 | Colley Cibber - 1740 - 530 pagina’s
...obferv'd) could we have fometimes rais'd the one, and funk the other, they had both been nearer to the mark. Yet this could not be always objected to...Intervals of unexceptionable Excellence, that more, than balanc'd their Errors. The Mafter- piece of Booth was Othello: There, he was moft in Character, and... | |
 | Colley Cibber - 1740 - 524 pagina’s
...obferv'd) could we have fometimes rais'd the one, and funk the other, they had both been nearer to the mark. Yet this could not be always objected to them: They had their Intervals of unexceptionable Excel- ' lence, that more, than balanc'd their Errors. The Mafter-piece of Booth was Othello: There,... | |
 | Colley Cibber - 1742 - 242 pagina’s
...have fometimes rais'd the one, and funk. the other, they had both been nearer to the mark. Yet thii could not be always objected to them : They had their...Intervals of unexceptionable Excellence, that more than ballanc'd their Errors. The Mafter-piece of Booth was Othello. : There, he was moft in Character, and... | |
 | Colley Cibber - 1750 - 594 pagina’s
...obferv'd) could we have fometimes rais'd the one, and funk the other, they had both been nearer to the mark. Yet this could not be always objected to...Intervals of unexceptionable Excellence, that more, than balanc'd their Errors. The Mafter-piece of Booth was Othello : There, he was moA in Charadler, and... | |
 | 1761 - 474 pagina’s
...fpirit of it: fo that (as I « c have obferved) could we have ibmetimes raifed the one *' and funk the other, they had both been nearer the mark. «*...intervals of unexceptionable excellence, that more " than ballanced'their errors. The mafter-piece of Booth " was Othello; then he was mod in character, and... | |
 | New and general biographical dictionary - 1761 - 464 pagina’s
...neceflary fpirit of it: fo that (as I " have obferved) could we have fometimes raifed the one " and funk the other, they had both been nearer the mark. " Yet...intervals of unexceptionable excellence, that more " than ballanced their errors. The mafter-piece of Booth " was Othello j then he was moft in character, and... | |
 | 1761 - 474 pagina’s
...neceffary fpirit of it: fo that (as I 41 have obferved) could we have fometimes raifed the one " and funk the other, they had both been nearer the mark. " Yet...intervals of unexceptionable excellence, that more " than ballanced'their errors. The mafter-piece of Booth " was Othello; then he was inoft in character, and... | |
 | 1784 - 504 pagina’s
...neceffary fpirit of it: fo that (as I have obferved) " could we have fometimes raifed the one and funk the " other, they had both been nearer the mark. Yet this " could not be always ohjecled to them; they had their in'' tervals of unexceptionable excellence, that more than ba" lanced... | |
 | 1798 - 582 pagina’s
...neceflary fpirit of it : fo that (as I have obferved) could we have fumetimes raifed the one and funk the other, they had both been nearer the mark. Yet...excellence, that more than balanced their errors. The mailer-piece of Booth was Othello ; then he was mod in character, and feemed not more to animate and... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1812 - 534 pagina’s
...great a vivacity, Booth as often contented himself with too grave a dignity. The latter seemed too much to heave up his words, as the other to dart them...in it than his spectators. It is true he owed his last and highest advancement to his acting Cato ; but it was the novelty and critical appearance of... | |
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Wilks would too frequently break into the time and measure of the harmony by too many spirited accents in one line ; and Booth, by too solemn a regard to harmony, would as often lose the necessary spirit of it : so that (as I have observed) could we have... 
