 | Aaron Hill - Acting - 1753 - 428 pages
...this excellence the more fignificantly, beg permiffion to af-r firm, that the blind might have Jeen him, in his voice, and the deaf have heard him, in his "oifage. ' -. > , ' His gejlure, or, as it is commonly call'd, his aftion, was but the refult, and... | |
 | Benjamin Victor - Theater - 1761 - 230 pages
...this Excellence the mwe fignifi" cantly, beg Permiffion to affirm, that ** the Blind might have feen him in his " Voice, and the Deaf have heard him in " his nfage *." As to his Abilities, he was an excellent Scholar, and had a fine Tafte for Poetry, Painting,... | |
 | Biography - 1761 - 474 pages
...tempted to borrow the aid of «' fignincantly, beg permiffion to affirm, that the blind might " have feen him in his voice, and the deaf have heard him " in his vifage. His gefiure, or, as it is commonly called, " his a£lion, was but the refult and neceflary... | |
 | William Cook - Actors - 1804 - 468 pages
...figure, and, to express this excellence the more significantly, beg permission to affirm, that the blend might have seen him in his voice, and the deaf have heard him in lii&vrsagti'" •• i : Tbongh * Victors History of the Tbeat!*, .-\ • Though Booth, from the possession... | |
 | English literature - 1808 - 546 pages
...to borrow the aid of a very bold figure, and, to express this excellence the more significantly, beg permission to affirm, that the blind might have seen him in his vuice, «nd the deaf have heard him in his visage. Though Booth,, from the possession of these qualifications,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1812 - 534 pages
...to borrow the aid of a very bold figure, and, to express this excellence the more significantly, beg permission to affirm, that the blind might have seen him in his voice, and the deaf have heard him iu his visage. His gesture, or, as it is commonly called, his action, was but the result and necessary... | |
 | Decoration and ornament - 1813 - 496 pages
...to borrow the aid of a very bold figure, and, to express this excellence the more significantly, beg permission to affirm, that the blind might have seen...voice, and the deaf have heard him in his visage. As to his abilities he was an excellent scholar, and had a fine taste for poetry, painting, and statuary.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1812 - 544 pages
...to borrow the aid of a very bold figure, and, to express this excellence the more significantly, beg permission to affirm, that the blind might have seen...visage. His gesture, or, as it is commonly called, his aciion, was but the result and necessary consequence of his dominion over his voice and countenance... | |
 | Colley Cibber - Actors - 1822 - 564 pages
...to borrow the aid of a very bold figure, and, to express this excellence the more significantly, beg permission to affirm, that the blind might have seen him in his voice, and the deaf have heard him in hi* visage. • His gesture, or, as it is commonly called, his action, was but the result and necessary... | |
 | Charles Whitehead - 1842 - 358 pages
...abilities of Booth, as an actor, were of a very high class, no one who ever saw him can dispute. " The blind might have seen him in his voice, and the deaf have heard him in his face,'' was said of him, and finely said, by my friend Aaron Hill. Can a greater eulogium be passed... | |
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Booth's peculiar felicity to be heard and seen the same ; whether as the pleased, the grieved, the pitying, the reproachful, or the angry. One would... 
