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" Garrick rendered the curse so terribly affecting to the audience, that, during his utterance of it, they seemed to shrink from it as from a blast of lightning. His preparation for it was extremely affecting; his throwing away his crutch, kneeling on one... "
Dramatic Miscellanies: Consisting of Critical Observations on Several Plays ... - Page 278
by Thomas Davies - 1783
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Dramatic Micellanies [sic]: Consisting of Critical Observations on Several ...

Thomas Davies - Drama - 1783 - 442 pages
...Shakfpeare, we (hould confider, too,-.wrote them for the mouth of one who was to affume the a6tion of an pld man of fourfcore, for a father as well as a monarch,...perfonating Lear, his figure was dignified and venerable; his manner of fpeaking this celebrated imprecation was jmpreffive j but his voice wanted that power...
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A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: King Lear. 1880

William Shakespeare - 1880 - 526 pages
...affecting to the audience, that, (luring his utterance of it, they seemed to shrink from it as frum a blast of lightning. His preparation for it was extremely...his throwing away his crutch, kneeling on one knee, clasping his bauds together, and lifting his eyes toward heaven, presented a picture worthy the pencil...
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Our old actors, Issue 83, Volume 1

Henry Barton Baker - 1878 - 428 pages
...affecting to the audience, that, during his utterance of it, they seemed to shrink from it as a blast of lightning. His preparation for it was extremely...his throwing away his crutch, kneeling on one knee, clasping his hands together, and lifting his eyes towards heaven, presented a picture worthy of Raphael."...
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King Lear

William Shakespeare - 1880 - 676 pages
...affecting to the audience, that, during his utterance of it, they seemed to shrink from it as from a blast of lightning. His preparation for it was extremely...his throwing away his crutch, kneeling on one knee, clasping his hands together, and lifting his eyes toward heaven, presented a picture worthy the pencil...
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The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1889 - 458 pages
...affecting to the audience, that, during his utterance of it, they seemed to shrink from it as from a blast of lightning. His preparation for it was extremely...his throwing away his crutch, kneeling on one knee, clasping his hands together and lifting' his eyes toward heaven, presented a picture worthy of the...
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The English Illustrated Magazine, Volume 10

England - 1893 - 972 pages
...affecting to the audience that during his utterance of it they seemed to shrink from it as from a blast of lightning. His preparation for it was extremely...his throwing away his crutch, kneeling on one knee, clasping his hands together and lifting his eyes towards heaven, presented a picture worthy of the...
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David Garrick

Joseph Knight - Actors - 1894 - 366 pages
...during the utterance of it, they seemed to shrink from it as from a blast of lightning," and adds, " His preparation for it was extremely affecting ; his throwing away his crutch, kneeling on one knee, clasping his hands together, and lifting his eyes towards heaven, presented a picture worthy the pencil...
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Shakespeare's Tragedy of King Lear

William Shakespeare - Aging parents - 1907 - 342 pages
...affecting to the audience, that, during his utterance of it, they seemed to shrink from it as from a blast of lightning. His preparation for it was extremely...his throwing away his crutch, kneeling on one knee, clasping his hands together, and lifting his eyes toward heaven, presented a picture worthy the pencil...
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Tragedy of King Lear

William Shakespeare - 1919 - 346 pages
...affecting to the audience, that, during his utterance of it, they seemed to shrink from it as from a blast of lightning. His preparation for it was extremely...his throwing away his crutch kneeling on one knee, clasping his hands together, and lifting his eyes toward heaven, presented a picture worthy the pencil...
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Werner's Voice Magazine, Volume 17

Elocution - 1895 - 1034 pages
...affecting to the audience that during his utterance of it they seemed to shrink from it as from a blast of lightning. His preparation for it was* extremely...his throwing away his crutch, kneeling on one knee, clasping his hands together and lifting his eyes toward heaven, presented a picture worthy of a Raphael."...
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