...Gibber, " that the momentary beauties flowing from an harmonious elocution cannot, like the graces of poetry, be their own record ; that the animated...player can live no longer than the instant breath or motion can present them, or at best can but faintly glimmer through the memory of a few surviving...

...the animated graces of the player can live no longer than the instant breath or motion can present them, or at best can but faintly glimmer through the memory of a few surviving a fierceness quite beyond his usual manner. It is amusing to note how seriously he goes to disprove...

...drew the observation. Speaking of Betterton he observes : " Pity it is that the momentary beauties from an harmonious elocution cannot, like those of...at best can but faintly glimmer through the memory or imperfect attestation of a few surviving spectators." That arch plagiarist, Sterne, has observed...

...last department our accounts of how great actors spoke are so meagre. As GIBBER says of BETTERTON : ' Pity it is that the momentary Beauties flowing from...at best, can but faintly glimmer through the Memory or im' perfect Attestation of a few surviving Spectators. Could how Bet' terton spoke be as easily...

...distinctive glory of the Siddons. " Pity it is," says Gibber, " that the momentary beauties flowing from a harmonious elocution cannot, like those of poetry,...no longer than the instant breath and motion that represent them ; or, at least, can but faintly glimmer through the memory and imperfect attestation...

...stay away against his will." And Cibber, in his apology, has placed on record an elaborate lament, " that the momentary beauties flowing from an harmonious...their own record ; that the animated graces of the actor can live no longer than the instant breath and motion that presents them ; or, at least, can...

...stay away against his will." And Cibber, in his apology, has placed on record ah elaborate lament, " that the momentary beauties flowing from an harmonious...be their own record ; that the animated graces of tho actor can live no longer than the instant breath and motion that presents them; or, at least, can...

...last department our accounts of how great actors spoke are so meagre. As GIBBER says of BETTERTON : ' Pity it is that the momentary Beauties flowing from...at best, can but faintly glimmer through the Memory or im' perfect Attestation of a few surviving Spectators. Could how Bet'terton spoke be as easily known...

...allusion to Betterton, " Pity it is that the momentary beauties from an harmonious elocution cannot be their own record, that the animated graces of the...instant breath and motion that presents them, or at best but faintly glimmer through the memory or imperfect attestation of a few surviving spectators." Could...

...Shakespeare only knew to write," and, while lamenting the transitory fame of the player whose " graces can live no longer than the instant breath and motion that presents them," he records in vigorous language, and not without some subtlety of art, the impression left upon his...