The Critic Or, A Tragedy Rehearsed: A Dramatic Piece in Three Acts as it is Performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury LaneT. Becket, 1781 - 98 Seiten |
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66 GOVERNOR 66 JUSTICE 66 SIR CHRISTOPHER 66 SIR WALTER 66 TILBURINA abuſe accompliſhed advertiſements affiftance Afide becauſe BEEFEATER BURINA buſineſs CENTINEL CONFIDANT Conftable Critic damn'd dear Dangle defire Drury Lane EARL OF LEICESTER efaith egad Enter TILBURINA eſtabliſhed Exeunt Exit fafe feems fent FEROLO fhall fhew fhort fhould firſt fleet fome fometimes ftage ftriking fuch FUGE fuppofe fure fwords gentlemen hear INTERPRETER juft juſt KERANDO LADY laft laſt leaft Lord madam moft morning moſt mufick muft muſt myſelf never nieces obfervations paffion piece Plagiary plague play pleaſant pleaſe plot pray prefent PROMPTER PUFF purpoſe RALEIGH Rehearsed ſay ſcene ſee SERVANT Signor PASTICCIO Sir FRET FUL SNEER Spaniſh SPANISH ARMADA ſpeak ſtage Thames theatre thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou Tilbury TILBURY FORT tragedy true underſtand uſe Vaftly WHISKERANDOS whofe yourſelf Zounds
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Seite 24 - Ha! Sneer. In short, that even the finest passages you steal are of no service to you ; for the poverty of your own language prevents their assimilating, so that they lie on the surface like lumps of marl on a barren moor, encumbering what it is not in their power to fertilize.
Seite 15 - I say nothing — I take away from no man's merit — am hurt at no man's good fortune — I say nothing. But this I will say — through all my knowledge of life, I have observed — that there is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy.
Seite 20 - Oh, if Mr. Dangle read it, that's quite another affair !— But I assure you, Mrs. Dangle, the first evening you can spare me three hours and a half...
Seite 18 - ... a work to a friend, if you don't mean to profit by his opinion ? Sneer — Very true. Why then, though I seriously admire the piece upon the whole, yet there is one small objection; which, if you'll give me leave, I'll mention.
Seite 21 - The newspapers ! Sir, they are the most villainous — licentious — abominable — infernal — not that I ever read them. No; I make it a rule never to look into a newspaper.
Seite 24 - I know it — I am diverted. — Ha! ha! ha ! — not the least invention ! — Ha ! ha ! ha ! — very good ! — very good ! SNEER. Yes — no genius! ha! ha! ha!
Seite 40 - Smatter or Mr. Dapper, or any particular friend of mine. Very well. The day before' it is to be performed ; I write an account of the manner in which it was received. I have the plot from the author, and only add — " characters strongly drawn, highly coloured hand of a master, fund of genuine humour, mine of invention, neat dialogue, attic salt.
Seite 40 - De Loutherbourg's pencil are universally acknowledged. In short, we are at a loss which to admire most, the unrivalled genius of the author, the great attention and liberality of the managers, the wonderful abilities of the painter, or the incredible exertions of all the performers.
Seite 65 - What the plague ! three morning guns ! there never is but one \ — Ay, this is always the way at the theatre: give these fellows a good thing, and they never know when to have done with it.
Seite 25 - To be sure — for if there is anything to one's praise, it is a foolish vanity to be gratified at it ; and, if it is abuse — why, one is always sure to hear of it from one damned good-natured friend or another ! Enter SERVANT. SER. Sir, there is an Italian gentleman, with...