This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1801 edition. Excerpt: ...(which was more manly than sweet) and that he did not exceed the middle stature, inclining to the corpulent, of a serious cahd penetrating aspect, his limbs nearer to the athletic than the delicate proportion; after all these particulars we may fairly say, that Garrick-gains a complete victory. Like Bet-terton ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1801 edition. Excerpt: ...(which was more manly than sweet) and that he did not exceed the middle stature, inclining to the corpulent, of a serious cahd penetrating aspect, his limbs nearer to the athletic than the delicate proportion; after all these particulars we may fairly say, that Garrick-gains a complete victory. Like Bet-terton he did not rise above the middle size, but he was of a delicate frame, his limbs in just proportion; his voice clear and melodious, and his eyes looked the very soul. The passions, and all their operations, were his constant. stant study; their turns, and counter-turris their flux and reflux, and all their various conflicts, were perfectly known to him; he marked the celerity with which they rise and shift; how they often blend, unite, and raise, one mixed emotion, till all within is in a state of insurrection. Many of his great parts in tragedy were so many lectures on the subject. Hutcheson on the passions does hot give so clear an analysis. In his great scenes and trying situations, he was a spectacle to be gazed at with wonder and applause. There, is an admired passage in Virgil, which has been.often applied to Garrick: -JEstuat ingens Imo in corde pudor, mixtoque insania luctu/' Et furiis agitatus amor, et conscia virtus. The lines are beautiful; they give a lively image if 2 of. J of a mind rent and torn by a whirlwind of mixed passions; but still they are no more than a general description. It is to Shakespeare we must look for a picture of hi great i scholar. '.-v. ft it not monstrous th&t this player here, j; But in a fiction, in a dream of passion, Should force his soul so to his own conceit, TftSt, from her working, all-his yiage vajin'-fe 'I1.-Tear in his eyes, distractiqn in his aspect, A broken voice, 'and his whole...
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Good. 2-volume set. Full contemporary calf with cracks in the joints and some loss on the backstrips. Bookplates of former owners on the front endpapers. Minor foxing throughout. Very Clean Copy-Over 500, 000 Internet Orders Filled.