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" 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. "
Memoirs of the Life of David Garrick, Esq: Interspersed with Characters and ... - Page 5
by Thomas Davies - 1781
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Memoirs of the Life of David Garrick: Interspersed with Characters ..., Volume 1

Thomas Davies - 1780 - 372 pages
...converfation which me had with Colley Gibber, who fpoke of him, with an affected derogation, me reproved his malignity, and generoufly faid, " Come, come,...man of merit." The old man felt the force of this fenfible rebuke ; he took a pinch of muff, and frankly replied, " Why, 'faith, Bracey, I believe you...
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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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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 8

1791 - 302 pages
...converfation which fhe had with Colley Gibber, who fpoke of him with an affected derogation, fhc reproved his malignity, and generoufly faid, " Come, come,...man of merit." The old man felt the force of this fenfible rebuke : he took a pinch of muff, and frankly replied, •' Why. 'faith, Bracey, 1 believe...
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The Thespian Dictionary: Or, Dramatic Biography of the Eighteenth Century ...

1802 - 302 pages
...something like envy in your character of ihis ¡young gentleman, The actor who pteasei every hody, mustl« a man of merit/' The old man felt the force of this sensible rebuke : he took a pinch of snuff, and frankly replied, " Wby, faith Bracey, I helieve 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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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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Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, Volume 1

Englishmen - 1836 - 260 pages
...not something like envy in your character of this gentleman ; the actor who pleases every body must be a man of merit." The old man felt the force of this sensible rebuke ; he took a pinch of snuff, and frankly replied, " Why, faith, Bracy, I believe you...
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Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, Volume 6

Englishmen - 1837 - 530 pages
...not something like envy ia your character of this gentleman; the actor who pleases every body must be a man of merit." The old man felt the force of this sensible rebuke; he took a pinch of siruff, and frankly replied, " Why, faith, Bracy, I believe you...
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