| Colley Cibber - 1740 - 530 pages
...which, though it is true, he deliver'd the plain Senfe of every Period, yet the whole was in fo cold, fo flat, and unafFecting a manner, that I am afraid of not being believ'd, when I affirm it. On the contrary, Lee, far his Inferior in Poetry, was fo pathetick a Reader... | |
| John Dryden - 1800 - 606 pages
...first reading to the Actors; in which, though it is true he delivered the plain sense of every period, yet the whole was in so cold, so flat, and unafFecting...am afraid of not being believed, when I affirm it.* On the contrary, Lee, far his erne used to call him the little Nightingale. Remarks on the Life and... | |
| John Dryden - 1800 - 622 pages
...first reading to the Actors; in which, though it is true he delivered the plain sense of every period, yet the whole was in so cold, so flat, and unaffecting...am afraid of not being believed, when I affirm it.* On the contrary, Lee, far his erne used to call him the little Nightingale, Remarks on the Life and... | |
| John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 614 pages
...first reading to the Actors; in which, though it is true he delivered the plain sense of every period, yet the whole was in so cold, so flat, and unaffecting...am afraid of not being believed, when I affirm it. 1 On the contrary, Lee, far his erne used to call him ike little Nightingale. Remarks on the Life and... | |
| John Dryden, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 608 pages
...first reading to the Actors; in which, though it is true he delivered the plain sense of every period, yet the whole was in so cold, so flat, and unaffecting...that I am afraid of not being believed, when I affirm it.s On the contrary, Lee, far his erne used to call him the little Nightingale. Remarks on the Life... | |
| 1806 - 688 pages
...reading, says, " Though he delivered the plain scuse of every period, yet the whole was in so, colj. so flat, and unaffecting a manner, that I am afraid of not being believed if I should express it." .ADDISON. On the first reading of hi& Cato in Uif green-room, he succeeded... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 564 pages
...first reading to the actors; in which, though it is true he delivered the plain sense of every period, yet the whole was in so cold, so flat, and unaffecting a manner, that I iim afraid of not being believed, when I affirm it." — Ciltber's Apology, 4to. f See page 132. Of... | |
| John Dryden - 1821 - 570 pages
...reading to the actors ; in -which, though it is true he delivered .the plain sense of every period, yet the whole was in so cold, so flat, and unaffecting...afraid of not being believed, when I affirm it."— Cibberv Apology, 4to. t See page 132. Of Dryden's learning, his works form the best proof. He had read... | |
| Theater - 1821 - 436 pages
...who heard him give it the first reading, says, " Though he delivered the plain sense of every period, yet the whole was in so cold, so flat, and unaffecting a manner, that I am afraid of not being believed if 1 should express it." COLLEY CIBBEK. Though his voice, as an actor, was occasionally harsh and unmusical,... | |
| Colley Cibber - Actors - 1822 - 564 pages
...reading to the actors, in which, though, it is true, he delivered the plain sense of every period, yet the whole was in so cold, so flat, and unaffecting...am afraid of not being believed, when I affirm it. On the contrary, Lee, far his inferior in poetry, was so pathetic a reader of his own scenes, that... | |
| |