 | David Erskine Baker - Dramatists, English - 1812 - 472 pages
...superlative " good actor) laboured under an " ill figure, being clumsily made, " having a great head, a short ' thick neck, stooped in the ' shoulders, and...breast, between his coat ' and waistcoat, while with his " right he prepared his speech. " His actions were few, but just. " He had little eyes and a broad... | |
 | David Erskine Baker - English drama - 1812 - 476 pages
...superlative " good actor) laboured under an " ill figure, being clumsily made, " having a great head, a short " thick neck, stooped in the shoulders, and...breast, between his coat and waistcoat, while with his " right he prepared his speech. " His actions were few, but just. " He had little eyes and a broad... | |
 | Colley Cibber - Actors - 1822 - 564 pages
...a superlative good actor, laboured under an ill figure, being clumsily made, having a great head, a short thick neck, stooped in the shoulders, and had...breast, between his coat and waistcoat, while with his right he prepared his speech. His actions were few, but just. He had little eyes and a broad face,... | |
 | John Galt - Actors - 1831 - 332 pages
...a superlative good actor, laboured under an ill figure, being clumsily made, having a great head, a short thick neck, stooped in the shoulders, and had...breast, between his coat and waistcoat, while with his right he prepared his speech. His actions were few but just ; he had little eyes and a broad face,... | |
 | John Galt - Actors - 1831 - 336 pages
...a superlative good actor, laboured under an ill figure, being clumsily made, having a great head, a short thick neck, stooped in the shoulders, and had...frequently lodged in his breast, between his coat and vvaiscoat, while with his right he prepared his speech. His actions were few but just ; he had little... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 566 pages
...being clumsily made, having a great head, a short thick neck, stooped in the shoulders, and had fut short arms, which he rarely lifted higher than his...breast, between his coat and waistcoat, while with hie right he prepared his speech; his actions were few but just; he had little eyes and a broad face,... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1859 - 794 pages
...superlatively good actor, labored under an ill liguro, being clumsily made, having a great head, a short, thick neck, stooped in the shoulders, and had...breast between his coat and waistcoat, while with his right he prepared his speech ; his actions were few but just; he had little eyes and a broad face,... | |
 | Scotland - 1861 - 842 pages
...Actresses." " Mr. Betterton, although a superlative good actor, lahoured under an ill figure, heing clumsily made, having a great head, short thick neck,...which he rarely lifted higher than his stomach. His Kft hand frequently .lodged iu his hreast, hetween his coat and waistcoat, while with his, right he... | |
 | Olive Logan - Actors - 1870 - 738 pages
...Supplement to Colley Gibber, Esquire, his Lives of the Famous Actors and Actresses." "Mr. Betterton, although a superlative good actor, labored under an...breast, between his coat and waistcoat, while with his right he prepared his speech. His actions were few but just. He had little eyes, and a broad face,... | |
 | Olive Logan - Actors - 1870 - 708 pages
...Supplement to Colley Cibber, Esquire, his Lives of the Famous Actors and Actresses." " Mr. Betterton, although a superlative good actor, labored under an...his stomach. His left hand frequently lodged in his hreast, between his coat and waistcoat, while with his right he prepared his speech. His actions were... | |
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Mr. Betterton (although a superlative good actor) labored under ill figure, being clumsily made, having a great head, a short thick neck, stooped in the shoulders, and had fat short arms, which he rarely lifted higher than his stomach. His left hand frequently... 
