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The Stage.
Warm with congenial fire , we always find The genuine workings of an honest mind ; The virtuous fervour mounts into his face , And the man ' s worth we in the actor trace . When from these kindred characters he flies , To wear the hoary villain ' s base disguise
, His gen ' rous feelings counteract the part , , Aud nature triumphs o ' er his baffled art . The honest muse at first may only mean To paint the worth that decks the public scene ; But when , among the stage ' s careless train , She finds a character exempt from stain ,
Pleas'd she deserts the critic ' s nicer plan , And leaves the actor to applaud the man . With comic pow ' rs abundantly supply'd , QUICK draws from feeling , and makes life his guide , While parts from nature caught , with artless ease ,
Of crabbed age or rustic youth can please ; While the quaint characters in various life , Of noisy humour and of vulgar strife , Display'd with spirit as with skill design'd , Receive the welcome they deserve to find , •" QUICK must a fav ' rite . with the public stand , And rank conspicuous ' mid the comic band .
Further Particulars Of The Late Thomas Dunckerley, Esq.
FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE LATE THOMAS DUNCKERLEY , ESQ .
COMMUNICATED IN HIS OWN HAND-WRITING BY HIS EXECUTORS ; WHICH FULLY CONTRADICT THE MANY IDLE STORIES THAT HAVE FOR SOME TIME ' BEES IN CIRCULATION RESPECTING HIM , _ 2 ^ ¦ . JAN 9 1760 soon after my return from the siege of Quebec I
. , , received an account of my mother ' s death ; and having obtained permission from my captain to be absent from duty , I went to London and attended her funeral . Among the very few that I invited to this ceremony was Mrs . Pinkney , who had been many years a neighbour to my mother in Somerset-house . On our return from the burial , she desired I would call on her the next day ( and not bring
my wife with me ) having something of consequence to tell me . I waited on her accordingly ; and the following is the substance of what she related to me , as I took it in writing . " Mary Dunckerley , being dangerously ill with the gout in her stomach ( Jan . 2 , 1760 ) , and-believing it will be her death , is desirous at the request of her friend Mrs . Pinkney , that the following account
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The Stage.
Warm with congenial fire , we always find The genuine workings of an honest mind ; The virtuous fervour mounts into his face , And the man ' s worth we in the actor trace . When from these kindred characters he flies , To wear the hoary villain ' s base disguise
, His gen ' rous feelings counteract the part , , Aud nature triumphs o ' er his baffled art . The honest muse at first may only mean To paint the worth that decks the public scene ; But when , among the stage ' s careless train , She finds a character exempt from stain ,
Pleas'd she deserts the critic ' s nicer plan , And leaves the actor to applaud the man . With comic pow ' rs abundantly supply'd , QUICK draws from feeling , and makes life his guide , While parts from nature caught , with artless ease ,
Of crabbed age or rustic youth can please ; While the quaint characters in various life , Of noisy humour and of vulgar strife , Display'd with spirit as with skill design'd , Receive the welcome they deserve to find , •" QUICK must a fav ' rite . with the public stand , And rank conspicuous ' mid the comic band .
Further Particulars Of The Late Thomas Dunckerley, Esq.
FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE LATE THOMAS DUNCKERLEY , ESQ .
COMMUNICATED IN HIS OWN HAND-WRITING BY HIS EXECUTORS ; WHICH FULLY CONTRADICT THE MANY IDLE STORIES THAT HAVE FOR SOME TIME ' BEES IN CIRCULATION RESPECTING HIM , _ 2 ^ ¦ . JAN 9 1760 soon after my return from the siege of Quebec I
. , , received an account of my mother ' s death ; and having obtained permission from my captain to be absent from duty , I went to London and attended her funeral . Among the very few that I invited to this ceremony was Mrs . Pinkney , who had been many years a neighbour to my mother in Somerset-house . On our return from the burial , she desired I would call on her the next day ( and not bring
my wife with me ) having something of consequence to tell me . I waited on her accordingly ; and the following is the substance of what she related to me , as I took it in writing . " Mary Dunckerley , being dangerously ill with the gout in her stomach ( Jan . 2 , 1760 ) , and-believing it will be her death , is desirous at the request of her friend Mrs . Pinkney , that the following account