 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1786 - 552 pages
...except that Dr. Johnson displayed another of his heterodox opinions, — a contempt of tragick acting1. He said, ' the action of all players in tragedy is...done just as he did'.' For, when I asked him, ' Would you not, Sir, start as Mr. Garrick does, if you saw a ghost ?' He answered, ' I hope not. If I did,... | |
 | Henry Fielding, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 566 pages
...player who ever was on the stage.' ' He the best 'player!' cries Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer, ' Why, I could act as well as he myself. I ' am sure...in the very same manner, and done just ' as he did. And then, to be sure, in that scene, ' as you called it, between him and his mother, ' where you told... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1809 - 560 pages
...ever on the stage.'— • He the best player!' cries Partridge with a contemptnous sueer, ' Why, J could act as well as he myself. I am sure, if I had...seen a ghost, I should have looked in the very same niaoner, and done just as he did. And then, to be sure, in that scene, as you called it, between him... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1813 - 492 pages
...opinions, — a contempt of tragick acting. He said, " the action of all players in tragedy is had. It should be a man's study to repress those signs...have " looked in the very same manner, and done just f as he did." For, when I asked him, " Would not you, sir, start as Mr. Garrick does, if you saw a... | |
 | English literature - 1820 - 394 pages
...player who was ever on the stage.—He the best player! cries Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer, Why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure,...in the very same manner, and done just as he did. And then, to be sure, in that scene, as you called it, between him and his mother, where you told me... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1820 - 388 pages
...player who was ever on the stage. — He the best player ! cries Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer, Why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure,...in the very same manner, and done just as he did. And then, to be sure, in that scene, as you called it, between him and his mother, where you told me... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1821 - 846 pages
...was ever on the stage." — " He the best player !" cries Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer ; " Why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure if...in the very same manner, and done just as he did. And then, to be sure, in that scene, as you called it, between him and his mother, where you told me... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1827 - 552 pages
...hest player!' cries Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer; 'why I could act as well as he myself. 1 am sure, if I had seen a ghost, I should have looked...in the very same manner, and done just as he did. And then, to he sure, in that scene, as you called it, hetween him and his mother, where you told me... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 612 pages
...preserved nothing of what passed, except that Dr. Johnson displayed another of his heterodox opinions—a contempt of tragick acting. He said, " the action..."Why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure, if I-had seen a ghost, I should have looked in the very same manner, and done just as he did." For, when... | |
 | Henry Fielding - English literature - 1832 - 438 pages
...who was ever on the stage.' — ' He the best player!' cries Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer, 'why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure,...in the very same manner, and done just as he did. And then, to be sure, in that scene, as you call it, between him and his mother, where you told me... | |
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Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer; "why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure if I had seen a ghost I should have looked in the very same manner, and done just as he did. And then, to... 
