Life of Mrs. Siddons, Volumes 1-2 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 42
Page 25
... beautiful as the dress she was to wear . I have heard her say that Milton's poetry was the object of her admiration earlier than Shakspeare's , and that when but ten years old she used to pore over " Paradise Lost " for hours together ...
... beautiful as the dress she was to wear . I have heard her say that Milton's poetry was the object of her admiration earlier than Shakspeare's , and that when but ten years old she used to pore over " Paradise Lost " for hours together ...
Page 27
... beautiful woman , but too fond of gaudy colours , and who had her face always lavishly rouged , was sitting in the Coterie , when Lord Lyttleton , the graceless son of an estimable peer , entered the room evidently intoxicated , and ...
... beautiful woman , but too fond of gaudy colours , and who had her face always lavishly rouged , was sitting in the Coterie , when Lord Lyttleton , the graceless son of an estimable peer , entered the room evidently intoxicated , and ...
Page 36
... beautiful woman whatever was likely to fall in with her prevailing mood . When Garrick ceased to be the manager of Drury Lane , he ceased to have the power of dic- tating engagements . Still it were to be wished that he had left the ...
... beautiful woman whatever was likely to fall in with her prevailing mood . When Garrick ceased to be the manager of Drury Lane , he ceased to have the power of dic- tating engagements . Still it were to be wished that he had left the ...
Page 40
... beautiful , were both , like herself , unsuccessful debutantes . " The fame , " says Colley Cibber , " to which Mrs. Barry arrived is a particular proof of the diffi- culty there is of judging with certainty , from their first trials ...
... beautiful , were both , like herself , unsuccessful debutantes . " The fame , " says Colley Cibber , " to which Mrs. Barry arrived is a particular proof of the diffi- culty there is of judging with certainty , from their first trials ...
Page 47
... beautiful youth who figured in petticoats on the stage , having been carried about in his theatrical dress by ladies of fashion in their carriages . This was an unseemly spectacle , and we can forgive the Puritans for objecting to see ...
... beautiful youth who figured in petticoats on the stage , having been carried about in his theatrical dress by ladies of fashion in their carriages . This was an unseemly spectacle , and we can forgive the Puritans for objecting to see ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acting actor actress admiration affected afterward Aickin appearance applause Arpasia audience Barry beautiful Belvidera Bensley Boaden brother character Charles Kemble Cibber comedy comic Constance Coriolanus Covent Garden daughter dear death delighted Della Cruscan Desdemona drama Drury Lane Dublin Edinburgh Engravings expression eyes favour feel Fitz Hugh Garrick gave genius Guy's Cliff heard heart Henry heroine honour human husband imagine Isabella Jane Shore John Kemble King Lady Macbeth letter London look Lord majesty Margaret of Anjou mind Miss Wilkinson Moneses Montval mother nature never night noble person play poet poetry popularity Portrait powers Queen Katharine received recollections respecting Roger Kemble scene season seems Shak Shakspeare Shakspeare's Sheridan Siddons Siddons's speak spectators stage taste Tate Wilkinson tenderness theatre theatrical thing thou thought tion told tragedy tragic Vallori voice vols Warwick wife woman words young
Popular passages
Page 119 - Hie thee hither, That I may pour my spirits in thine ear ; And chastise with the valour of my tongue All that impedes thee from the golden round, Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem To have thee crown'd withal.
Page 125 - All causes shall give way : I am in blood Stepp'd in so far that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er : Strange things I have in head, that will to hand ; Which must be acted ere they may be scann'd.
Page 124 - Here's the smell of the blood still: all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.
Page 51 - Pity it is, that the momentary beauties flowing from an harmonious elocution, cannot like those of poetry be their own record! That the animated graces of the player can live no longer than the instant breath and motion that presents them; or at best can but faintly glimmer through the memory, or imperfect attestation of a few surviving spectators.
Page 122 - Are you a man ? MACB. Ay, and a bold one, that dare look on that Which might appal the devil. LADY M. O proper stuff ! This is the very painting of your fear : This is the air-drawn dagger which, you said, Led you to Duncan. O, these flaws and starts, Impostors to true fear, would well become A woman's story at a winter's fire, Authorized by her grandam. Shame itself ! Why do you make such faces ? When all 's done, You look but on a stool.
Page 120 - I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this.
Page 180 - Page. Madam, there is a lady in your hall, Who begs to be admitted to your presence. Lady. Is it not one of our invited friends? Page. No, far unlike to them ; it is a stranger. Lady. How looks her countenance ? Page.
Page 123 - Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck, Till thou applaud the deed. Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day, And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond Which keeps me pale! Light thickens, and the crow...
Page 121 - Nought's had, all's spent, Where our desire is got without content : 'Tis safer to be that which we destroy Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy.
Page 94 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me...