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" tell me if there is not something like envy in your character of this young gentleman. The actor who pleases everybody must be a man of merit. "
Memoirs of the Life of David Garrick: Interspersed with Characters and ... - Page 46
by Thomas Davies - 1780
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THE MONTHLY REVIEW.

SEVERAL HANDS. - 1780 - 586 pages
...of him with an affccled derogation, (he reproved his malignity, and generoufly faid, " Come, comf, Gibber, tell me, if there is not fomething like envy in your character of this young gentleman. The aftor who pleafes every body mult be a man of merit." The old man felt the force of this fe nil ble...
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 63

1780 - 592 pages
...with an affeded derogation, (he reproved his malignity, and gereroufly faid, " Come, come, Cibber, tell me, if there is not fomething like envy in your character of :his young gentleman. The after who pleafes every body muft be a man of merit." The old man felt the...
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Memoirs of the Life of David Garrick, Esq: Interspersed with ..., Volume 1

Thomas Davies - 1781 - 556 pages
...Colley Cibber, who fpoke of .in. with an affected derogation, me reproved £ 2 his Sz •: "THE LIFE OF his malignity, and generoufly faid, " Come, come,...man of merit." The old man felt the force of this feniible rebuke ; he took a pinch of fnuff, and frankly replied, " Why, 'faith, Bracey, I believe you...
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The Thespian Dictionary: Or, Dramatic Biography of the Present Age ...

1805 - 448 pages
...reproving his malignity, generously said, " Come, come, ' Cibber, tell me if there is not something like envy in your character of this young gentleman ? The actor who pleases every body must be a man of merit." The old man felt the force of this' sensible rebuke : he...
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The British Plutarch [by T. Mortimer].

Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 pages
...reproved his malignity, and generously said, " Come, come, Gibber, tell me, if there is not something like envy in your character of this young gentleman: the actor who pleases every body, must be a man of merit." The old man felt the force of this sensible rebuke : he...
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Memoirs of the Life of David Garrick, Esq: Interspersed with ..., Volume 1

Thomas Davies - 1818 - 262 pages
...reproved his malignity, and generously said, " Come, come, Cibber, tell me if there is not something like envy in your character of this young gentleman ; the actor who pleases every body must be a man of merit." The old man felt the force of this sensible rebuke; he...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 17

Reuben Percy - 1826 - 386 pages
...son Theophilus." Mrs. Bracegirdle replied, " Come, come, Gibber, tell rue if there is not something like envy in your character of this young gentleman? The actor who pleases every body, must be a man of merit," The old man felt the force of this sensible rebuke ; and...
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The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 98

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1908 - 870 pages
...years before Garrick arrived. ' Come, come, Cibber,' she said, ' tell me if there is not something like envy in your character of this young gentleman. The actor who pleases everybody must be a mm oj merit.' The old man felt the force of this sensible rebuke ; he took...
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"Their Majesties' Servants.": Annals of the English Stage, from ..., Volume 1

Dr. Doran (John) - 1865 - 434 pages
...tapped Colley with her fan ; " Come, come, Gibber," she remarked ; " tell me if there is not something like envy in your character of this young gentleman. The actor who pleases everybody must be a man of merit." Colley smiled, tapped his box, took a pinch, and, catching...
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"Their Majesties' Servants.": Annals of the English Stage, from ..., Volume 1

Dr. Doran (John) - 1865 - 436 pages
...tapped Colley with her fan ; " Come, come, Gibber," she remarked ; " tell me if there is not something like envy in your character of this young gentleman. The actor who pleases everybody must be a man of merit." Colley smiled, tapped his box, took a pinch, and, catching...
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