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" I have been informed by an actor who was present, that while Lee was reading to major Mohun at a rehearsal, Mohun in the warmth of his admiration threw down his part . and said — " Unless I were able to play it as well as you read it, to what purpose... "
Falstaff's Wedding: A Comedy - Page 43
by William Kenrick - 1797 - 92 pages
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An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Comedian, and Late Patentee of ...

Colley Cibber - 1740 - 530 pages
...at a Rehearfal, Mobun t tun, in the Warmth of his Admiration, threw down his Part, and faid, Unlefs I were able to play it, as well as you read it, to what purpofe fhould I undertake it ? And yet this very Author, whofe Elocution rais'd fuch Admiration in...
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An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber: Comedian, and Late Patentee of the ...

Colley Cibber - Actors - 1750 - 594 pages
...Mohun at a Rehearfal, Mobun, in the Warmth of his Admiration, threw down his Part, and faid, Unlefs I were able to play it, as well as you read it, to what purpofe fhould I undertake it ? And yet this very Author, whofe Elocution raifed fuch Admiration in...
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Mithridates: King of Pontus. A Tragedy. By Nathaniel Lee. To which are ...

Nathaniel Lee - 1797 - 144 pages
...while Lee was reading to Major Mchun at a rehearsal, Mohun, in the warmth of his admiration, threw down his part, and said, " Unless I were able to play...purpose should I undertake it!" And yet (continues th« laureat) this very author, whose elocution raised such admiration in so capital an aftor, when...
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Bell's British Theatre: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays, Volume 31

John Bell - English drama - 1797 - 436 pages
...while Lee was reading to Major Muhun at a rehearsal, Mohun, in the warmth. of his admiration, threw down his part, and said, " Unless I were able to play...as you read it, to what purpose should I undertake ill" And yet, (continues the laureat) this very author, whose elocution raised such admiration in so...
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden ..., Volume 1, Part 1

John Dryden - 1800 - 606 pages
...Major Mohun at a rehearsal, Mohun, in the warmth of his admiration, threw down his part, and said, 1 Unless I were able to play it as well as you read it, to what purpose should I undertake it ?" — Rowe was so excellent a reciter of his compositions, that Mrs. Oldfield used to say — that...
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden ..., Volume 1, Issue 1

John Dryden, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 608 pages
...Mohun, in the warmth of his admiration, threw down his part, and said, 'Unless I were able toptajr it as well as you read it, to what purpose should I undertake it ?" — Rowe was so excellent a reciter of his compositions, that Mrs. Oldfield used to say — that...
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden, Now First ...

John Dryden - 1800 - 622 pages
...Mohun, in the warmth of his admiration, threw down his part, and said, ' Unless I were able to flay it as well as you read it, to what purpose should I undertake it ?"— Rowe was so excellent a reciter of his compositions, that Mrs. Oldfield used to say — that...
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The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, Volume 1

Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1804 - 692 pages
...Mohun at a rehearfal, Mohun, in the warmth of his admiration, threw down his part, and. laid, unlefs I were able to play it as well as you read it, to what purpofe fhould I undertake it ? And yet this very author, whofe elocution raifed fuch admiration in...
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Esq: Containing Original Poems ..., Volume 2

John Dryden - 1811 - 610 pages
...at a rehearfal, Mohun in the warmth of his admiration, threw down his part, and exclaimed, " Unlefs I were able to play it as well as you read it, to what purpofa fliould I undertake it." Yet it is H very remarkable circumftance, that Lee failed as an acter...
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden: Containing Original Poems ..., Volume 2

John Dryden - 1811 - 616 pages
...at u rehearfal, Mohun in the warmth of his admiration, threw down his part; and exclaimed, " Unlefs I were able to play it as well as you read it, to what purpofe fhould I undertake it." Yet it is a very remarkable circumftance, that Lee failed as an aclor...
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