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Memoirs Of Charles Macklin,
as they passeci Foote , with stories calculated to represent the huter aone of the greatest scoundrels in the world . Foote was not- warrine in anecdotes and inventions equally at the expence of Macklin and therecitals and observations were repeated on each sitl- a-, tiv-h companions went on , and new ones succeeded . ' At length nobody remained m the Piazza but Foote and Macklin . Foots approached with easy gaiety , and asked Macklin where he dined ? . The latter had no engagement , and they went amicabl y away to take a cbob together . ¦ ¦ r
Finding that his Coffee-house and his Rhetorical Lectures were not very profitable , Macklin resumed his theatrical functions , and was , as before , a respected Actor . Pie was twice married His first wire was a very good Actress in the characters of old women which she represented will , truth and humour . He had two children " by this wife , a daughter , who was an admired Actress ; and a son whom he bred to the Law Miss
. Macklin was not , handsome but possessed an agreeable person in the earlier part of her life Macklin was a very harsh , but well-meaning parent . He gave her a good education and devoted great attention to her talents , in order to fit her for the Theatrical profession . She sung , danced , understood music and French . Her forte as an Actress manifested in fine
was Ladies and buxom spirited Girls . When totall y separated from her father , and living upon the profits of her acting , such was the impression of his austere controul , that she never saw him without a strong degree of terror . She was a very worthy woman , and a dutiful daughter , often contributing to relieve her father in his embarrassments The son inherited the features of his father with im
^ - proved deformit y . He was a dissi pated young man , and paid so little . ittennon to Ins profession , that his father procured him a situation in India in hopes that he would realise a fortune with Asiatic rapidity but he returned , however , with no improvements in his circumstances , tori chambers , and made a shew of having resumed his leo-al studies . He soon fell a victim to diseases produced b y his intemperate course of life . , e
Just before Macklin , though much advanced in life , beo-an to feel the decay iff h , s mental or corporeal powers , he was ambitious of distinguishing himself in a new tract of theatrical exertion For thri heroic province he was totally unfit , on account of his time of life and the constant habits of his profession . He , however , announced his intention of piaymg Macbeth at Covent-Garden Theatre The House was thronged at earlhour
an y , and there was a general eagerness to see tins veteran . Actor in such an unusual part 1 hough Macklin was certainl y , in a general consideration of his powers but little calculated to do justice to so very difficult a character as Macbeth vet it would be unjust to deny that he fully understood the intention of his Author , and executed that intention as far as his abilities and personal qualities would admit . There was , indeed , nothingof < rrace and dignity , |„ s personation of the Scottish Tyrant , but there ws science , energy , and feeling . His friend , that respectable veteran ' of
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Memoirs Of Charles Macklin,
as they passeci Foote , with stories calculated to represent the huter aone of the greatest scoundrels in the world . Foote was not- warrine in anecdotes and inventions equally at the expence of Macklin and therecitals and observations were repeated on each sitl- a-, tiv-h companions went on , and new ones succeeded . ' At length nobody remained m the Piazza but Foote and Macklin . Foots approached with easy gaiety , and asked Macklin where he dined ? . The latter had no engagement , and they went amicabl y away to take a cbob together . ¦ ¦ r
Finding that his Coffee-house and his Rhetorical Lectures were not very profitable , Macklin resumed his theatrical functions , and was , as before , a respected Actor . Pie was twice married His first wire was a very good Actress in the characters of old women which she represented will , truth and humour . He had two children " by this wife , a daughter , who was an admired Actress ; and a son whom he bred to the Law Miss
. Macklin was not , handsome but possessed an agreeable person in the earlier part of her life Macklin was a very harsh , but well-meaning parent . He gave her a good education and devoted great attention to her talents , in order to fit her for the Theatrical profession . She sung , danced , understood music and French . Her forte as an Actress manifested in fine
was Ladies and buxom spirited Girls . When totall y separated from her father , and living upon the profits of her acting , such was the impression of his austere controul , that she never saw him without a strong degree of terror . She was a very worthy woman , and a dutiful daughter , often contributing to relieve her father in his embarrassments The son inherited the features of his father with im
^ - proved deformit y . He was a dissi pated young man , and paid so little . ittennon to Ins profession , that his father procured him a situation in India in hopes that he would realise a fortune with Asiatic rapidity but he returned , however , with no improvements in his circumstances , tori chambers , and made a shew of having resumed his leo-al studies . He soon fell a victim to diseases produced b y his intemperate course of life . , e
Just before Macklin , though much advanced in life , beo-an to feel the decay iff h , s mental or corporeal powers , he was ambitious of distinguishing himself in a new tract of theatrical exertion For thri heroic province he was totally unfit , on account of his time of life and the constant habits of his profession . He , however , announced his intention of piaymg Macbeth at Covent-Garden Theatre The House was thronged at earlhour
an y , and there was a general eagerness to see tins veteran . Actor in such an unusual part 1 hough Macklin was certainl y , in a general consideration of his powers but little calculated to do justice to so very difficult a character as Macbeth vet it would be unjust to deny that he fully understood the intention of his Author , and executed that intention as far as his abilities and personal qualities would admit . There was , indeed , nothingof < rrace and dignity , |„ s personation of the Scottish Tyrant , but there ws science , energy , and feeling . His friend , that respectable veteran ' of