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In London, titled ladies contended for the honour of having him sit beside them in their carriage, and raved' about " the divine Master Betty. " Opie painted him as Young Nerval, Northcote, in Van- dyke costume, leaving the tomb of Shakspeare, inti- mating that he had stolen thence the Promethean fire of genius. " Gentleman " Smith, now an old man, came all the way from Bury St. Edmunds to CARICATURES. 247 see him act, and after the performance presented him with a seal bearing Garrick's Hkenes...s. " Mr. Garrick, " he said, " bade me during his last illness keep this until I should meet a player who acted from Nature and feeling ; such I have found in you. " When overwork brought upon him a short illness, bulletins were issued at intervals during the day, and were waited for as eagerly as though he had been some great personage upon whom the fate of the kingdom depended. Charles James Fox read Zanga to him, and William Pitt once made a motion of adjournment in the Commons, in order that he and the other members might be able to see him act some particular part ; while the University of Cambridge, not to be outdone in the general enthusiasm, made him the subject of a prize medal, the theme being " Quid noster Boscius egit V Cumberland says, " How delicious to be caressed by Dukes, and what is better by Dukes' daughters, flattered by wits, feasted by aldermen, and stuck up in the windows of print-shops — what encourage- ment does this great enlightened nation hold up to merit !
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
In London, titled ladies contended for the honour of having him sit beside them in their carriage, and raved' about " the divine Master Betty. " Opie painted him as Young Nerval, Northcote, in Van- dyke costume, leaving the tomb of Shakspeare, inti- mating that he had stolen thence the Promethean fire of genius. " Gentleman " Smith, now an old man, came all the way from Bury St. Edmunds to CARICATURES. 247 see him act, and after the performance presented him with a seal bearing Garrick's Hkenes...s. " Mr. Garrick, " he said, " bade me during his last illness keep this until I should meet a player who acted from Nature and feeling ; such I have found in you. " When overwork brought upon him a short illness, bulletins were issued at intervals during the day, and were waited for as eagerly as though he had been some great personage upon whom the fate of the kingdom depended. Charles James Fox read Zanga to him, and William Pitt once made a motion of adjournment in the Commons, in order that he and the other members might be able to see him act some particular part ; while the University of Cambridge, not to be outdone in the general enthusiasm, made him the subject of a prize medal, the theme being " Quid noster Boscius egit V Cumberland says, " How delicious to be caressed by Dukes, and what is better by Dukes' daughters, flattered by wits, feasted by aldermen, and stuck up in the windows of print-shops — what encourage- ment does this great enlightened nation hold up to merit !
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Henry Barton Baker to read onlineMoreLess
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