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Article ANECDOTES OF THE LATE HUGH KELLY. ← Page 5 of 6 →
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Anecdotes Of The Late Hugh Kelly.
Could e'er suppose the slabberer had an art At times to cling fo closel y round the heart ; Could thtnk he play'd Horatio with a fire , That fore'd e ' en slander loudly to admire - - Or dream his aflual excellence in Lear Could dim each eye-ball with the tenderest tear >" ^& - £ ^^ fc ; t ^ 'S?
S. «S„ t , LtcS !''** * - «* *¦* «£ # £ i _! y h u f /"'" > ' 0 ,, r brow 3 > ' «> ' Mends . I should have blufit'd if Can's home had stud Secure , and fairish" d in „ civil war . " ^ l 'ifp 0 priety 0 ftllis 1 uotltion the dignified and
Sb ,. ; - feeling manner SiSa " . ' £ 3 e " ' lik ( i-eI f ** ™»* ^ e roL L 1 nad in an instant the applauses of the whole company—the nublisher W ? / ' ' SOn tlati T ained em ^ rassed ; but * Ross , S£ t S "• t § e , t S . ood-manuers , . soon relieved him , by kughing off as a joke , and begging him to think no more about it k S Whatever merits or defefts thes . e poems intrinsically may have they ra sed the author to the notice of the
public , and it was iJamoi . g Keliharac ^ o " f I ? V ? * ' T- ^ ? Mk ™> S * e charaet . i-of an author by profession , or , to use his own words " of sit ' tmg in the chair of criticism . " He was likewise fond of dress and though his person , which was low and . corpulent , did Tot aid tl s ' p- opensttv , hiS ) vanity prevailed , and he was constantly di thgtd . ed t swo ' rd ] & c kCeS ^ flamiag b ™^ silver-laced waistcoat ' bag-wi g ?
him to GSH- ' ; t' e PubIkati ° " ' 4 t ! ^ P ° « M that first introduced ton to Gan ck , or rather , introduced Garrick to him ; for the latter eemgWlf-so « be-praised and be-Roscius'd" in the fir t p r of Ihespis , thought he could do no less than return him hi pc , sona £ " £ ! ¦ ' " tJlISinte " ' iew G ^ ""ck suggested to him Ii w ° ie for the
<_ A , . Stage ; and as this was the secret wisliV our author ' s h . art ™ Z ^ ? A- - ile hl ? " / PPX to be brought out under sucl very powerful and distinguished patronage . y ^ Kell i ^ , l r ilnself , Used - t 0 relate ' sat down » w » te his . first comedy , which he afterwards christened by the name of " False Delicacy " on Easter Monday I 76 S , aud ' , finished it so as to be fit for GS of We
Ee to ' s ° h U £ the ^ mng Sep tember . mention this circum ! mn " thf T ^* « /««*<> he ™ ote , and at the same time , it must be confessed , how well , considering that he had little or no ' re andTh _; " ^^ j *™^ ° r what ^ generally called good company , VaS ° hiS ° Wn obser and the
scant ^ li ^'^ f f - n ™^> tTon ^ Xt / 1 ' I 1 T _ fUgitlVe P ^ e ? eS ' 4 * emeagre coiwersaxion ot coiiee-houses and club-rooms . ' *> .- ¦ ^ Pf ! - 1 " 5 O'vh , rtso . ufces > however , equal to the task , and he sat down t 0 jus with attention and confidence . He was at this time much acquainted with Goldsmith ' and Eickerstaffe , but avaS
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Anecdotes Of The Late Hugh Kelly.
Could e'er suppose the slabberer had an art At times to cling fo closel y round the heart ; Could thtnk he play'd Horatio with a fire , That fore'd e ' en slander loudly to admire - - Or dream his aflual excellence in Lear Could dim each eye-ball with the tenderest tear >" ^& - £ ^^ fc ; t ^ 'S?
S. «S„ t , LtcS !''** * - «* *¦* «£ # £ i _! y h u f /"'" > ' 0 ,, r brow 3 > ' «> ' Mends . I should have blufit'd if Can's home had stud Secure , and fairish" d in „ civil war . " ^ l 'ifp 0 priety 0 ftllis 1 uotltion the dignified and
Sb ,. ; - feeling manner SiSa " . ' £ 3 e " ' lik ( i-eI f ** ™»* ^ e roL L 1 nad in an instant the applauses of the whole company—the nublisher W ? / ' ' SOn tlati T ained em ^ rassed ; but * Ross , S£ t S "• t § e , t S . ood-manuers , . soon relieved him , by kughing off as a joke , and begging him to think no more about it k S Whatever merits or defefts thes . e poems intrinsically may have they ra sed the author to the notice of the
public , and it was iJamoi . g Keliharac ^ o " f I ? V ? * ' T- ^ ? Mk ™> S * e charaet . i-of an author by profession , or , to use his own words " of sit ' tmg in the chair of criticism . " He was likewise fond of dress and though his person , which was low and . corpulent , did Tot aid tl s ' p- opensttv , hiS ) vanity prevailed , and he was constantly di thgtd . ed t swo ' rd ] & c kCeS ^ flamiag b ™^ silver-laced waistcoat ' bag-wi g ?
him to GSH- ' ; t' e PubIkati ° " ' 4 t ! ^ P ° « M that first introduced ton to Gan ck , or rather , introduced Garrick to him ; for the latter eemgWlf-so « be-praised and be-Roscius'd" in the fir t p r of Ihespis , thought he could do no less than return him hi pc , sona £ " £ ! ¦ ' " tJlISinte " ' iew G ^ ""ck suggested to him Ii w ° ie for the
<_ A , . Stage ; and as this was the secret wisliV our author ' s h . art ™ Z ^ ? A- - ile hl ? " / PPX to be brought out under sucl very powerful and distinguished patronage . y ^ Kell i ^ , l r ilnself , Used - t 0 relate ' sat down » w » te his . first comedy , which he afterwards christened by the name of " False Delicacy " on Easter Monday I 76 S , aud ' , finished it so as to be fit for GS of We
Ee to ' s ° h U £ the ^ mng Sep tember . mention this circum ! mn " thf T ^* « /««*<> he ™ ote , and at the same time , it must be confessed , how well , considering that he had little or no ' re andTh _; " ^^ j *™^ ° r what ^ generally called good company , VaS ° hiS ° Wn obser and the
scant ^ li ^'^ f f - n ™^> tTon ^ Xt / 1 ' I 1 T _ fUgitlVe P ^ e ? eS ' 4 * emeagre coiwersaxion ot coiiee-houses and club-rooms . ' *> .- ¦ ^ Pf ! - 1 " 5 O'vh , rtso . ufces > however , equal to the task , and he sat down t 0 jus with attention and confidence . He was at this time much acquainted with Goldsmith ' and Eickerstaffe , but avaS