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Page 83
... , where it ought to have heighten- ed fome excellent figure , they blot out and obliterate fomething elfe , that perhaps had beauty . Nature E 6 Nature gives fenfibility to the player , but experience is THE ACTOR . 83.
... , where it ought to have heighten- ed fome excellent figure , they blot out and obliterate fomething elfe , that perhaps had beauty . Nature E 6 Nature gives fenfibility to the player , but experience is THE ACTOR . 83.
Page 128
... excellent in fome parts , at the price of a defectiveness in others . Those who have feeling without fire , are not able to exprefs that very feeling : and in thofe with whom fpirit gets the better of fenfibility , it always runs into ...
... excellent in fome parts , at the price of a defectiveness in others . Those who have feeling without fire , are not able to exprefs that very feeling : and in thofe with whom fpirit gets the better of fenfibility , it always runs into ...
Page 197
... ; it is a strange inftance of female generofity , but we have known it : the pupil was an excellent coquette , in real life , confequently a true comedy lady to be courted , but that she should fucceed in tragedy K 3 be THE ACTOR . 197.
... ; it is a strange inftance of female generofity , but we have known it : the pupil was an excellent coquette , in real life , confequently a true comedy lady to be courted , but that she should fucceed in tragedy K 3 be THE ACTOR . 197.
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