, by the Grace and Propriety of his Action and Gesture, does Honour to an Human Figure," and ' sets off the Character he bears in an Opera by his Action, as much as he does... | |
 | Ralph Kirkpatrick - 1983 - 548 Seiten
...his first appearance in England three years later Sir Richard Steele wrote of him in The Tatler as, "an actor, who, by the grace and propriety of his...action and gesture, does honour to the human figure. . . . who sets off the character he bears in an opera by his action, as much as he does the words of... | |
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