 | Colley Cibber - 1740 - 530 頁
...come to a Market where there is fo feldom a Demand for it ? I The Life of Mr. COLLEY CIBBER, &c. 95 It is not to the Actor therefore, but to the vitiated and low Tafte of the Spectator, that the Corruptions of the Stage (of what kind foever) have been owing. If... | |
 | Colley Cibber - 1750 - 594 頁
...is fo feldorn a Demand for it? It is net to the Actor therefore, but to the vitiated and low Tafte of the Spectator, that the Corruptions of the. Stage (of what kind foever) have been owing. If the Publick, by whom they muft live, had Spirit enough to difcounte nance,... | |
 | Allatson Burgh - 1814 - 524 頁
...of music, however he may have tried to reason himself into impartiality. " It is," continues he, " to the vitiated and low " taste of the spectator, that the corruptions of the " stage of all kinds have been owing. If the public " were to discountenance, and declare against all the " trash... | |
 | 1872 - 720 頁
...with the words of that shrewd observer and admirable judge of all things histrionic, Colley Gibber, "It is not to the actor, therefore, but to the vitiated...trash and fopperies they have been so frequently fond ot, both the actors and authors, to the best of their powers, must naturally serve their daily table... | |
 | Thomas Betterton - 1888 - 176 頁
...hope that so choice a commodity will come to a market where there is so seldom a demand for it ? " It is not to the actor, therefore, but to the vitiated...fopperies they have been so frequently fond of, both tho actors and the authors, to the best of their power, must naturally have served their daily table... | |
 | 1916 - 346 頁
...we hope that so choice a Commodity will come to a Market where there is so seldom a Demand for it? "It is not to the Actor therefore, but to the vitiated...Corruptions of the Stage (of what kind soever) have been owing."64 His own attitude, which he held from the first of his career as a dramatist, may be illustrated... | |
 | 1912 - 350 頁
...we hope that so choice a Commodity will come to a Market where there is so seldom a Demand for it? "It is not to the Actor therefore, but to the vitiated...Corruptions of the Stage (of what kind soever) have been owing."64 His own attitude, which he held from the first of his career as a dramatist, may be illustrated... | |
 | Richard Burton - 1914 - 268 頁
...The words of that veteran actor-manager and playwright of the past, Colley Gibber, are apposite here: "It is not to the actor therefore, but to the vitiated...stage (of what kind soever) have been owing. If the publick, by whom they must live, had spirit enough to discountenance and declare against all the trash... | |
 | 1923 - 698 頁
...poets, who know for what kind of public they have to cater. Says Cibber: "It is not to the actor . . . but to the vitiated and low taste of the spectator,...of the stage (of what kind soever) have been owing" '). Dryden also attests to a deeper insight. "Perhaps", he says, "Perhaps the Parson stretched a point... | |
 | Walter Prichard Eaton - 1924 - 384 頁
...from the injudicious Approbation of the Multitude, have bawl'd and strutted in the place of Merit? It is not to the Actor therefore, but to the vitiated...Stage (of what kind soever) have been owing. If the Publick, by whom they must live, had Spirit enough to discountenance and declare against all the Trash... | |
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Publick, by whom they must live, had Spirit enough to discountenance, and declare against all the Trash and Fopperies they have been so frequently fond of, both the Actors, and the Authors, to the best of their Power, must naturally have serv'd their... 
