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... character , and the charlatan " Lofty , ” a sort of " Beau Tibbs above - Stairs , " is almost as good . But , as Garrick's keen eye saw , to have a second male figure of greater importance than the central personage was a serious error ...
... character , and the charlatan " Lofty , ” a sort of " Beau Tibbs above - Stairs , " is almost as good . But , as Garrick's keen eye saw , to have a second male figure of greater importance than the central personage was a serious error ...
Page 131
... character has been his principal aim . Those who know anything of composition , are sensible that in pursuing humour , it will sometimes lead us into the recesses of the mean ; I was even tempted to look for it in the master of a ...
... character has been his principal aim . Those who know anything of composition , are sensible that in pursuing humour , it will sometimes lead us into the recesses of the mean ; I was even tempted to look for it in the master of a ...
Page 222
... character , I assure you . Among women of reputation and virtue , he is the modestest man alive : but his acquaintance give him a very different character among creatures of another stamp : you understand me ? Miss Hard . An odd character ...
... character , I assure you . Among women of reputation and virtue , he is the modestest man alive : but his acquaintance give him a very different character among creatures of another stamp : you understand me ? Miss Hard . An odd character ...
Contents
THE DESERTED VILLAGE | 16 |
Part of a Prologue written and spoken by the Poet Laberius | 53 |
On Seeing Mrs perform in the Character of | 59 |
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