 | Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1854 - 560 pages
...that was pleasant in man ; As an actor, confess'd without rival to shine ; As a wit, if not first, in the very first line : Yet, with talents like these,...failings, a dupe to his art. Like an ill-judging beauty, hia colors he spread, And beplaster'd with rouge his own natural red. On the stage lie was natural,... | |
 | Charles Churchill, William Tooke - English poetry - 1854 - 386 pages
...all that was pleasant in man. As an actor, confess' d withont rival to shine; As a wit, if not first, in the very first line : Yet, with talents like these,...and an excellent heart, The man had his failings, a dnpe to his art. lake an ill-jndging beanty, his colonrs he spread, And be-plaster'd with ronge his... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, William Collins, George Gilfillan, Thomas Warton - English literature - 1854 - 354 pages
...page 38. — ' ' Garrick : ' see page 38. Yet, with talents like these, and an excellent heart, 97 The man had his failings — a dupe to his art. Like...an ill-judging beauty, his colours he spread, And beplaster'd with rouge his own natural red. On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting ; Twas only... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1916 - 806 pages
...man; As an actor, contest without rival to shine ; As a wit, if not first, in the very first lineI or the ill end thou sayest they come to, that is most glorious beplaster'd with rouge his own natural red. 1cci On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - English literature - 1917 - 440 pages
...all that was pleasant in man ; As an actor, confess'd without rival to shine, As a wit, if not first, in the very first line ; Yet with talents like these,...his own natural red. On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting ; "Twas only that when he was off he was acting. But let us be candid, and speak... | |
 | Ernest Bernbaum - English poetry - 1918 - 436 pages
...all that was pleasant in man; As an actor, confessed without rival to shine; As a wit, if not first, in the very first line. Yet with talents like these,...his own natural red; On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting — 'Twas only that when he was off he was acting. With no reason on earth to go... | |
 | William Henry Hudson - Authors, English - 1918 - 186 pages
...all that was pleasant in man. As an actor, confessed without rival to shine ; As a wit, if not first, in the very first line : Yet, with talents like these,...his own natural red. On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting ; 'Twas only that, when he was off, he was acting. With no reason on earth to go... | |
 | William Black - 1918 - 182 pages
...all that was pleasant in man. As an actor, confessed without rival to shine : As a wit, if not first, in the very first line : Yet, with talents like these,...his own natural red. On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting ; 'Twas only that, when he was off, he was acting. With no reason on earth to go... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1919 - 106 pages
...all that was pleasant in man; As an actor, confest without rival to shine; 95 As a wit, if not first, in the very first line: Yet, with talents like these,...an ill-judging beauty, his colours he spread, And beplaster'd with rouge his own natural red. 100 On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting; 'T... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - English literature - 1924 - 440 pages
...all that was pleasant in man ; As an actor, confess'd without rival to shine, As a wit, if not first, in the very first line ; Yet with talents like these,...his own natural red. On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting ; "Twas only that when he was off he was acting. But let us be candid, and speak... | |
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As an actor, confessed without rival to shine : As a wit, if not first, in the very first line : Yet, with talents like these, and an excellent heart, The man had his failings, a dupe to his art. 
