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Page 124
... Garrick as a manager . - Smollett and his schemes . - Change of lodgings . - The Robin Hood club . TOWARDS the end of March , 1759 , the treatise on which Gold- smith had laid so much stress , on which he at one time had cal- culated to ...
... Garrick as a manager . - Smollett and his schemes . - Change of lodgings . - The Robin Hood club . TOWARDS the end of March , 1759 , the treatise on which Gold- smith had laid so much stress , on which he at one time had cal- culated to ...
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... Garrick , at that time the autocrat of the Drama , and was doomed to experience its effect . A clamor had been raised against Garrick for exercising a despotism over the stage , and bringing forward nothing but old plays to the ...
... Garrick , at that time the autocrat of the Drama , and was doomed to experience its effect . A clamor had been raised against Garrick for exercising a despotism over the stage , and bringing forward nothing but old plays to the ...
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... Garrick , " said he , " is treating the town as it deserves and likes to be treated ; with scenes , fire - works , and his own writings . A good new play I never expect to see more ; nor have seen since the Provoked Husband , which came ...
... Garrick , " said he , " is treating the town as it deserves and likes to be treated ; with scenes , fire - works , and his own writings . A good new play I never expect to see more ; nor have seen since the Provoked Husband , which came ...
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... Garrick as intended for himself , and they were rankling in his mind when Goldsmith waited upon him and solicited his vote for the vacant secretary- ship of the Society of Arts , of which the manager was a member . Garrick , puffed up ...
... Garrick as intended for himself , and they were rankling in his mind when Goldsmith waited upon him and solicited his vote for the vacant secretary- ship of the Society of Arts , of which the manager was a member . Garrick , puffed up ...
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... Garrick , late his pupil , and several years his junior , as a companion , both poor and penniless , both , like Goldsmith , seeking their fortune in the metropolis . " We rode and tied , " said Garrick sportively in after years of ...
... Garrick , late his pupil , and several years his junior , as a companion , both poor and penniless , both , like Goldsmith , seeking their fortune in the metropolis . " We rode and tied , " said Garrick sportively in after years of ...
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Page 249 - ... 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 25 - A man severe he was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew : Well had the boding tremblers...
Page 78 - 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 44 - 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 23 - His house was known to all the vagrant train ; He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain.
Page 179 - 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 249 - 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 223 - 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 223 - 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 368 - 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...