Memoirs of the Life of Charles Macklin, Esq: Principally Compiled from His Own Papers and Memorandums; which Contain His Criticisms on and Characters and Anecdotes of Betterton, Booth, Wilks and Most of His Contemporaries ... the Whole Forming a Comprehensive But Succinct History of the Stage ...Lackington, Allen and Company, 1799 - Počet stran: 471 |
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Strana 13
... fhall : Whether they " will be obeyed , or not , is for future confide- ❝ration . What you are pleased to call our " mandate , can be no reason for fhutting up the " Theatre , as you have the whole circle of the " Drama ( Cymbeline ...
... fhall : Whether they " will be obeyed , or not , is for future confide- ❝ration . What you are pleased to call our " mandate , can be no reason for fhutting up the " Theatre , as you have the whole circle of the " Drama ( Cymbeline ...
Strana 19
... fhall , in proper time and place , be " laid before the Public . At prefent , Sir , I " mean to confine my inquiry only to a fcanda- " lous report relative to your conduct towards " Mifs Macklin and me about Cyrus . " I must premise to ...
... fhall , in proper time and place , be " laid before the Public . At prefent , Sir , I " mean to confine my inquiry only to a fcanda- " lous report relative to your conduct towards " Mifs Macklin and me about Cyrus . " I must premise to ...
Strana 28
... fhall " never be punished for this , for my repentance " foon commenced , and fuch is my affection " for her , that it never will have an end , tho ' " time and contingencies may abate it . ” + The confequence of this misunderstanding ...
... fhall " never be punished for this , for my repentance " foon commenced , and fuch is my affection " for her , that it never will have an end , tho ' " time and contingencies may abate it . ” + The confequence of this misunderstanding ...
Strana 33
... fhall put the law against every offender of it , refpecting my property , " in full force . VOL . II . D " I will tell you what in most likelihood " CHARLES MACKLIN . 33 daughter's benefit-his mother dies in the 99th year her age-her ...
... fhall put the law against every offender of it , refpecting my property , " in full force . VOL . II . D " I will tell you what in most likelihood " CHARLES MACKLIN . 33 daughter's benefit-his mother dies in the 99th year her age-her ...
Strana 40
... fhall not pretend to fay ; but this I will ob- ferve , refpecting the morality or prudence of " it , that it puts me in mind of many men I " have known heretofore , who have proved " their own roguery , and ruined their fortunes " and ...
... fhall not pretend to fay ; but this I will ob- ferve , refpecting the morality or prudence of " it , that it puts me in mind of many men I " have known heretofore , who have proved " their own roguery , and ruined their fortunes " and ...
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Strana 33 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Strana 39 - Number of performers about sixteen or eighteen. The person who provides the Cloaths and Scenes is deemed the Master of the Company, who makes all contracts for rents, etc., and is responsible for all expenses and contingencies of every kind, incidental to the...
Strana 265 - ... a passage which in the records of the theatre, had never been acted, and which on and off the stage must be looked upon as an excrescence of the worst sort...
Strana 258 - This was of no advantage to me. I can fill my house without it; but I meant to give them the popularity of doing a justice to the man they had injured^ and of convincing the public that they would never do the like again, and that they were in amity, and not in enmity, with me. My Lord, I have nothing more to say.
Strana 380 - Talking Talking of the caution necessary to be used in conversation amongst a mixed company, Macklin observed, " Sir, I have experienced, to my cost, that a man, in any situation of life, should never be off his guard — A Scotchman never is ; he never lives a moment extempore, and that is one great reason of their success in life. " In a continuation of the same subject, he used to say, with some feeling of his former imprudence, "It is a long time before men learn the * £j art of neutralizing...
Strana 424 - But you are not afraid to die ? " A. "Not in the least, sir,- — I never did any person any serious mischief in my life: — even when I gambled, I never cheated: — I know that a — a — a — see, now — death, I mean, must come, and I am ready to give it up,
Strana 267 - Latin authors, as often as his me" mory ferved him with the fcraps and mottos " it had quaintly picked up; for he knew no " book of antiquity, nor, indeed, of modern " note, Prior, la Fontaine, Swift's Poetry, and " a few more of that kind excepted ; thefe " he conftantly imitated, plundered, difguifed, " and frittered in occafional prologues, epicc logues, and complimentary poems upon " parrots, lap-dogs, monkies, birds, growing " wits, patrons, and ladies. But what he " moft excelled in, was, in...
Strana 426 - Why, sir, my opinion is, that Mr. Palmer played the character of Shylock in one style. In this scene there was a sameness, in that scene a sameness, and in every scene a sameness : — it was all same ! same I same ! — no variation.