 ... imitation must be delicately conducted ; his meaning is clear, he conceives rightly, though in delivery he is confused ; and the art, as I conceive it, of finding language for the Irish character on the stage consists, not in making him foolish, vulgar,...  The Englishman: A Novel. In Six Volumes - Page 105by Medora Gordon Byron - 1812Full view - About this book
 | 1806 - 688 pages
...consists not in in.ik.iinj him fcxilish, vulgar or absurd, but on the contrary, •« hii ;t you furnish him with expressions, that excite laughter, you must graft them upon sentiments, that deserve applause." This part was performed by Mr. Bernard with much effect. His drpoitincnt was starched and... | |
 | William Mudford - 1812 - 348 pages
...stage, consists not in making him foolish, vulgar, or absurd, but on the contrary, while you furnish him with expressions that excite laughter, you must, graft them upon sentiments that deserve applause." To establish the rules by which a thing may be well performed, and to perform it well, do... | |
 | William Mudford - 1812 - 666 pages
...stage, consists not in making him foolish, vulgar, or absurd, but on the contrary, while you furnish him with expressions that excite laughter, you must graft them upon sentiments that deserve applause." To establish the rules by which a thing may be •well performed, and to perform it well,... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 400 pages
...stage, consists not in making him foolish, vulgar, or absurd, but, on the contrary, whilst you furnish him with expressions, that excite laughter, you must graft them upon sentiments that deserve applause.' As it is by no means the object of this biographical notice to analyze the merits of Mr.... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - 1856 - 424 pages
...stage consists not in making him foolish, vulgar, or absurd, but, on the contrary, whilst you furnish him with expressions that excite laughter, you must graft them upon sentiments that deserve applause. In all my hours of study, it has been through life my object so to locate myself as to have... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1909 - 440 pages
...stage consists, not in making him foolish, vulgar, or absurd, but on the contrary, "Whilst you furnish him with expressions, that excite laughter, you must graft them upon sentiments, that deserve applause. In all my hours of study it has been through life my objectSo to locate myself as to have... | |
 | James E. Gill - 1995 - 468 pages
...though in delivery he is confused." His language must not be vulgar or absurd, but "whilst you furnish him with expressions that excite laughter, you must graft them upon sentiments that deserve applause." O'Flaherty's errors lie "on his lip": "his heart can never trip"; in fact, he makes no bulls... | |
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