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Article OBSERVATIONS MADE IN A VISIT TO THE TOMBS OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY, IN DECEMBER. 1784, ← Page 8 of 8 Article THE STAGE. Page 1 of 2 →
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Observations Made In A Visit To The Tombs Of Westminster Abbey, In December. 1784,
During my stay in the Abbey , I made many visits to this chapel , considered the princes before whom I stood , as being returned back to lite ; surveyed them in every direction , and was pleased with all . ( TO BE CONTINUED . )
The Stage.
THE STAGE .
BY JOHN TAYLOR , ESQ . ( CONTINUED FROJI VOL . V . P . 392 . )
AMONG the various vot ' ries of the stage , Who shine in comic ease or tragic rage , Few , though of nobler requisites possest , Can boast , like BENSLEY , influence o ' er the breast . By nature fashion'd in an hour of spleen , Blest with few outward pow ' rs to grace the scene ; No marking eyes to image forth the soul
, When struggling tides of various passions roll ; No voice to dignify the poet ' s sense , Or melting strains of pathos to dispense : Yet , maugre these defects , we always find A true conception of his author ' s mind ; A manly fervour , and a judgment clear ,
That force from coldest critics praise sincere . In tragedy , his proper sphere is Age , The patriot-warrior and the solemn sage . In comic scenes his efforts best appear When snarling truths sententious and severe : Hence we behold his talents ably fit VANRURGH ' shrewd sense , and CONGREVE ' manly wit .
Where travell'd fops , too nice for nature grown , Are sway'd by affectation ' s whims alone ; Where the sly- knave , usurping honour ' s guise , By secret villainy attempts to rise ; Or where the footman , negligently gay , J-Iis master ' s modish airs would fain display ;
Butchieffy where the rake , in higher life , Cajoles the husband to seduce the wife , And , fraught with art , but plausible to sight , The libertine and hypocrite unite : PALMER from life the faithful portrait draws , And calls uiirival'd for our warm applause . In WROUGHTON ' acting , though we rarel y find The vig ' rous traces that denote a mind
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Observations Made In A Visit To The Tombs Of Westminster Abbey, In December. 1784,
During my stay in the Abbey , I made many visits to this chapel , considered the princes before whom I stood , as being returned back to lite ; surveyed them in every direction , and was pleased with all . ( TO BE CONTINUED . )
The Stage.
THE STAGE .
BY JOHN TAYLOR , ESQ . ( CONTINUED FROJI VOL . V . P . 392 . )
AMONG the various vot ' ries of the stage , Who shine in comic ease or tragic rage , Few , though of nobler requisites possest , Can boast , like BENSLEY , influence o ' er the breast . By nature fashion'd in an hour of spleen , Blest with few outward pow ' rs to grace the scene ; No marking eyes to image forth the soul
, When struggling tides of various passions roll ; No voice to dignify the poet ' s sense , Or melting strains of pathos to dispense : Yet , maugre these defects , we always find A true conception of his author ' s mind ; A manly fervour , and a judgment clear ,
That force from coldest critics praise sincere . In tragedy , his proper sphere is Age , The patriot-warrior and the solemn sage . In comic scenes his efforts best appear When snarling truths sententious and severe : Hence we behold his talents ably fit VANRURGH ' shrewd sense , and CONGREVE ' manly wit .
Where travell'd fops , too nice for nature grown , Are sway'd by affectation ' s whims alone ; Where the sly- knave , usurping honour ' s guise , By secret villainy attempts to rise ; Or where the footman , negligently gay , J-Iis master ' s modish airs would fain display ;
Butchieffy where the rake , in higher life , Cajoles the husband to seduce the wife , And , fraught with art , but plausible to sight , The libertine and hypocrite unite : PALMER from life the faithful portrait draws , And calls uiirival'd for our warm applause . In WROUGHTON ' acting , though we rarel y find The vig ' rous traces that denote a mind