Memoirs of Samuel Foote, Esq: With a Collection of His Genuine Bon-mots, Anecdotes, Opinions, &c. Mostly Original. And Three of His Dramatic Pieces, Not Published in His Works ...R. Phillips, 1805 |
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... seemed to be mere momentary fits of despondence , occasioned by a previous waste of animal spirits : as the first object of ridicule which presented it- self , he instantly seized ; and with a spring of fancy , that seemed to rebound in ...
... seemed to be mere momentary fits of despondence , occasioned by a previous waste of animal spirits : as the first object of ridicule which presented it- self , he instantly seized ; and with a spring of fancy , that seemed to rebound in ...
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... seemed to argue rather cautiously , and took care never to go beyond his depth ; some- times contenting himself with the character of an humble listener , and at other times playing an under - part to Foote . But these condescensions ...
... seemed to argue rather cautiously , and took care never to go beyond his depth ; some- times contenting himself with the character of an humble listener , and at other times playing an under - part to Foote . But these condescensions ...
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... seemed to have no model for Sir Paul Pliant but himself . He was in- deed sufficient in respect to the study and knowledge of it ; but chastity of character was ever one of the most difficult points for him to hit , or at least to ...
... seemed to have no model for Sir Paul Pliant but himself . He was in- deed sufficient in respect to the study and knowledge of it ; but chastity of character was ever one of the most difficult points for him to hit , or at least to ...
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... seemed pleased and delighted with the agreeable melange . Garrick's Bayes , humorous and mellow , excited the smile of approbation ; Foote's , the irresistible laugh which carried all before it . As an actor on his own ground ( that is ...
... seemed pleased and delighted with the agreeable melange . Garrick's Bayes , humorous and mellow , excited the smile of approbation ; Foote's , the irresistible laugh which carried all before it . As an actor on his own ground ( that is ...
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... seemed to mark the future eccentricities of his cha- racter . This was a Narrative of the murder of his uncle , Sir John Dineley Goodere , ( as related in the beginning of these memoirs ; ) in which he undertook the defence of his other ...
... seemed to mark the future eccentricities of his cha- racter . This was a Narrative of the murder of his uncle , Sir John Dineley Goodere , ( as related in the beginning of these memoirs ; ) in which he undertook the defence of his other ...
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Seite 193 - Graced as thou art with all the power of words, So known, so honour'd, at the house of lords...
Seite 155 - The first time I was in company with Foote was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not to be pleased, and it is very difficult to please a man against his will. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to mind him. But the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back upon my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, Sir, he was irresistible.* He upon one occasion experienced, in an extraordinary degree,...
Seite 134 - Mantua testified their esteem by a public mourning, the contemporary wits were profuse of their encomiums, and the palaces of Italy were adorned with pictures, representing him on horseback with a lance in one hand and a book in the other.
Seite 172 - We talked of Mr. Burke. Dr. Johnson said he had great variety of knowledge, store of imagery, copiousness of language. ROBERTSON. "He has wit too." JOHNSON. "No, sir, he never succeeds there. "Tis low; 'tis conceit. I used to say Burke never once made a good joke.
Seite 160 - Sir, it is not a talent ; it is a vice ; it is what others abstain from. It is not comedy, which exhibits the character of a species, as that of a miser gathered from many misers ; it is farce which exhibits individuals.
Seite 158 - ... reading ; he has knowledge enough to fill up his part. One species of wit he has in an eminent degree, that of escape. You drive him into a corner with both hands ; but he's gone, Sir, when you think you have got him — like an animal that jumps over your head. Then he has a great range for wit ; he never lets truth stand between him and a jest, and he is sometimes mighty coarse. Garrick is under many restraints from which Foote is free.
Seite 192 - ... such a flowing happiness of diction, which (from care, perhaps, at first) is become so habitual to him, that even his most familiar conversations, if taken down in writing, would bear the press, without the least correction either as to method or style.
Seite 135 - His person was of the middle size, about five feet seven inches high, inclinable to fatness. He had a thoughtful speaking eye, and that was all. He gave himself up early to drinking ; and, like the unhappy wits of that age, passed his days between rioting and fasting, ranting' jollity and abject penitence, carousing one week with Lord Plymouth, and then starving a month in low company at an alehouse on Tower-hill.
Seite 126 - Hebrew, and all the languages which we call learned, but also all the different jargons or modern dialects; he accented and pronounced them so naturally, and so perfectly imitated the gestures and manners both of the several nations of Europe, and the particular provinces of France, that he might have been taken for a native of all or any of these countries; and this quality he applied to counterfeit all sorts of persons, wherein he succeeded wonderfully; he was, moreover, the best comedian and...
Seite 2 - Dear Mother, — So am I, which prevents his duty being paid to his loving mother by her affectionate son, SAM. FOOTE.