The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 2Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 68
... Garrick , " talk no more of that . You are , perhaps , the worst - eh , eh ! " - Goldsmith was eagerly at- tempting to interrupt him , when Garrick went on , laugh- ing ironically , " Nay , you will always look like a gentle- man ; but ...
... Garrick , " talk no more of that . You are , perhaps , the worst - eh , eh ! " - Goldsmith was eagerly at- tempting to interrupt him , when Garrick went on , laugh- ing ironically , " Nay , you will always look like a gentle- man ; but ...
Page 69
... Garrick , all alarmed for ' the god of his idolatry , " we know not the extent and variety of his powers . We are to suppose there are such passages in his works . Shakspeare must not suffer from the badness of our memories . " Johnson ...
... Garrick , all alarmed for ' the god of his idolatry , " we know not the extent and variety of his powers . We are to suppose there are such passages in his works . Shakspeare must not suffer from the badness of our memories . " Johnson ...
Page 70
... GARRICK . " Sheridan has too much vanity to be a good man . " - We shall now see Johnson's mode of defending a man ; taking him into his own hands , and discriminating . JOHNSON . " No , sir . There is , to be sure , in Sheridan ...
... GARRICK . " Sheridan has too much vanity to be a good man . " - We shall now see Johnson's mode of defending a man ; taking him into his own hands , and discriminating . JOHNSON . " No , sir . There is , to be sure , in Sheridan ...
Page 71
... GARRICK . " But , sir , surely it shows how much Voltaire has mistaken Shakspeare , which nobody else has done . " JOHNSON . " Sir , nobody else has thought it worth while . And what merit is there in that ? You may as well praise a ...
... GARRICK . " But , sir , surely it shows how much Voltaire has mistaken Shakspeare , which nobody else has done . " JOHNSON . " Sir , nobody else has thought it worth while . And what merit is there in that ? You may as well praise a ...
Page 73
... Garrick in his Preface to Shakspeare ; and asked him if he did not ad- mire him . JOHNSON . " Yes , as ' a poor player , who frets and struts his hour upon the stage ; ' - as a shadow . " Bos- WELL . " But has he not brought Shakspeare ...
... Garrick in his Preface to Shakspeare ; and asked him if he did not ad- mire him . JOHNSON . " Yes , as ' a poor player , who frets and struts his hour upon the stage ; ' - as a shadow . " Bos- WELL . " But has he not brought Shakspeare ...
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