| Colley Cibber - 1822 - 564 pages
...and. spirit to the whole. I never heard a line in tragedy come from Betterton, wherein my judgment, my ear, and my imagination, were not fully satisfied; which, since his time, 1 cannot equally say of any one actor whatsoever : not but it is possible to be much his inferior,... | |
| Colley Cibber - 1826 - 358 pages
...and spirit to the whole. I never heard a line in tragedy come from Betterton, wherein my judgment, my ear, and my imagination, were not fully satisfied ; which since his time I cannot equally say of any one actor whatsoever; not but it is possible to be much his inferior, with... | |
| 1826 - 362 pages
...and spirit to the whole. I never heard a line in tragedy come from Betterton, wherein my judgment, my ear, and my imagination, were not fully satisfied ; which since his time I cannot equally say of any one actor whatsoever; not but it is possible to be much his inferior, with... | |
| Bryan Waller Procter - 1835 - 564 pages
...and spirit to the whole. I never heard a line in tragedy come from Betterton, wherein my judgment, my ear, and my imagination, were not fully satisfied : which since his time I cannot equally say of any actor whatsoever." It is thus that Gibber, his contemporary, speaks of him... | |
| Barry Cornwall - 1835 - 278 pages
...and spirit to the whole. I never heard a line in tragedy come from Betterton, wherein my judgment, my ear, and my imagination, were not fully satisfied : which since his time I cannot equally say of any actor whatsoever." It is thus that Gibber, his contemporary, speaks of him... | |
| SMITH - 1862 - 924 pages
...I never," says honest Colley, " heard a line in tragedy come from Be.tlerton, wherein my judgment, my ear, and my imagination were not fully satisfied, which, since his time, I cannot equally say of any one actor whatsoever." This was written in 1740, the year before little David... | |
| John Doran - 1865 - 486 pages
...'' 1 never," adds honest Colley, " heard a line in tragedy come from Betterton, wherein my judgment, my ear, and my imagination were not fully satisfied, which, since his time, I cannot equally say of any one actor whatsoever." This was written in 1740, the year before little David... | |
| Dr. Doran (John) - 1865 - 434 pages
..." I never," says honest Collcy, " heard a line in tragedy come from Betterton, wherein my judgment, my ear, and my imagination were not fully satisfied, which, since his time, I cannot equally say of any one actor whatsoever." This was written in 1740, the year before little David... | |
| William D'Avenant - 1872 - 554 pages
...Betterton." As to his excellence, Colley Cibber in his Apology thus speaks of him: " I never heard lines in a tragedy come from him, wherein my judgement my ear...erect one within the walls of the Tennis Court, in Lincoln 's-Inn-Fields. Betterton died in 1710, in the 74th year of his age, and was buried in the cloister... | |
| William D'Avenant - 1872 - 462 pages
...As to his excellence, Colley Cibber in his Apology thus speaks of him : " I never heard lines in a tragedy come from him, wherein my judgement my ear...could not equally say of any one actor whatsoever." In 1693 Mr Betterton, with a select company, obtained the Royal license to act in a separate theatre,... | |
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