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Page 52
... Lion's fkin . This gentleman's temper is made of fuch a happy mixture of the mild and the choleric , that he outdoes both his predece : fors , and has diawn together greater audiences than have been known in the memory of man . I muft ...
... Lion's fkin . This gentleman's temper is made of fuch a happy mixture of the mild and the choleric , that he outdoes both his predece : fors , and has diawn together greater audiences than have been known in the memory of man . I muft ...
Page 53
... lion , to fhew what are at pre- fent the reigning entertainments of the politer part of Great Britain . Audiences have often been reproached by writers for the coarfenefs of their tafte ; but our prefent grievance does not feem to be ...
... lion , to fhew what are at pre- fent the reigning entertainments of the politer part of Great Britain . Audiences have often been reproached by writers for the coarfenefs of their tafte ; but our prefent grievance does not feem to be ...
Page 54
... lion that is your own countryman . ture ; ' I take notice of your fable of the Lion and Man , but am fo equally concerned in that matter , that I fhall not be offended to whichfoever of the animals the fuperio- rity is given . You have ...
... lion that is your own countryman . ture ; ' I take notice of your fable of the Lion and Man , but am fo equally concerned in that matter , that I fhall not be offended to whichfoever of the animals the fuperio- rity is given . You have ...
Page 84
... Tofts , to reprefent to you that I think I was hardly used in not having the part of the lion in Hydafpes given to me . · It would have been but a natural step for ' It 84 THE SPECTATOR . No. XXII. MONDAY, MARCH 26. ...
... Tofts , to reprefent to you that I think I was hardly used in not having the part of the lion in Hydafpes given to me . · It would have been but a natural step for ' It 84 THE SPECTATOR . No. XXII. MONDAY, MARCH 26. ...
Page 85
... lion is too great a character for one that never trod the stage before but upon two legs . As for the little refiftance which I made , I hope it may be excufed , when it is confidered that the dart was thrown at me • by so fair an hand ...
... lion is too great a character for one that never trod the stage before but upon two legs . As for the little refiftance which I made , I hope it may be excufed , when it is confidered that the dart was thrown at me • by so fair an hand ...
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