The Critic, Or, A Tragedy Rehearsed: A Dramatic Piece in Three Acts as it is Performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury LaneT. Becket, Adelphi, Strand, 1781 - 98 من الصفحات |
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66 BEEFEATER 66 EARL 66 GOVERNOR 66 JUSTICE 66 SIR CHRISTOPHER 66 SIR WALTER 66 TILBUR 66 TILBURINA 66 WHISKERANDOS abuſe accompliſhed advertiſements affiftance Afide afleep becauſe beſt bufinefs cauſe CENTINEL damn'd DANGL E dear Dangle defcription EARL OF LEICESTER efaith egad Enter TILBURINA eſtabliſhed Exeunt Exit fafe fcene feems FEROLO fhall fhew firft firſt fleet fome fuch FUGE fuppofe fure fwords gentlemen hear intereft juft juſt KERANDOS LADY laft laſt leaſt madam moft morning moſt mufick muft muſt myſelf never NIECE paffion Plagiary plague play pleaſant pleaſe plot pray preſent PROMPTER PUFF purpoſe RALEIGH rehearſal ſay ſcene ſee SERVANT ſhe ſhort ſhould Signor PASTICCIO Sir FRET FUL SNEER Spaniſh SPANISH ARMADA ſpeak ſtage Thames theatre thefe themſelves theſe thing thoſe thou Tilbury TILBURY FORT tragedy true underſtand uſe Vaftly whofe Whoſe yourſelf Zounds
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الصفحة 40 - Dodd was astonishingly great in the character of Sir Harry. That universal and judicious actor, Mr. Palmer, perhaps never appeared to more advantage than in the Colonel ; but it is not in the power of language to do justice to Mr. King; indeed he more than merited those repeated bursts of applause which he drew from a most brilliant and judicious audience.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 39 - 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...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 23 - Ha! ha! Sneer. In your more serious efforts, he says, your bombast would be less intolerable, if the thoughts were ever suited to the expression ; but the homeliness of the sentiment stares through the fantastic encumbrance of its fine language, like a clown in one of the new uniforms ! Sir Fret.
الصفحة 65 - 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.
الصفحة 96 - The wind whistles the moon rises see They have kill'd my squirrel in his cage! Is this a grasshopper! Ha! no, it is my Whiskerandos you shall not keep him I know you have him in your pocket An oyster may be cross'd in love ! Who says A whale's a bird? — Ha! did you call, my love? He's here! He's there! He's every where! Ah me! He's no where! [Exit TILBURINA. Puff. There, do you ever desire to see any body madder than that? Sneer. Never while I live ! Puff.
الصفحة 37 - Puff. And, in truth, I deserved what I got! for, I suppose never man went through such a series of calamities in the same space of time. Sir, I was five times made a bankrupt, and reduced from a state of affluence, by a train of unavoidable misfortunes: then, sir, though a very industrious tradesman, I was twice burned out, and lost my little all both times : I lived upon those fires a month.
الصفحة 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...