 In fancied scenes, as in life's real plan, He could not, for a moment, sink the man. In whate'er cast his character was laid, Self still, like oil, upon the surface play'd. Nature, in spite of all his skill, crept in : Horatio, Dorax, Falstaff, — still...  The Life of Mr. James Quin, Comedian: With the History of the Stage from His ... - Página 83por James Quin - 1766 - 107 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1908 - 562 páginas
...equal praise the actor laboured too; For still you 'll find, trace passions to their root, In fancied scenes, as in life's real plan, He could not for a moment sink the man. 30 In whate'er cast his character was laid, Self still, like oil, upon the surface played. Nature,... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1908 - 562 páginas
...the man. 20 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 Quin. 1761. FROM THE APOLOGY The Muse's office was by Heaven designed To please, improve, instruct,... | |
 | Thomas Hardy - 1910 - 572 páginas
...— " His eyes, in gloomy socket taught to roll, Proclaimed the sullen habit of his soul. In fancied scenes, as in Life's real plan, He could not for a moment sink the man : Nature, in spite of all his skill, crept in ; Horatio, Dorax, Falstaff — still 'twas Quin." —... | |
 | John Holland Rose - 1911 - 654 páginas
...Gainsborough's portrait of the actor Quin. His retentive memory calls up the lines in Churchill's " Characters": Nature, in spite of all his skill, crept in — Horatio, Dorax, Falstaff— still 'twas Quin. At that moment he hears the beat of a horse's hoofs. A courier dashes up. He comes in,... | |
 | Walter Jerrold - 1913 - 404 páginas
...enlarging upon a fault which has been charged against some actors of more recent date : '•'- 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."In... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1913 - 632 páginas
...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 a moment, sink the man. In whale'er cast his character was laid, Self still, like oil, upon the surface played ; Nature, in spite... | |
 | Ernest Bernbaum - 1918 - 422 páginas
...you'll find, trace passions to their root, Small difference 'twixt the stoic and the -brute. 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.... | |
 | Ernest Bernbaum - 1918 - 436 páginas
...sink 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 Quin. FROM THE GHOST [DR. JOHNSON] Pomposo, insolent and loud, Vain idol of a scribbling crowd,... | |
 | G. W. Sherman - 1976 - 540 páginas
...— "His eyes, in gloomy socket taught to roll, Proclaimed the sullen habit of his soul. In fancied scenes, as in Life's real plan, He could not for a moment sink the man : Nature, in spite of all his skill, crept in; Horatio, Dorax, Falstaff — still 'twas Quin." —... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1876 - 586 páginas
...you'll find, trace passions to their root. Small difference 'twixt the Stoic and the Brute. In fancied scenes, as in life's real plan, He could not, for...in ; Horatio, Dorax, Falstaff, — still was Quin." Henceforth the sight of that burly form, and broad face pressed against the orchestra spikes, in the... | |
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