 | Colley Cibber - 1740 - 530 pages
...was the moft an Original, and the ftri&eft Obferver of Nature, of all his Contemporaries. He borrow'd from none of them : His Manner was his own : He was...skilful ; the leaft Article of whatever Habit he wore, feem'd in fome degree to fpeal? and mark the different Humour he prefented; a neceflary Care in a Comedian,... | |
 | Thomas Whincop, John Mottley - 1747 - 390 pages
...following Character. ' He was the moft an Original, and the ftri&eft Obferver of Nature of all his Cotemporaries. He borrowed from none of them ; His...to others, whofe greateft Merit was, that they had femetimes tolerably imitated him. In drefling a Character to the greateft Exaflnefs, he was remarkably... | |
 | Colley Cibber - 1750 - 594 pages
...was the moft an Original, and the ftri&eft Obferver of Nature, of all his Contemporaries. He borrow'd from none of them : His Manner was his own : He was...to others, whofe greateft Merit was, that they had fcrnetim.es tolerably imitated him. In drefTing a Character to the greateft Exa&nefs, he was remarkably... | |
 | Daniel Lysons - 1811 - 512 pages
...Dogget was the moft an original, and the ftri&eft obferver of nature, of all his " contemporaries; he borrowed from none of them; his manner was his...pattern to others, whofe greateft merit was, that they fometimes ** tolerably imitated him. In drefling a charafter to the greateft advantage, he " was remarkably... | |
 | Colley Cibber - 1822 - 564 pages
...actor, he was the most an original, and the strictest observer of nature, of all his contemporaries. He borrowed from none of them : his manner was his own : he was a pattern to others, whose greatest merit was that they had sometimes tolerably imitated him. In dressing a character to... | |
 | Colley Cibber - 1826 - 358 pages
...an actor, he was the most original and the strictest observer of nature, of all his contemporaries. He borrowed from none of them; his manner was his own ; he was a pattern to others, whose greatest merit was that they had sometimes tolerably imitated him. In dressing a character to... | |
 | William Hone - 1827 - 858 pages
...the most an ocisrinal, and the strictest observer of nature, 1003 Ювб of all his contemporaries. He borrowed from none of them ; his manner was his own ; he was a pattern to others, whose great merit was, that they had sometimes tolerably imitated him. In dressing a character to the... | |
 | 1826 - 362 pages
...an actor, he was the most original and the strictest observer of nature, of all his contemporaries. He borrowed from none of them; his manner was his own ; he was a pattern to others, whose greatest merit was that they had sometimes tolerably imitated him. In dressing a character to... | |
 | Thomas Faulkner - 1829 - 444 pages
...following character : — " He was the most original and the strictest observer of nature of all his cotemporaries. He borrowed from none of them ; his manner was his own, he was a pattern to others, whose greatest merit was, that they had sometimes tolerably imitated him. In dressing a character to... | |
 | William Hone - 1830 - 868 pages
...strictest observer of nature, * Autobiography, 182$, IBmu. vol. ip 202. of all his contemporaries. He borrowed from none of them ; his manner was his own ; he was a pattern to others, whose great merit was, that they had sometimes tolerably imitated him. In dressing a character to the... | |
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To speak of him as an actor, he was the most original and the strictest observer of nature, of all his contemporaries. He borrowed from none of them; his manner was his own ; he was a pattern to others, whose greatest merit was that they had sometimes... 
