 | James Boswell - 1786 - 552 σελίδες
...could bring myself to call him friends 42 Johnson s Contempt of tragick acting, [August 16. friends of mine, Mr. William Nairne, Advocate, and Mr. Hamilton...looked in the very same manner, and done just as he did2.' For, when I asked him, ' Would you not, Sir, start as Mr. Garrick does, if you saw a ghost ?'... | |
 | Henry Fielding, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 566 σελίδες
...player who ever was on the stage.' ' He the best 'player!' cries Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer, ' Why, I could act as well as he myself. I ' am sure...in the very same manner, and done just ' as he did. And then, to be sure, in that scene, ' as you called it, between him and his mother, ' where you told... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1809 - 560 σελίδες
...ever on the stage.'— • He the best player!' cries Partridge with a contemptnous sueer, ' Why, J could act as well as he myself. I am sure, if I had...seen a ghost, I should have looked in the very same niaoner, and done just as he did. And then, to be sure, in that scene, as you called it, between him... | |
 | James Boswell - 1813 - 492 σελίδες
...opinions, — a contempt of tragick acting. He said, " the action of all players in tragedy is had. It should be a man's study to repress those signs...have " looked in the very same manner, and done just f as he did." For, when I asked him, " Would not you, sir, start as Mr. Garrick does, if you saw a... | |
 | 1820 - 394 σελίδες
...player who was ever on the stage.—He the best player! cries Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer, Why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure,...in the very same manner, and done just as he did. And then, to be sure, in that scene, as you called it, between him and his mother, where you told me... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1820 - 388 σελίδες
...player who was ever on the stage. — He the best player ! cries Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer, Why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure,...in the very same manner, and done just as he did. And then, to be sure, in that scene, as you called it, between him and his mother, where you told me... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1821 - 850 σελίδες
...was ever on the stage." — " He the best player !" cries Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer ; " Why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure if...in the very same manner, and done just as he did. And then, to be sure, in that scene, as you called it, between him and lus mother, where you told me... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 612 σελίδες
...preserved nothing of what passed, except that Dr. Johnson displayed another of his heterodox opinions—a contempt of tragick acting. He said, " the action..."Why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure, if I-had seen a ghost, I should have looked in the very same manner, and done just as he did." For, when... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1832 - 438 σελίδες
...who was ever on the stage.' — ' He the best player!' cries Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer, 'why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure,...in the very same manner, and done just as he did. And then, to be sure, in that scene, as you call it, between him and his mother, where you told me... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 604 σελίδες
...in his " Tom Jones ;" who makes Partridge say of Garrick, " Why, I could act as well as he mysslf. I am sure, if I had seen a ghost, I should have looked...just as he did." For, when I asked him, " Would not yon, sir, start as Mr, Garrick does, if you saw a ghost? " He answered, " I hope not. If I did, I should... | |
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Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer; "why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure if I had seen a ghost I should have looked in the very same manner, and done just as he did. 
