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Article MEMOIRS OF THE LATE DR. PAUL HIFFERNAN. ← Page 5 of 8 →
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Memoirs Of The Late Dr. Paul Hiffernan.
Mournful reflection ! " But the heavens are just !" Here he is to look wishfdll y and repentantly towards heaven , then a stammer , — " I—I I . " As half of the last I —( O has reigned long enough for the othervowels to take their turn ) is pronounced he is to have the rattles
, in his throat , which are to be accompanied by the wish abrupt , the half screw , two kicks , and the flop supine , equivalent to the sailors phrase ( Good-night , Nicholas !») when they a " re going to the bottom . _ What profit the publication of these Miscellani es might bring him is uncertain ; if he depended entirel y on the public sale , we should suppose very little but HifFernan had the art of off
;— getting Ivs books amongst his friends and acquaintances by personal application , and other modes of address not very creditable either to learning or delicacy . ¦ t > -. J ? . r ° f Authorshi p he took up after the publication of these Miscellanies was , any mode which presented itself to gain a temporary existence ; sometimes by writing a pamphlet , and privately subscribing it his friends
amongst and acquaintances , and sometimes by becoming the patron or defender of some Novice for the Stage ; or some Artist who wanted to make his way into irublic notice by puffing , or other indirect means . It is said he had several : players and painters under contnoution for this purpose ; and as he w £ s a man of some plausibility , and had a known intimacy with Garrick , Foote , " and many of tne literati , it is no wonder that he sometimes o-abed proselytes , o r
His grand place of rendezvous was the Cyder-Cellar , Maiden-lane ; a place he usually resorted to on those evenings , when , to use his own expression , " he was not houfed for the ni ght " . " Here it was he - > iayed the part of patron or preceptor with tome dexterity , if any painter found ins favourite work excluded a place in the Exhibition , or wanted his piece puffed through the pa-Ders , HifFernan was < the lord infamy "
or or praise . " If any player took dudgeon at his 'Manager or rival brother , our Author's pen was ready to defend him " - ' and if any person , as a candidate for the Str . ge , wanted instruction or recommendation , who so fit as Rifleman , the grave scholar and travelled man , the writer of plays himself , the intimate friend , and occasional scourgeof both and actorsto instruct them ih
, managers , the elements oi their intended profession ? His mode of proceeding in this last instance we were informed of by a late eminent performer of Covent Garden Theatre , who partly from curiosity , and , perhaps , partly from being deceived by some friend respecting Hiffernan ' s abilities and patron-p-e , went through the process himselfand who told ' it with that whim and humotr
, . which he was so much master of , on or off the Stage . From- him we are enabled to give somewhat of a general description . n l ^ W a candlda ^ for the Stage was first announced by the waiter to Dr . fiiffernan , the Doctor never rose from his seat , but drawing the
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Memoirs Of The Late Dr. Paul Hiffernan.
Mournful reflection ! " But the heavens are just !" Here he is to look wishfdll y and repentantly towards heaven , then a stammer , — " I—I I . " As half of the last I —( O has reigned long enough for the othervowels to take their turn ) is pronounced he is to have the rattles
, in his throat , which are to be accompanied by the wish abrupt , the half screw , two kicks , and the flop supine , equivalent to the sailors phrase ( Good-night , Nicholas !») when they a " re going to the bottom . _ What profit the publication of these Miscellani es might bring him is uncertain ; if he depended entirel y on the public sale , we should suppose very little but HifFernan had the art of off
;— getting Ivs books amongst his friends and acquaintances by personal application , and other modes of address not very creditable either to learning or delicacy . ¦ t > -. J ? . r ° f Authorshi p he took up after the publication of these Miscellanies was , any mode which presented itself to gain a temporary existence ; sometimes by writing a pamphlet , and privately subscribing it his friends
amongst and acquaintances , and sometimes by becoming the patron or defender of some Novice for the Stage ; or some Artist who wanted to make his way into irublic notice by puffing , or other indirect means . It is said he had several : players and painters under contnoution for this purpose ; and as he w £ s a man of some plausibility , and had a known intimacy with Garrick , Foote , " and many of tne literati , it is no wonder that he sometimes o-abed proselytes , o r
His grand place of rendezvous was the Cyder-Cellar , Maiden-lane ; a place he usually resorted to on those evenings , when , to use his own expression , " he was not houfed for the ni ght " . " Here it was he - > iayed the part of patron or preceptor with tome dexterity , if any painter found ins favourite work excluded a place in the Exhibition , or wanted his piece puffed through the pa-Ders , HifFernan was < the lord infamy "
or or praise . " If any player took dudgeon at his 'Manager or rival brother , our Author's pen was ready to defend him " - ' and if any person , as a candidate for the Str . ge , wanted instruction or recommendation , who so fit as Rifleman , the grave scholar and travelled man , the writer of plays himself , the intimate friend , and occasional scourgeof both and actorsto instruct them ih
, managers , the elements oi their intended profession ? His mode of proceeding in this last instance we were informed of by a late eminent performer of Covent Garden Theatre , who partly from curiosity , and , perhaps , partly from being deceived by some friend respecting Hiffernan ' s abilities and patron-p-e , went through the process himselfand who told ' it with that whim and humotr
, . which he was so much master of , on or off the Stage . From- him we are enabled to give somewhat of a general description . n l ^ W a candlda ^ for the Stage was first announced by the waiter to Dr . fiiffernan , the Doctor never rose from his seat , but drawing the