 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 trang
...Oarrick, describe him who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man ; As an actor, confessed H l* beut, The man had his failings — a dupe to his art ; Like an ill-judging beauty, his colours he spread,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 674 trang
...man ; As an actor, confess'd without rival to shine ; Aca wit, if not first, in the very first Hue : Yet, with talents like these, and an excellent heart, The man had his failings, a dupe to his ar« Like an ill-judging beauty, his colours he spread, And beplaster'd with rouge his own natural... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1853 - 380 trang
...man. As an actor, confess'd without rival to shine ; As a wit, if net first, in the very first lino; Yet, with talents like these, and an excellent heart,...The man had his failings, a dupe to his art. Like au ill-judging beauty, his colours he spread, And beplaster'd with rouge his own natural red. On the... | |
 | 1923 - 896 trang
...; there is a want of sentiment in it." Goldsmith may be quoted again : — "As an actor, confessed without rival to .shine : As a wit, if not first, in the very fint line." Charles James Fox stood for causes which roused the anger and the scorn of Johnson, but... | |
 | Harry Morgan Ayres, Frederick Morgan Padelford - 1924 - 942 trang
...him who can ? An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man ; 1 Edmund Burke. As an actor, confest nt 'Twas only that when he was off he was acting ; With no reason on earth to go out of his way, He turn'd... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1924 - 440 trang
...Garrick, describe me, who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man ; As an actor, confess'd without rival to shine, As a wit, if not first, in...Like an ill-judging beauty his colours he spread, And beplastered with rouge his own natural red. On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting ; "Twas... | |
 | Alban Bertram De Mille - 1924 - 552 trang
...Garrick, describe him who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man; As an actor, confess'd without rival to shine; As a wit, if not first, in...heart, The man had his failings, a dupe to his art. . . . Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1926 - 928 trang
...Garrick,1 describe him who can? An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man; As an actor, contest without rival to shine ; As a wit, if not first, in...spread, And beplaster'd with rouge his own natural red. TOO On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only that when he was ой he was acting;... | |
 | Hugh Alexander Law - 1926 - 328 trang
...Garrick, describe me who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man; As an actor confessed without rival to shine, As a wit, if not first, in...The man had his failings, a dupe to his art. Like an ill judging Beauty his colours he spread, And beplastered with rouge his own natural red. On the stage... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1926 - 744 trang
...Garrick, describe me who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man ; As an actor, confest without rival to shine, As a wit, if not first, in...man had his failings, a dupe to his art ; Like an ill judging beauty, his colours he spread, And beplaister'd, with rouge, his own natural red. On the... | |
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As an actor, confess'd without rival to shine; As a wit, if not first, in the very first line; Yet, with talents like these, and an excellent heart, The man had his failings — a dupe to his art. Like an ill-judging beauty, his colours he spread, And... 
