 | English periodicals - 1870 - 792 pages
...the actor can live no longer than the instant breath and motion that presents them ; or, at least, can but faintly glimmer through the memory, or imperfect attestation of a few surviving spectators." And Hazlitt, himself, notwithstanding his dictum on the subject above set forth, has placed on record certain... | |
 | Colley Cibber - 1740 - 524 pages
...Beauties flowing from an harmonious Elocution, cannot like thofe of Poetry, be their own Record! That the animated Graces of the Player can live no longer than the inftant Breath and Motion that prefents them ; or at beft can but faintly glimmer through the Memory,... | |
 | Colley Cibber - Theater - 1742 - 242 pages
...Beauties flowing from an harmonious Elocution, cannot like thofe of Poetry, he their own Record i That the animated Graces of the Player can live no longer than the inftant Breath and Motion that prefents them, or at beft ean but faintly glimmer through the Memory*... | |
 | Colley Cibber - Actors - 1750 - 594 pages
...Beauties flowing from an harmonious Elocution, cannot like thofe of Poetry, be their own Record! That the animated Graces of the Player can live no longer than the inftant Breath and Motion that prefents them -, or at beft can but faintly glimmer through the Memory,... | |
 | Samuel Felton - 1787 - 400 pages
...artift. We hare now indeed at this day, much reafon to feel the force of Gibber's exclamation, that the animated graces of the player can live no longer than the injlant breath and motion that frcfea/s them ; or at btft can but faintly glimmtr through the memory^... | |
 | English literature - 1798 - 554 pages
...PORTRAIT.) IN attempting a portrait of tbi* celebrated comic Aclrefs, we lament with Cibber, " That the animated graces of the player can live no longer than the inftart breath and motion that prefent them; or, at leaft, can but faintly glimmer through the memory... | |
 | English literature - 1798 - 484 pages
...PORTRAIT.) IN attempting a portrait of this celebrated comic Actrefs, we lament with C'ibber, " That the animated graces of the player can live no longer than the inftant breath and motion that prelent them ; or, at leaft, can hut faintly glimmer through the memcry... | |
 | David Irving - Authors, Scottish - 1801 - 160 pages
...beauties flowing from an harmonious elocution, cannot, like thofe of poetry, be their own reward ! that the animated graces of the player can live no longer than the inftant breath and motion that prefents them ; or at beft can but faintly glimmer through the memory,... | |
 | Thomas Gilliland - Drama - 1804 - 160 pages
...beauties flowing from an harmonious elocution, cannot, like those of poetry, be their own record! That the animated graces of the Player can live no longer than the instant the breath and motion that presents them; or at best can but faintly glimmer through the memory, or... | |
 | Gilbert Austin - Gesture - 1806 - 684 pages
...beauties flowing from an har" monious elocution, cannot like those of poetry, be their own " record ! that the animated graces of the player, can live no " longer, than the instant breath and motion that presents them ; " or at best can but faintly glimmer through the memory, or " imperfect attestation... | |
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Pity it is, that the momentary beauties flowing from an harmonious elocution, cannot like those of poetry be their own record! That the animated graces of the player can live no longer than the instant breath and motion that presents them; or at best... 
