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Page vii
... Garrick as a manager . - Smollett and his schemes . - Change of lodgings . - The Robin Hood club , 124 CHAPTER XII . New lodgings . - Visits of ceremony . - Hangers - on . - Pilkington and the white mouse . - Introduction to Dr. Johnson ...
... Garrick as a manager . - Smollett and his schemes . - Change of lodgings . - The Robin Hood club , 124 CHAPTER XII . New lodgings . - Visits of ceremony . - Hangers - on . - Pilkington and the white mouse . - Introduction to Dr. Johnson ...
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... Garrick . - The author and the actor - their correspondence , 195 • CHAPTER XXI . More hack authorship . - Tom Davies and the Roman History . - Canonbury Castle . - Political authorship . - Pecuniary temptation . - Death of Newbery the ...
... Garrick . - The author and the actor - their correspondence , 195 • CHAPTER XXI . More hack authorship . - Tom Davies and the Roman History . - Canonbury Castle . - Political authorship . - Pecuniary temptation . - Death of Newbery the ...
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... Garrick . - Croaking of the manager . - Naming of the play . - She Stoops to Conquer . - Foote's Primitive Puppet Show , Piety on Pattens . - First performance of the comedy . - Agitation of the author . - Success . - Colman squibbed ...
... Garrick . - Croaking of the manager . - Naming of the play . - She Stoops to Conquer . - Foote's Primitive Puppet Show , Piety on Pattens . - First performance of the comedy . - Agitation of the author . - Success . - Colman squibbed ...
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... Garrick - of Goldsmith - of Reynolds . - Illness of the poet - his death . - Grief of his friends . - A last word respecting the Jessamy Bride , 360 CHAPTER XLV . The funeral . The monument . - The epitaph . - Concluding reflections ...
... Garrick - of Goldsmith - of Reynolds . - Illness of the poet - his death . - Grief of his friends . - A last word respecting the Jessamy Bride , 360 CHAPTER XLV . The funeral . The monument . - The epitaph . - Concluding reflections ...
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... Garrick's farce of Lethe . After we had finished our break- fast , he drew from his pocket part of a tragedy , which he said he had brought for my correction . In vain I pleaded inability , when he began to read ; and every part on ...
... Garrick's farce of Lethe . After we had finished our break- fast , he drew from his pocket part of a tragedy , which he said he had brought for my correction . In vain I pleaded inability , when he began to read ; and every part on ...
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Page 247 - ... bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose; I still had hopes — for pride attends us still — Amidst the swains to show my...
Page 23 - A man severe he was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew : Well had the boding tremblers...
Page 76 - And haply, though my harsh touch, faltering still, But mock'd all tune, and marr'd the dancer's skill, Yet would the village praise my wondrous power, And dance, forgetful of the noontide hour. Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze ; And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burden of threescore.
Page 42 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labor free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree, While many a pastime circled in the shade, The young contending as the old surveyed; And many a gambol frolicked o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength went round.
Page 21 - His house was known to all the vagrant train ; He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain.
Page 177 - When lovely woman stoops to folly. And finds, too late, that men betray. What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away? The only art her guilt to cover. To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom, — is to die.
Page 247 - In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs - and God has given my share I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose.
Page 221 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 221 - A man he was to all the country dear. And passing rich with forty pounds a year. Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change his place.
Page 366 - Here Reynolds is laid, and to tell you my mind, .He has not left a wiser or better behind : His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand : His manners were gentle, complying, and bland; Still bom to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart...