| James Boswell - 1791 - 608 pagina’s
...character of Queen Catherine in Henry the Eighth the moft natural. ' I think fo too, Madam, (faid he 0 and whenever you perform it I will once more hobble out to the theatre rnyfelf.' Mrs. Siddons promifcd fhe would do herfelf the honour of acting his favourite part for him;... | |
| 1792 - 546 pagina’s
...character of Quicen Catherine in Henry the Eighth the molt natural ; ' I think ib too, Madam (f:iid he), and whenever you perform it, I will once more hobble out to the theatre myfelf.' Mrs. S:ddons promifed ihe would do hcrlclf the honour of ailing his favourite part lor him... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pagina’s
...thought the character of Queen Catherine, in Henry the Eighth, the most natural. I think so too,JVIadam, (said he ;) and whenever you perform it, I will once...representation of King Henry the Eighth during the Doctor-s life. In the course of this visit he thus gave his opinion upon the merits of some of the... | |
| James Boswell - 1807 - 532 pagina’s
...Upon her answering that she thought the character of Queen Catharine, in Henry the Eighth, the most natural : — ' I think so too, Madam, (said he;)...will once more hobble out to the theatre myself.' IMrs. Siddons promised she would do herself the honour of acting his favourite part for him ; bcrt... | |
| James Boswell - 1817 - 536 pagina’s
...answering that she thought the character of Queen Catharine« in Henry the Eighth, the most naturul ; I think so too. Madam, (said he ;) and whenever you perform it, 1 will once more hobble out to the theatre myself. Mrs. Siddnns promised she would do herself the honour... | |
| James Boswell - 1820 - 476 pagina’s
...Upon her answering that she thought the character of Queen Catharine, in Henry the Eighth, the most natural; —'• I think so too, Madam, (said he;)...the course of the evening he thus gave his opinion on the merits of some of the principal performers whom he remembered to have seen upon the stage. '... | |
| James Boswell - 1822 - 506 pagina’s
...Upon her answering that she thought the character of Queen Catharine, in Henry the Eighth, the most natural : — ' I think so too, Madam, (said he ;)...you perform it, I will once more hobble out to the threatre myself. Mrs. Siddons promised she would do herself the honour of acting his favourite part... | |
| James Boswell - 1827 - 576 pagina’s
...answering that she thought the character of Queen Catharine in Henry the Eighth, the most natural : — 1 I think" so too, Madam, (said he ;) and whenever you...happened to prevent the representation of King Henry the Kighth during the Doctor's life. " In the course of the evening he thus gave his opinion upon the merits... | |
| 1827 - 396 pagina’s
...Upon her answering that she thought the character of Queen Katharine, in Henry the Eighth, the most natural — "I think so too, Madam," said he ; " and whenever you perform it, I will once more hohhle out to the theatre myself." It is to he regretted that Dr. Johnson never witnessed her performance... | |
| 1832 - 520 pagina’s
...pleased : upon her answering that she thought the character of Queen Katharine, in Henry VIII., the most natural. " I think so too, Madam," said he; " and...will once more hobble out to the theatre myself." (Alas I when she did perform it, five years afterwards, that mighty mind was no more!) He told her... | |
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