Memoirs of His Own Life, Volume 3author, 1790 |
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Abington acquaintance acted actor advertiſed affiftance againſt alfo almoſt alſo applauſe aſtoniſhment audience Auſtin Barry Bath Bayes Bellamy benefit beſt bleffed character Cheſter confequence courſe defire dreffed Dublin Edinburgh engaged eſteemed fafe faid fame farce faſhionable fatire favour favourite feafon fecond fent fevere fhall finiſhed firft firſt fituation fome foon Foote Foote's friends Frodsham ftage fuch fuperior fuppofed fure Garrick gentleman himſelf honour horſe houfe houſe inſtead Kelf Lady laft laſt laugh leaſt London Lord Macklin Mayor of Garratt Mifs Moffop moft moſt Mufter muſt myſelf never night Norwich obferved obliged occafioned Othello perfons performers play pleaſed pleaſure Portſmouth preſent prologue promiſe racter Rehearſal requeſted reſpect ſaid ſcene ſeaſon ſee ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſpeak ſpirits ſpoke ſtage ſtate ſtay ſtrange ſtreets ſuch Tate TATE WILKINSON theatre theſe thofe thoſe truly Tueſday univerfal unleſs uſed vifit Wilkinſon wiſh Woodward York
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Page 148 - tis slander; Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile; whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world : kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave This viperous slander enters.
Page 167 - The major made a fine disposition : on we marched, the men all in high spirits, to attack the gibbet where Gardel is hanging ; but turning down a narrow lane to the left, as it might be about there, in order to possess a...
Page 28 - ... to go a-preaching ; for Shuter, like Mawworm, believed he had a call. I have gone with Shuter at six in the morning of a Sunday at...
Page 167 - ... that we might take the gallows in flank, and at all events secure a retreat, who should come by but a drove of fat oxen for Smithfield. The drums beat in the front, the dogs barked in the rear, the oxen set up a gallop: on they came thundering upon us, broke through our ranks in an instant, and threw the whole corps in confusion.
Page 231 - This demand, though enormous for those days, was complied with, and the temple of Belial forthwith uprose. But, before it could be acted in, a fanatical preacher, who was popular in Glasgow, told his auditors that he dreamed the preceding night he was in the infernal regions, at a grand entertainment, where all the devils were present, when Lucifer, their chief, gave for a toast, " the health of Mr John Millar, maltster in Glasgow, who had sold them his ground to build a bouse upon, and wherein they...
Page 158 - How strange a captive am I grown of late ! Shall I accuse my love, or blame my fate ? My love, I cannot ; that is too divine : And against fate what mortal dares repine ? Enter Claris.
Page 83 - ... in order to mend his broken fortune by the chance of a die or the turn up of a card — of which I believe he was ignorant, and unacquainted with the necessary arts to succeed — he has often left the theatre with a hundred guineas in his pocket, and returned home with an aching head and heart ; but his guineas, with debts of honour, were all left behind. The Countess of Brandon served him greatly, it is true ; but often the money she occasioned being paid at the theatre returned to her own...
Page 83 - Is. 2d. ; upper gallery, Is. Id. Dublin was then torn to pieces by the perpetual application for one theatre or the other ; it was reduced quite to a party matter. The Countess of Brandon would not be seen at Crow Street upon any account, but attended constantly at her dear Mossop's. Barry, I believe, had at least converted the ladies two to one in his favour. Barry's making love, when on the stage, left tender impressions ; but yet this play-begging at last grew...
Page 256 - The Painter dead, yet still he charms the eye; While England lives, his fame can never die : But he, who struts his hour upon the stage, Can scarce extend his fame for half an age ; Nor pen nor pencil can the actor save, The art and artist share one common grave.
Page 30 - I hope he now poflefies ; for, the poor, the friendlefs and the ftranger he often comforted, and when fometimes reduced by his follies, he never could fee a real obje<S in mifery and refift giving at leaft half he was worth to his diftrefled fellow creature.