...Joshua's. I wonder, for my part, what business Devonshire has to monopolize all the men of genius 1 Well, I went to see Mr. Kean, and was thoroughly disgusted....Rafaelle. I am quite sure that in any character where he can possibly raise his voice above conversation pitch — where there is any thing like strong writing...

...thoroughly disgusted. This monarch of the stage is a little, insignificant man, slightly deformed, strangely ungraceful, seldom pleasing the eye, still seldomer...to call nature — the nature of Teniers it may be, not that of Rafaelle. I am sure that where there is anything like strong writing that he can contrive...

...slightly deformed, strangely ungraceful, seldom pleasing the eye, still seldomer satisfying the ear—with a voice between grunting and croaking, a perpetual...vulgarity of manner which his admirers are pleased to call nature—the nature of Teniers it may be, not that of Rafaelle. I am sure that where there is anything...

...This is very different from Miss Mitford's account of her first impressions of the great actor : " Well, I went to see Mr. Kean and was thoroughly disgusted....manner which his admirers are pleased to call nature ... his acting will always be, if not actually insupportable, yet unequal, disappointing and destructive...

...slightly deformed, strongly ungraceful, seldom pleasing the eye, still seldomer satisfying the ear—with a voice between grunting and croaking, a perpetual...manner which his admirers are pleased to call nature ... his acting will always be, if not actually insupportable, yet unequal, disappointing and destructive...

...upwards ? Is he likely to obtain employment in his own high sphere, or will he — like Sir Joshua — sink into portrait-painting ? He is your countryman,...Rafaelle. I am quite sure that in any character where he can possibly raise his voice above conversation pitch — where there is anything like strong writing...