...Heavy and phlegmatic he trod the stage, Too proud for tenderness, too dull for rage. ****** In fancied scenes, as in life's real plan, He could not, for...character was laid, Self still, like oil, upon the surface played : Nature, in spite of all his skill, crept in, Horatio, Dorax, Falstaff— still 't was Quin....

...his soul. Heavy and phlegmatic he trod the stage, Too proud for tenderness, too dull for rage. ***** In whate'er cast his character was laid, Self still,...skill, crept in — Horatio, Dorax, Falstaff — still 'twas Quin. Than such a man probably no more perfect foil to Garrick could have been obtained. It is...

...trod the stage, Too proud for tenderness, too dull for rage. • %**** In fancied scenes, as in lire's real plan, He could not, for a moment, sink the man....character was laid, Self still, like oil, upon the surface played : Nature, in spite of all his skill, crept in, Horatio, Dorax, Falstaff— still 'twas Quin....

...soul. Heavy and phlegmatic he trod the stage, Too proud for tenderness, too dull for rage. * * * . * * In whate'er cast his character was laid, Self still,...Nature, in spite of all his skill, crept in — Horatio, Uorax, Falstaff — still 'twas Quin. Than such a man probably no more perfect foil to Garrick could...

...Heavy and phlegmatic he trod the stage, Too proud for tenderness, too dull for rage. ***** In whate'or cast his character was laid, Self still, like oil,...Nature, in spite of all his skill, crept in — Horatio, Borax, Falstaff — still 'twas Quin. Than such a man probably no more perfect foil to Garrick could...

...* ; * In whate'er cast his character was laic' 1, Self still, like oil upon the surface, pi. ay'd. Nature, in spite of all his skill, crept 'in ; Horatio, Dorax, Falstaff— still 'twas rQuin.' Frederick Prince of Wales appointed Mim to instruct his children in elocution, and under...

...praise the actor labour'd too ; For still you'll find, trace passions to their root, Small difference 'twixt the stoic and the brute. In fancy'd scenes,...skill, crept in, Horatio, Dorax, Falstaff — still was Qnin." Quin's last appearance was at Covent Garden Theatre (for the benefit of Ryan) March 19th, 1753,...

...monument, stone, or inscription. — Chetwoocfs "History of the Stage." James Quin. 1693-1766. In fancied scenes, as in life's real plan, He could not for a...character was laid, Self still, like oil, upon the surface played. Nature, in spite of all his skill, crept in : Horatio, Dorax, Falstaff — still 'twas Quin.1...

...his reputation rose, Nor less he pleas'd, when, on some surly plan, He was, at once, the Actor and the Man. In whate'er cast his character was laid, Self still, like oil, upon the surface played. Nature, in spite of all his skill, crept in : Horatio, Dorax, Falstaff, — still 'twas Q^—...

...side he struts, he smiles, he prates, And seems to wonder what's become of Yates ". Of Quin ;— " In whate'er cast his character was laid, Self still, like oil, upon the surface played ". Of Foote ;— " By turns transformed into all kinds of shapes, Constant to none, Foote laughs,...