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Page 117
... praise to it , than to all their qualities befide ; and if they would encourage it , they would ob- tain ftill more . If there be any characters in which the player may arrive at great excellence with little fire , they are thofe of ...
... praise to it , than to all their qualities befide ; and if they would encourage it , they would ob- tain ftill more . If there be any characters in which the player may arrive at great excellence with little fire , they are thofe of ...
Page 128
... praise of being 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 ...
... praise of being 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 ...
Page 187
... praise , afcended the throne in Pyrrhus ; but it must be this fenfe of what is true digni- ty , and this innate elevation of foul alone , which could infpire Mr. Garrick , in pro- nouncing many of those paffages , which fhew Richard as ...
... praise , afcended the throne in Pyrrhus ; but it must be this fenfe of what is true digni- ty , and this innate elevation of foul alone , which could infpire Mr. Garrick , in pro- nouncing many of those paffages , which fhew Richard as ...
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