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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... whole range of his mind , and who had only given him credit for mere humour , to see with what versatility he could turn from the broadest mirth to subjects of history , politics , and general learning . Even the subject of religion ...
... whole range of his mind , and who had only given him credit for mere humour , to see with what versatility he could turn from the broadest mirth to subjects of history , politics , and general learning . Even the subject of religion ...
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... opportunity offered . Upon the whole , it would be difficult to pair two such masters of conversation ; and they were always considered in the circles of those who ennobled rank and adorned literature . 16 MEMOIRS OF.
... opportunity offered . Upon the whole , it would be difficult to pair two such masters of conversation ; and they were always considered in the circles of those who ennobled rank and adorned literature . 16 MEMOIRS OF.
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... whole theatre of others ; " and to such I appeal in not think- ing him entitled to this general applause . His first appearance upon any stage was , as has been before observed , in the character of Othello ; perhaps the part , in the whole ...
... whole theatre of others ; " and to such I appeal in not think- ing him entitled to this general applause . His first appearance upon any stage was , as has been before observed , in the character of Othello ; perhaps the part , in the whole ...
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... whole , Foote must be considered as a great and fertile genius , possessed of a co- mic vein , superior in many respects to that of any writer of the age he lived in . Happy for the range of his talent , that it was totally unfettered ...
... whole , Foote must be considered as a great and fertile genius , possessed of a co- mic vein , superior in many respects to that of any writer of the age he lived in . Happy for the range of his talent , that it was totally unfettered ...
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... whole company , " what he seriously thought of it ? " - " Think of it ! " says Garrick , equally wishing to be heard , " why , that I never suffered so much in my whole life ! " - " What ! for the author ? I thought so . Alas ! poor ...
... whole company , " what he seriously thought of it ? " - " Think of it ! " says Garrick , equally wishing to be heard , " why , that I never suffered so much in my whole life ! " - " What ! for the author ? I thought so . Alas ! poor ...
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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.