Leigh Hunt's Dramatic Criticism, 1808-1831, Volume 10Columbia University Press, 1949 - 347 pages |
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Page 93
... better comedian than tragedian ; and though almost as void of simplicity in her mode of acting as dressing ( and by the way , it is better to enjoy the credit of having once had a beautiful figure than to make such an edifice of her ...
... better comedian than tragedian ; and though almost as void of simplicity in her mode of acting as dressing ( and by the way , it is better to enjoy the credit of having once had a beautiful figure than to make such an edifice of her ...
Page 159
... better than even artificial greatness , there is a flow of natural sprightly humour , which takes one quite at one's ease along with it . This was the chief merit of Cibber , who possessed in his person a great flow of animal spirits ...
... better than even artificial greatness , there is a flow of natural sprightly humour , which takes one quite at one's ease along with it . This was the chief merit of Cibber , who possessed in his person a great flow of animal spirits ...
Page 184
... better to have made the names of Corneille , Racine , and Voltaire more prominent than Molière's ; and , in an opera - house perhaps , Quinault's would have been better than all . Even the name of Tasso does not come forward into notice ...
... better to have made the names of Corneille , Racine , and Voltaire more prominent than Molière's ; and , in an opera - house perhaps , Quinault's would have been better than all . Even the name of Tasso does not come forward into notice ...
Contents
CRITICISM ON SHAKSPEARES MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING | 3 |
MR YOUNGS MERITS CONSIDERED | 21 |
THE CONSCIOUS LOVERS | 35 |
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