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" This was a bitter cup ; and, to make the draught still more unpalatable, upon his asking whether his majesty approved his playing the Bastard, he was told, without the least compliment paid to his action, it was imagined that the king thought the character... "
Memoirs of the Life of David Garrick: Interspersed with Characters and ... - Page 301
by Thomas Davies - 1780
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Memoirs of the Life of David Garrick, Esq: Interspersed with ..., Volume 1

Thomas Davies - 1781 - 556 pages
...without the leaft compliment paid to his action, it was imagined that the king thought the charadfer was rather too bold in the drawing, and that the colouring...accuftomed to applaufe, and who of all men living moft feniibly felt the neglect of it, was greatly ftruck with a preference given to another, and which left...
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The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Volume 4

1811 - 530 pages
...told, with* " out the least compliment paid to his acting, it was imagined that " the king thought that the character was rather too bold in the " drawing,...overcharged and glaring. " Mr. Garrick, who had been so accustomed to applause, and who, " of all men living, most sensibly felt the neglect of it, was...
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Memoirs of the Life of David Garrick, Esq: Interspersed with ..., Volume 1

Thomas Davies - 1818 - 262 pages
...majesty approved his playing the Bastard, he was told, without the least compliment paid to his action, it was imagined that the king thought the character...overcharged and glaring. Mr. Garrick, who had been so accustomed to applause, and who of all men living most sensibly felt the neglect of it, was greatly...
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Relics of royalty; or, Remarks, anecdotes, and amusements, of ... George iii

Joseph Taylor - 1820 - 206 pages
...Majesty approved his playing the Bastard, he was told, without the least compliment paid to his action, it was imagined that the King thought the character...overcharged and glaring. Mr. Garrick, who had been so accustomed to applause, and who of all men living most sensibly felt the neglect of it, was greatly...
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The Public and Private Life of His Late...Majesty, George the Third ...

Robert Huish - 1821 - 746 pages
...majesty approved his playing the Bastard, he was told without the least compliment paid to his action, it was imagined that the king thought the character...overcharged and glaring. Mr. Garrick who had been so accustomed to applause, and who of all men living, most sensibly felt the neglect of it, was greatly...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 17

Reuben Percy - 1826 - 386 pages
...majesty approved his playing the Bastard ? he was tolJ, without the least compliment paid to his action, it was imagined that the king thought the character...overcharged and glaring. Mr. Garrick, who had been so accustomed to applause, and who, of all men living, most sensibly felt the neglect of it, was greatly...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and Reuben ..., Volume 17

1826 - 370 pages
...majesty approved his playing the Bastard ? he was told, without the least compliment paid to his action, it was imagined that the king thought the character was rather too hold in the drawing, and that the colouring was overcharged and glaring. Mr. Garrick, who had been...
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The Album of the Cambridge Garrick Club: Containing Original and Select ...

Garrick Club, Cambridge - 1836 - 360 pages
...majesty approved his playing the Bastard? he was told, without the least compliment paid to his action, it was imagined that the king thought the character...overcharged and glaring. Mr. Garrick, who had been so accustomed to applause, and who, of all men living, most sensibly felt the neglect of it, was greatly...
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The Great Triumphs of Great Men

James Mason - 1875 - 674 pages
...approved his playing the ' Bastard,' he was told, without the least compliment paid to his action, it was imagined that the King thought the character was rather too bold in the drawing, and that tlie colouring was overcharged and glaring. Mr. Garrick, who had been so accustomed to applause, and...
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Echoes of the Playhouse: Reminiscences of Some Past Glories of the English Stage

Edward Robins - 1895 - 390 pages
...Majesty approved his playing the Bastard, he was told, without the least compliment paid to his action, it was imagined that the King thought the character was rather too bold in the drawing, and the coloring was overcharged and glaring. Mr. Garrick, who had been so accustomed to applause, and...
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