The Wandering Patentee: Or, A History of the Yorkshire Theatres, from 1770 to the Present Time: Interspersed with Anecdotes Respecting Most of the Performers in the Three Kingdoms, from 1765 to 1795, Volumes 1-2Discusses Yorkshire theatre in the late eighteenth century with personal anecdotes of famous actors. |
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Page 48
... called Good Old Leng , came to the York company in the year 1756. His conduct through life has been fuch as to merit the good wishes of the public . He was so fortunately unfortunate as to gain a fourth fhare of a Twenty Thousand Pound ...
... called Good Old Leng , came to the York company in the year 1756. His conduct through life has been fuch as to merit the good wishes of the public . He was so fortunately unfortunate as to gain a fourth fhare of a Twenty Thousand Pound ...
Page 49
... called . Though he cannot boast of superior abilities as an actor , yet he may boaft of what does not always accompany brilliant talents , that is of a clear upright confcience , and has no need to rub his hands , or have his fleep ...
... called . Though he cannot boast of superior abilities as an actor , yet he may boaft of what does not always accompany brilliant talents , that is of a clear upright confcience , and has no need to rub his hands , or have his fleep ...
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... called for , with the infor- mation that Mr. Baker could not live an hour , and that my attendance was immediately requifite . When I arrived , Dr. Swainfton was in his cham- ber , who affured me his advice could not be of any ...
... called for , with the infor- mation that Mr. Baker could not live an hour , and that my attendance was immediately requifite . When I arrived , Dr. Swainfton was in his cham- ber , who affured me his advice could not be of any ...
Page 77
... called very old - I furmise about fixty ; yet he appears past help , past hope , past cure ! —If imprudence has had any share in the calamity , it fhould be a leffon for youth , first to carefully THE WANDERING PATENTEE . 77.
... called very old - I furmise about fixty ; yet he appears past help , past hope , past cure ! —If imprudence has had any share in the calamity , it fhould be a leffon for youth , first to carefully THE WANDERING PATENTEE . 77.
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... called for his fword and fhield - invoked the fpirit of his fire - discarded all stage dalliances - and breathed a fon of Hector ; that is , he actually purchased a commiffion in a troop of horse : The hat and feather , red coat , long ...
... called for his fword and fhield - invoked the fpirit of his fire - discarded all stage dalliances - and breathed a fon of Hector ; that is , he actually purchased a commiffion in a troop of horse : The hat and feather , red coat , long ...
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Page 16 - And thus still doing, thus he pass'd along. Duch. Alas ! poor Richard ! where rides he the while ? York. As in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious : Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on Richard ; no man cried, God save him...
Page 36 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Page 110 - T' endure the frosts of danger, nay, of death, To be thought worthy the triumphal wreath By glorious undertakings, may deserve Reward, or favour from the commonwealth; Actors may put in for as large a share As all the sects of the philosophers: They with cold precepts...
Page 239 - I know no more why I came, than you do why you called me. But here I am, and if you don't mean to provide for me, I desire you would leave me as you found me. SIR SAMP.
Page 111 - ... tedious to him ; if there be, Among the auditors, one whose conscience tells him He is of the same mould, — WE CANNOT HELP IT. Or, bringing on the stage a loose...
Page 109 - The whole world being one, This place is not exempted : and I am So confident in the justice of our cause, That I could wish Caesar, in whose great name All kings are comprehended, sat as judge, To hear our plea, and then determine of us. If to express a man sold to his lusts, Wasting the treasure of his time and fortunes In wanton dalliance, and to what sad end A wretch...
Page 3 - The Wandering Patentee; or, a History of the Yorkshire Theatres from 1770 to the present time; interspersed with Anecdotes respecting most of the performers in the three Kingdoms from 1765 to 1795.
Page 110 - Carthage : if done to the life, As if they saw their dangers, and their glories, And did partake with them in their rewards, All that have any spark of Roman in them, The slothful arts laid by, contend to be Like those they see presented.
Page 239 - Did not I beget you? And might not I have chosen whether I would have begot you or no? 'Oons, who are you? Whence came you? What brought you into the world? How came you here, sir?
Page 47 - He has a singular talent of exhibiting character.' JOHNSON. 'Sir, it is not a talent; it is a vice; it is what others abstain from. It is not comedy, which exhibits the character of a species, as that of a miser gathered from many misers: it is farce, which exhibits individuals.