Some Unpublished Correspondence of David Garrick, Volume 10 |
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Page 56 - North ; the robbers shot at the postillion, and wounded the latter. In short, all the freebooters, that are not in India, have taken to the highway. The Ladies of the Bedchamber dare not go to the Queen at Kew in an evening. The lane between me and the Thames is the only safe road I know at present, for it is up to the middle of the horses in water.
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Page 18 - Provided also, and it is hereby further declared and agreed, by and between all the said parties to these presents, that...
Page 96 - Countess; nor am I disposed to expose myself to the impertinences of that jackanapes Garrick, who lets nothing appear but his own wretched stuff, or that of creatures still duller, who suffer him to alter their pieces as he pleases.
Page 56 - Our roads are so infested by highwaymen, that it is dangerous stirring out almost by day. Lady Hertford was attacked on Hounslow Heath at three in the afternoon. Dr. Eliot was shot at three days ago, without having resisted ; and the day before yesterday, we were near losing our Prime Minister, Lord North ; the robbers shot at the postilion, and wounded the latter.
Page 16 - ... thereof, to and for his and their own use and benefit : and from and after the decease of the said...
Page 16 - ... attested by two or more credible witnesses, or by his last will and testament in writing, or by any codicil or codicils thereto, to be signed and attested by three or more credible witnesses...
Page 71 - I never saw a card, or ever met, except in one instance, a person of his own profession at his table, of which Mrs. Garrick, by her elegance of taste, her correctness of manners, and very original turn of humour, was the brightest ornament. All his pursuits and tastes were so decidedly intellectual, that it made the society, and the conversation which was always to be found in his circle, interesting and delightful.
Page 17 - And it is hereby declared and agreed by and between all the said parties to these presents, that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said...
Page 105 - ... ^scarcely seen, and with whom, it was impossible to indulge any passion, there not being time, from his entrance to his death, ev'n to conceive one. ' I have consider'd the performance by myself; and I have read it to a friend or two with all the energy and spirit I was master of, but without the wish'd for effect. The scenes are long, without action. The characters want strength and pathos, and the catastrophe is brought about without the necessary and interesting preparations for so great an...