 | Colley Cibber - 1822 - 564 halaman
...that I have been informed, by an actor who was present, that while Lee was reading to Major Mohun, at a rehearsal, Mohun, in the warmth of his admiration,...down his part, and said, " Unless I were able to play it, as well as you read it, to what purpose should I undertake it ?" And yet this very author, whose... | |
 | Richard Ryan - 1825 - 374 halaman
...scenes, that I have been informed by an actor who was present, that while Lee was reading to Major Mohun at a rehearsal, Mohun, in the. warmth of his admiration,...to what purpose should I undertake it ?' And yet," continues Gibber, " this very author, whose eloquence raised such admiration in so capital an actor,... | |
 | 1826 - 370 halaman
...scenes, that I have been informed by an actor who was present, that while Lee was reading to Major Mohun at a rehearsal, Mohun, in the warmth of his admiration,...able to play as well as you read it, to what purpose should'I undertake it? And yet (continued Gibber) this very author, whose elocution raised such admiration... | |
 | Colley Cibber - 1826 - 358 halaman
...scenes, that I have been informed by an actor who was present, that while Lee was reading to major Mohun at a rehearsal, Mohun in the warmth of his admiration...his part and said — " Unless I were able to play it as well as you read it, to what purpose should I undertake it ?" And yet this very author, whose... | |
 | 1826 - 362 halaman
...scenes, that I have been informed by an actor who was present, that while Lee was reading to major Mohun at a rehearsal, Mohun in the warmth of his admiration...his part . and said — " Unless I were able to play it as well as you read it, to what purpose should I undertake it ?" And yet this very author, whose... | |
 | Reuben Percy - 1826 - 386 halaman
...while Lee was reading to Major Mohun at a rehearsal, Mohun, in the warmth of his admiration, tlirew down his part, and said, unless I were able to play as well as you read it, to what purpose should I underfake it? And yet (continued Gibber) this very author, whose elocution raised such admiration in... | |
 | 1827 - 334 halaman
...was present, that while Lee was reading to Major Muhun, at a rehearsal, Mohuu, in the warmth of bis admiration, threw down his part, and said, Unless I were able to play it as well as yon r-.ui it, u> what purpose should I undertake it? And yet (continues the laureat)... | |
 | John Dryden - 1832 - 342 halaman
...so melodious a voice, and such pathetic elocution, that reading one of his own scenes to Major Mohun at a rehearsal, Mohun, in the warmth of his admiration, threw down his part, and exclaimed, ' Unless What praise soe'er the poetry deserve, 5 Yet every fool can bid the poet starve.... | |
 | John Genest - 1832 - 672 halaman
...stage, was so pathetic a reader of his own scenes, that Mohun one day at Rehearsal, in the warmth of admiration* threw down his part, and said, " unless I were able to play " it as well as you read it, to what purpose should I " undertake it?" (Cttber.) April 12. Mrs. Cibber's... | |
 | John Genest - 1832 - 668 halaman
...Rehearsal, in the warmth of admiration] threw down his part, and said, " unless I were able to play " it as well as you read it, to what purpose should I " undertake it?" (Gibber.) April 12. Mrs. Gibber's bt. Measure for Measure. 13. For bt. of Miller, (the Miller of Mansfield)... | |
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Lee, far his inferior in poetry, was so pathetic a reader of his own scenes, that I have been informed by an actor who was present, that while Lee was reading to major Mohun at a rehearsal, Mohun in the warmth of his admiration threw down his part . and... 
