The Life of Mr. Thomas Betterton, the Late Eminent Tragedian. Wherein the Action and Utterance of the Stage, Bar, and Pulpit, are Distinctly Consider'd. ... To which is Added, The Amorous Widow, ... Written by Mr. Betterton. ...Robert Gosling, 1710 - 87 psl. |
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... because the Art , of which it treats , is of your familiar Acquaintance , and the Graces of ACTION and UTTE- RANCE Come naturally under the Confideration of a Dramatic Wri- ter . I flatter my self , that , as I am ( as far as I know ) ...
... because the Art , of which it treats , is of your familiar Acquaintance , and the Graces of ACTION and UTTE- RANCE Come naturally under the Confideration of a Dramatic Wri- ter . I flatter my self , that , as I am ( as far as I know ) ...
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... because the Inftruction is convey'd with Pleasure , and by the Mini- ftration of the Paffions , which always have a ftronger ftronger Remembrance , than the calmer Precepts of Reafon . 18 The Life of Mr. Tho . Betterton . 1 ...
... because the Inftruction is convey'd with Pleasure , and by the Mini- ftration of the Paffions , which always have a ftronger ftronger Remembrance , than the calmer Precepts of Reafon . 18 The Life of Mr. Tho . Betterton . 1 ...
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... because I would draw no Cen- sure on those , who are not nam'd . From what I have faid I believe it is plain , that I wish such a Reformation of the People of the Stage , as would render it more reputable than it is at this Time . I ...
... because I would draw no Cen- sure on those , who are not nam'd . From what I have faid I believe it is plain , that I wish such a Reformation of the People of the Stage , as would render it more reputable than it is at this Time . I ...
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... because their Excellency lay in the ACTION . What I have faid here of Action in general , and the particular Examples I have given of it , is I believe fufficient to fatisfy any one , that is ftudious of Excellence on the Stage , that ...
... because their Excellency lay in the ACTION . What I have faid here of Action in general , and the particular Examples I have given of it , is I believe fufficient to fatisfy any one , that is ftudious of Excellence on the Stage , that ...
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... because the Mafque on his Face deny'd the Audience the fight of those Motions , Charms , and Attractions , which were to be discover'd in the Countenance . I confefs I am extremely furpriz'd at the Ancients Ufe of those Masks on the ...
... because the Mafque on his Face deny'd the Audience the fight of those Motions , Charms , and Attractions , which were to be discover'd in the Countenance . I confefs I am extremely furpriz'd at the Ancients Ufe of those Masks on the ...
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Action Actor Afide againſt Anſwer Beauty becauſe beſt Betterton Body Britt Bufinefs Buſineſs call'd Caufe Charles Davenant Cicero cife Clod confefs Cuningham Damaris Dancing Demetrius the Cynic Demofthenes Difcourfe Exit exprefs Eyes faid fame feem feen Feff felf feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon fpeak ftill ftrong fuch fufficient fure Geſture give Hands hear Henry Purcel himſelf Honour Houſe Husband Jeff juft Lady laft lefs Love Lovemore Madam Mafter moft moſt Motions Mufic muft muſt know Nature never obferve Opera's Paffion Perfon perfuade Phil Play Player pleafing pleaſe Pleaſure Plutarch Pray prefent Pronunciation Prudence Quintilian raiſe Reafon reprefent Senfe ſhall Sir Peter ſpeak Speaking Speech Stage tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe Thomas Betterton thoſe thou Tone twill underſtand unleſs uſe Vifc Viſcount Voice Widow Words wou'd
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