The monuments and genii of st. Paul's cathedral and of Westminster abbey, Volume 2John Williams, 1826 |
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... talent , presented early indications of a theatrical taste ; for he got up a performance of the Recruiting Officer amongst his school - fellows , and played the part of Serjeant Kitely , when not much more than twelve years old . After ...
... talent , presented early indications of a theatrical taste ; for he got up a performance of the Recruiting Officer amongst his school - fellows , and played the part of Serjeant Kitely , when not much more than twelve years old . After ...
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... talents he displayed so rich , varied , and uncommon , that he fixed his fame at one stamp , not only equal , but superior , to any actor of the time then present or past . Like the sun bursting from behind a cloud , he put forth at his ...
... talents he displayed so rich , varied , and uncommon , that he fixed his fame at one stamp , not only equal , but superior , to any actor of the time then present or past . Like the sun bursting from behind a cloud , he put forth at his ...
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... talent : Barry , * Macklin , Mrs. Woffing- Spranger Barry , the only actor of the day who stood by Garrick as a rival , was interred in the cloisters of Westminster Abbey , and should there- fore be commemorated here . A writer in a ...
... talent : Barry , * Macklin , Mrs. Woffing- Spranger Barry , the only actor of the day who stood by Garrick as a rival , was interred in the cloisters of Westminster Abbey , and should there- fore be commemorated here . A writer in a ...
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... talent and pleasing address , that Garrick promised to make his fortune . The first work put into his hands for this great pur- posé , was the music to this farce , by which Garrick cleared some thousands of pounds , but out of which he ...
... talent and pleasing address , that Garrick promised to make his fortune . The first work put into his hands for this great pur- posé , was the music to this farce , by which Garrick cleared some thousands of pounds , but out of which he ...
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... talents , and he has executed it with much pleasantry . The Shepherd's Week , ' a poem in six pastorals , dedicated to Lord Bolingbroke , followed in 1714. It has been suggested , that he was incited to this composition by Pope , who ...
... talents , and he has executed it with much pleasantry . The Shepherd's Week , ' a poem in six pastorals , dedicated to Lord Bolingbroke , followed in 1714. It has been suggested , that he was incited to this composition by Pope , who ...
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