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Sivu vi
... most extraordinary conduct . He ❝ had engaged to bring on his play firft , and Mr. Mallet had told him it was equal to him if he preferred yours , provided his might immediately fucceed it . He waited afterwards feveral times upon the ...
... most extraordinary conduct . He ❝ had engaged to bring on his play firft , and Mr. Mallet had told him it was equal to him if he preferred yours , provided his might immediately fucceed it . He waited afterwards feveral times upon the ...
Sivu vii
... most faithful obliged fervant , " Sir , A POPE . " I have been ill fince the receipt of your letter , and was moreover inclined to be able to tell you , when I " answered it , that the Tragedy , & c . were fafe in the " hands you ...
... most faithful obliged fervant , " Sir , A POPE . " I have been ill fince the receipt of your letter , and was moreover inclined to be able to tell you , when I " answered it , that the Tragedy , & c . were fafe in the " hands you ...
Sivu viii
... most con- fiderable ftates in Europe . After finishing his ftudies in England , Mr. Hill ac- companied Sir William Wentworth in the tour of Europe , during the space of three years , in which time Mr. Hill wrote and collected the ...
... most con- fiderable ftates in Europe . After finishing his ftudies in England , Mr. Hill ac- companied Sir William Wentworth in the tour of Europe , during the space of three years , in which time Mr. Hill wrote and collected the ...
Sivu x
... most agreeable in converfa- tion ; where his where his addrefs was affably engaging ; to which was joined a dignity , which rendered him at once respected and admired , by thofe ( of either fex ) who were acquainted with him- He was ...
... most agreeable in converfa- tion ; where his where his addrefs was affably engaging ; to which was joined a dignity , which rendered him at once respected and admired , by thofe ( of either fex ) who were acquainted with him- He was ...
Sivu xii
... most grand and elegant fcenes to be painted , which with the profits of the perfor mance he gave to the managers of Drury - lane house . On this occafion , Mr. Savage wrote as follows to Mr. Hill . " Mr Booth has made feveral vifits to ...
... most grand and elegant fcenes to be painted , which with the profits of the perfor mance he gave to the managers of Drury - lane house . On this occafion , Mr. Savage wrote as follows to Mr. Hill . " Mr Booth has made feveral vifits to ...
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AARON HILL Afide againſt Almirena Arbanes Argantes Armida Athel Athelwold Bellmour beſt bofom breaſt cauſe charms cou'd curfe death defire dreadful Duke of Bourbon Elfrid Enter Ethel Ethelinda Euft Euftazio Exit eyes fafe fame fate fave fcorn felf fenfe fhall fhame fhou'd fince firft firſt fmile foft fome forrow foul ftelle ftill fuch fudden fure fword Godf guilt Harlequin heart Heav'n himſelf honour hope Ipanthe juft King Leol Leolyn loft Lord Louifa lov'd Merlin Mifs moſt muft muſt o'er Omal Omalco Ordelia Ordg Ordgar Orontes paffion pity pleaſe pleaſure pow'r Prince puniſhment purpoſe reafon revenge rife Rinaldo SCENE Selim ſhall Siam Sizang Sizangar ſpeak thee theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro Toby Uncham virtue whofe wiſh wou'd wretched wrong'd Zarodin
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Sivu vii - Mufe fliall find it all, fliall make it feen, And teach the world his praife, to -charm his queen. Such be the annual truths my verfe imparts...
Sivu xvi - Which paragraph was anfwer'd by the following in Mr. Hill's reply. ' A« to your oblique panegyric, I am not under fo blind an attachment to the goddefs I was devoted to in the Dunciad, but that I know it was a commendation; though a dirtier one than I wifhed for ; who am neither fond of fome of the company in which I was lifted — the noble. reward, for which I was to become a diver ;-— the...
Sivu xvi - I knew it was a commendation; though a dirtier one than I wifhed for ; who am neither fond of fome of the company in which I was lifted — the noble reward, for which I was to become a diver ; — the...
Sivu 12 - To prove his glorious pow'r unlimited, Ev'n from the late-made man, man's mighty Maker Stamp'da new form, ftill nearer to his own ; That form was woman, and that woman, wife. Woman, like fweet May dews on fummer's droughts, Breathes her all-foftening influence ; peace, and reft Are woman's gifts to man ; when toils, and cares Have worn our weary fouls, woman, dear woman, Is nature's downy pillow of repofe. Elf. What muft man be, if woman be thus charming? Athel. Man is a ftaff for your foft fex to...
Sivu xii - ... and admired, by thofe (of either fex) * who were acquainted with him He was tall, gen* teelly made, and not thin.
Sivu xvi - Let half-soul'd poets still on poets fall, And teach the willing world to scorn them all. But, let no Muse, pre-eminent as thine, Of voice melodious, and of force divine, Stung by wits, wasps, all rights of rank forego, And turn, and snarl, and bite, at every foe.
Sivu xvii - The following epitaph he wrote, and purpos'd for a ' monument which he defigned to erect over her grave. Enough, cold ftone ! fuffice her long-lov'd name ; Words are too weak to pay her virtues claim. Temples, and tombs, and tongues, fhall wafte away, And power's vain pomp, in mould'ring duft decay. But e'er mankind a wite more perfect fee, Eternity, O Time ! fhall bury thee.
Sivu xix - I have owed the inducement to retouch, for Mr. Voltaire's ufe, the characters in his high boafted Merope ; and I have done it on a plan as near his own as I could bring it with a fafe confciencc, that is to fay, without diftafte to Englifh audiences.
Sivu 347 - This play was composed in little more than a week, on which account it is no wonder that it should be, as he himself has described it, " an unpruned wilderness of fancy, with here and there a flower among the leaves; but without any fruit of judgment.
Sivu 223 - I and the experience of both our theatres might have taught any writer, but fo dull a one as I am, that the Harlequins are gentlemen, of better intereft than the Harrys. The...