 | Colley Cibber - 1740 - 524 pages
...conceive. Of the former of thefe two great Excellencies, fhe gave the moft delightful Proofs in almoft all the Heroic Plays of Dryden and Lee ; and of the latter, in the fofter Paffions of Otway's Monimla and Behidera. In Scenes of Anger, Defiance, or Refentment, while... | |
 | Colley Cibber - 1742 - 242 pages
...conceive. Of the former of thefe two great Excellencies, fhe gave the'rnoft delightful Proofs in almoft all the Heroic Plays of Dryden and Lee ; and of the latter, in the fofter Paffions of Otway's Monimia and Belvidera, in the Tragedies of The Orphan and Venice Preferved:... | |
 | Colley Cibber - 1750 - 594 pages
...conceive. Of the former of thefe two great Excellencies, fhe gave the moft delightful Proofs in almoft all the Heroic Plays of Dryden and Lee ; and of the latter, in the fofter Paffions of Otway's Monirnia and Behidera. In Scenes of Anger, Defiance, or Refentmenr, while... | |
 | Francis Godolphin Waldron, Sylvester Harding - 1795 - 298 pages
...subsided into " the most affecting melody and softness. In the art of exciting pity, she ( 29 î " had a power beyond all the actresses I have yet seen, or what your ima" ginalion can conceive. In scenes of anger, defiance or resentment, while " she was impetuous and... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 562 pages
...her, she subsided into the most afTecting melody and softness. In the art of exciting pity she had a power beyond all the actresses I have yet seen,...excellencies she gave the most delightful proofs in to write upon a single plot, unmixed with comedy; which, though it be the natural and true way, yet... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 550 pages
...her, she subsided into the most affecting melody and softness. In the art of exciting pity she had a power beyond all the actresses I have yet seen,...great excellencies she gave the most delightful proofs intd write upon a single plot, unmixed with comedy; which, though it be the natural and true way, yet... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 580 pages
...het, she subsided into the most affecting melody and sottncss. In the art of exciting pity she had a power beyond all the actresses I have yet seen, or what your imagination can conceive. Oi the former of these two great excellencies she gave the most delightful proofs in. to write upon... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 476 pages
...her, she subsided into the most affecting melody and softness. In the art of exciting pity, she had a power beyond all the actresses I have yet seen,...delightful proofs in almost all the heroic plays of Drydeu and Lee ; and of the latter, in the softer passions of Otway's Monimiu and Belvidera. In scenes... | |
 | Colley Cibber - 1822 - 564 pages
...her, she subsided into the most affecting melody and softness. In the art of exciting pity, she had a power beyond all the actresses I have yet seen,...latter, in the softer passions of Otway's Monimia* and Behidera. In scenes of anger, defiance, or * " I have heard her say, that she never said, Ah, poor... | |
 | 1824 - 436 pages
...melody and softness. In the art of exorcising pity, she had a power beyond all the actresses I had ever yet seen, or what your imagination can conceive. Of the former of these two great excellences, she gave the most delightful proofs in almost all the heroic plays of Dryden and Lee;... | |
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In the Art of exciting Pity, she had a Power beyond all the Actresses I have yet seen, or what your Imagination can conceive. 
