| James Boswell - 1786 - 552 pages
...his heterodox opinions, — a contempt of tragick acting'. He said, ' the action of all players in tragedy is bad. It should be a man's study to repress...looked in the very same manner, and done just as he did2.' For, when I asked him, ' Would you not, Sir, start as Mr. Garrick does, if you saw a ghost ?'... | |
| Henry Fielding, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 566 pages
...player who ever was on the stage.' ' He the best 'player!' cries Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer, ' Why, I could act as well as he myself. I ' am sure...in the very same manner, and done just ' as he did. And then, to be sure, in that scene, ' as you called it, between him and his mother, ' where you told... | |
| Henry Fielding - 1809 - 560 pages
...ever on the stage.'— • He the best player!' cries Partridge with a contemptnous sueer, ' Why, J could act as well as he myself. I am sure, if I had...seen a ghost, I should have looked in the very same niaoner, and done just as he did. And then, to be sure, in that scene, as you called it, between him... | |
| James Boswell - 1813 - 492 pages
...opinions, — a contempt of tragick acting. He said, " the action of all players in tragedy is had. It should be a man's study to repress those signs...have " looked in the very same manner, and done just f as he did." For, when I asked him, " Would not you, sir, start as Mr. Garrick does, if you saw a... | |
| Henry Fielding - 1820 - 388 pages
...player who was ever on the stage. — He the best player ! cries Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer, Why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure,...in the very same manner, and done just as he did. And then, to be sure, in that scene, as you called it, between him and his mother, where you told me... | |
| 1820 - 394 pages
...player who was ever on the stage.—He the best player! cries Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer, Why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure,...in the very same manner, and done just as he did. And then, to be sure, in that scene, as you called it, between him and his mother, where you told me... | |
| Henry Fielding - 1821 - 850 pages
...was ever on the stage." — " He the best player !" cries Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer ; " Why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure if...in the very same manner, and done just as he did. And then, to be sure, in that scene, as you called it, between him and lus mother, where you told me... | |
| James Boswell - 1831 - 612 pages
...another of his heterodox opinions—a contempt of tragick acting. He said, " the action of all players in tragedy is bad. It should be a man's study to repress..."Why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure, if I-had seen a ghost, I should have looked in the very same manner, and done just as he did." For, when... | |
| Henry Fielding - 1832 - 438 pages
...who was ever on the stage.' — ' He the best player!' cries Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer, 'why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure,...in the very same manner, and done just as he did. And then, to be sure, in that scene, as you call it, between him and his mother, where you told me... | |
| James Boswell - 1835 - 604 pages
...in his " Tom Jones ;" who makes Partridge say of Garrick, " Why, I could act as well as he mysslf. I am sure, if I had seen a ghost, I should have looked...just as he did." For, when I asked him, " Would not yon, sir, start as Mr, Garrick does, if you saw a ghost? " He answered, " I hope not. If I did, I should... | |
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