The London review, conducted by R. Cumberland, Volume 1Richard Cumberland 1809 |
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Page 7
... excellence with the Lear of Garrick , the Lady Macbeth of Mrs. Pritchard , the Penruddock of Kemble , and ( I must take leave to add ) with the lago of Mr. Cooke . Quin was not a confined actor : he did not walk in a narrow path , but ...
... excellence with the Lear of Garrick , the Lady Macbeth of Mrs. Pritchard , the Penruddock of Kemble , and ( I must take leave to add ) with the lago of Mr. Cooke . Quin was not a confined actor : he did not walk in a narrow path , but ...
Page 9
... excellence give grace and juvenility to her person . In short he might have played a giant , and she a fairy , if Shakespear would have written parts for them . On the first night of The Jealous Wife , at which I was présent , she ...
... excellence give grace and juvenility to her person . In short he might have played a giant , and she a fairy , if Shakespear would have written parts for them . On the first night of The Jealous Wife , at which I was présent , she ...
Page 69
... excellence , and the " Battle of Hohenlinden " is pro- bably superior to every thing of its kind . It is matter of great regret , that the copious extracts already presented , and those which are yet to be inserted from Mr. Campbell's ...
... excellence , and the " Battle of Hohenlinden " is pro- bably superior to every thing of its kind . It is matter of great regret , that the copious extracts already presented , and those which are yet to be inserted from Mr. Campbell's ...
Page 95
... excellence , a blundering Irishman ; but though the stage has exhibited sentimental ploughmen and braziers , it has not yet ventured on a sentimental bailiff . 66 Mrs. Inchbald gives a very just eulogium on the perform- ance of Oroonoko ...
... excellence , a blundering Irishman ; but though the stage has exhibited sentimental ploughmen and braziers , it has not yet ventured on a sentimental bailiff . 66 Mrs. Inchbald gives a very just eulogium on the perform- ance of Oroonoko ...
Page 104
... excellence , and they came predetermined both to wonder and to praise . Bursts of applause he heard , but none of laughter , Let Betty's merit have been of the most tran- scendent kind , it could excite no interest , from his dispropor ...
... excellence , and they came predetermined both to wonder and to praise . Bursts of applause he heard , but none of laughter , Let Betty's merit have been of the most tran- scendent kind , it could excite no interest , from his dispropor ...
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