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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... truly fenfible of the many fa- vours he has conferred on my family . And now with all my fins upon my head , and wishing for a continuance of good spirits ( at least ) to feed and clothe me . I am , The public's , Faithful obedient ...
... truly fenfible of the many fa- vours he has conferred on my family . And now with all my fins upon my head , and wishing for a continuance of good spirits ( at least ) to feed and clothe me . I am , The public's , Faithful obedient ...
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... truly great little man ; his pro- logues and epilogues were excellent , various , en- tertaining , and full of point ; yet when those tri- may hereafter be reforted to for half an hour to kill time , his " Mifs in her Teens , " " Lying ...
... truly great little man ; his pro- logues and epilogues were excellent , various , en- tertaining , and full of point ; yet when those tri- may hereafter be reforted to for half an hour to kill time , his " Mifs in her Teens , " " Lying ...
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... truly con- clude , that " all is for the beft ; " for , tho ' the actor be dead , Shakespear's fire still burns with the utmost purity , and reigns triumphant in our hearts and minds , and will be piously tranfmitted to our children ...
... truly con- clude , that " all is for the beft ; " for , tho ' the actor be dead , Shakespear's fire still burns with the utmost purity , and reigns triumphant in our hearts and minds , and will be piously tranfmitted to our children ...
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... truly good quali- ties . 5. A mind confifting of serious , heavy , melancholy thoughts , not making any allowances for the trefpaffes and faults of others , abounding with pride , fpleen , and self - importance . 6. Full of thick coming ...
... truly good quali- ties . 5. A mind confifting of serious , heavy , melancholy thoughts , not making any allowances for the trefpaffes and faults of others , abounding with pride , fpleen , and self - importance . 6. Full of thick coming ...
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... truly the Oreftes and Pylades of the Manchester theatre : But time that diffolves all , and time that occasions friend- ships , coolness , forgetfulness , and even sometimes enmities and likings we know not why , fo it came to pafs ...
... truly the Oreftes and Pylades of the Manchester theatre : But time that diffolves all , and time that occasions friend- ships , coolness , forgetfulness , and even sometimes enmities and likings we know not why , fo it came to pafs ...
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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.