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Article ANECDOTES OF THE LATE HUGH KELLY. ← Page 3 of 6 →
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Anecdotes Of The Late Hugh Kelly.
ever he dared to subscribe his name to his poem , they two' should not iive ^ a day afterwards in the same planet . " Kelly , however , elated with the success and profits of his first po-m sat instantl y down to his second , " On the Merits of the principal Performers belonging to Covent Garden Theatre ; " and as he was anvious now to say who he was , publicly put his name to it , declaring himselfat the timeto be Author
, same , of the first . The veil now removed , the praise and censure of the poem became more universal ;—some crying it up for its energy and critical discrimination—others arraigning it for its boldness and calumny . In this mixture of opinions , the good-natured friends of the enraged Comedian ¦ rLane dld not f rget his former threatsThev not
jj £ . ° . only reminded him of them , but egged him on as the champion qf their cause , to call the delinquent poet to an account . The comedian agreed in the necessity of it , and said , " it should be done . " ' Some time , however , elapsed in a state of uncertainty , when , one morning coining into the Green-Room with rather an uncommonl y brisk and satisfied air , he exclaimed " Well ' tis all —' tis all settled exclaimed
, oyer . " " Aye , " . his brother performers— " What—have you killed , or maimed the ? ' tc No , no , " says the more philosophic comedian , " what f mean b y settled is , that—that—upon a consultation with Mr . Garrick , jie—he— - ( hesitating)—said it was better to let it alone . " Garrick , in considering his own interest , independent of his friend ' s honourno doubt acted riht in the advice side he mioht
, g , as on one - have lost a comedian not so easily replaced , and on the other , a ristnoflatterer ofhis merits ; for Kelly took care ( and no doubt was actuated , by his _ eehngs ) to speak of Garrick in the following straps of panegyrick : ~ - ¦ f
" Long in the annals of Theatric fame Has truth grae'd Garrick with a forem , 03 t name j Long in a wide diversity of parts , Ailow'd his double empire o ' er our hearts ; Either in mirth to laugh us to excess , Or where he weeps , to load us with distress . Npr is it strange , that ev ' n in partial clays He gains so high an eminence of praise
, When his united requisites arc more Than ever center ' ci in one mind before . ' ' Mr . Garrick ' s opinion , though decisive behind the Curtain , couk | not prevent the whisper and out-door talk oif the ' performers . They animadverted on it in their own way , and as one anecdote in tliese cases generally begets another , this was contrasted by the conduct of MatClarklate '
. ? ( a performer of Covent-Garden Theatre ) to Churchill , a little after the publication of " The Rcsciad , " The circumstances were as follow : — ' ' Churchill supping one ni ght at the Rose Tavern , Bridges-street , ii ? a mixed company , found himself at a'late hour , which he wa _ always partial ^ to , sitting down to an entremets between supper and lire __ k Hut with Clarke , and another performer of Covent-Garden Theatre , when the fatter rather imprudently was com p laining of the hardships . vh ^ i .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Anecdotes Of The Late Hugh Kelly.
ever he dared to subscribe his name to his poem , they two' should not iive ^ a day afterwards in the same planet . " Kelly , however , elated with the success and profits of his first po-m sat instantl y down to his second , " On the Merits of the principal Performers belonging to Covent Garden Theatre ; " and as he was anvious now to say who he was , publicly put his name to it , declaring himselfat the timeto be Author
, same , of the first . The veil now removed , the praise and censure of the poem became more universal ;—some crying it up for its energy and critical discrimination—others arraigning it for its boldness and calumny . In this mixture of opinions , the good-natured friends of the enraged Comedian ¦ rLane dld not f rget his former threatsThev not
jj £ . ° . only reminded him of them , but egged him on as the champion qf their cause , to call the delinquent poet to an account . The comedian agreed in the necessity of it , and said , " it should be done . " ' Some time , however , elapsed in a state of uncertainty , when , one morning coining into the Green-Room with rather an uncommonl y brisk and satisfied air , he exclaimed " Well ' tis all —' tis all settled exclaimed
, oyer . " " Aye , " . his brother performers— " What—have you killed , or maimed the ? ' tc No , no , " says the more philosophic comedian , " what f mean b y settled is , that—that—upon a consultation with Mr . Garrick , jie—he— - ( hesitating)—said it was better to let it alone . " Garrick , in considering his own interest , independent of his friend ' s honourno doubt acted riht in the advice side he mioht
, g , as on one - have lost a comedian not so easily replaced , and on the other , a ristnoflatterer ofhis merits ; for Kelly took care ( and no doubt was actuated , by his _ eehngs ) to speak of Garrick in the following straps of panegyrick : ~ - ¦ f
" Long in the annals of Theatric fame Has truth grae'd Garrick with a forem , 03 t name j Long in a wide diversity of parts , Ailow'd his double empire o ' er our hearts ; Either in mirth to laugh us to excess , Or where he weeps , to load us with distress . Npr is it strange , that ev ' n in partial clays He gains so high an eminence of praise
, When his united requisites arc more Than ever center ' ci in one mind before . ' ' Mr . Garrick ' s opinion , though decisive behind the Curtain , couk | not prevent the whisper and out-door talk oif the ' performers . They animadverted on it in their own way , and as one anecdote in tliese cases generally begets another , this was contrasted by the conduct of MatClarklate '
. ? ( a performer of Covent-Garden Theatre ) to Churchill , a little after the publication of " The Rcsciad , " The circumstances were as follow : — ' ' Churchill supping one ni ght at the Rose Tavern , Bridges-street , ii ? a mixed company , found himself at a'late hour , which he wa _ always partial ^ to , sitting down to an entremets between supper and lire __ k Hut with Clarke , and another performer of Covent-Garden Theatre , when the fatter rather imprudently was com p laining of the hardships . vh ^ i .