 That is very like my friend, and that blue coat with a red cape is very like the coat he has on, but you must give him something to do ; put a pen in his hand, a paper on his table, and make him a poet ; if you can once set him down well to his writing,...  Richard Cumberland: His Life and Dramatic Works - Página 117por Stanley Thomas Williams - 1917 - 365 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Charles Brockden Brown - 1806 - 500 páginas
...their faces to the wall. When Romney produced my portrait, not yet finished — " It was very well," Garrick observed : " that is very like my friend,...paper on his table, and make him a poet ; if you can one» set him down well to his writing, who knows but in time he may write something in your praise."... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - 1856 - 424 páginas
...with their faces to the wall. When Romney produced my portrait, not yet finished — It was very well, Garrick observed : ' That is very like my friend,...but in time he may write something in your praise ?' These words were not absolutely unprophetical : I maintained a friendship for Romney to his death... | |
 | Hilda Gamlin - 1894 - 414 páginas
...founded by his grandfather at the Reynolds Galleries, 5 Great Newport Street. What Cumberland Thought. 41 friend ; and that blue coat with a red cape is very...but in time he may write something in your praise ? " And so it came to pass, for, stimulated no doubt by this remark of Garrick, Cumberland composed... | |
 | George Paston - 1901 - 458 páginas
...Garrick observed. " That is very like my friend, and that blue coat with a red cape is very like the one he has on, but you must give him something to do ;...paper on his table, and make him a poet ; if you can set him well down to his writing, who knows but in time he may write something in your praise ? " Cumberland... | |
 | George Paston - 1903 - 314 páginas
...family with their faces to the wall. When Cumberland's portrait was produced — " It was very well," Garrick observed. "That is very like my friend, and that blue coat with a red cape is very like the one he has on ; but you must give him something to do, put a pen in his hand, a paper on his table,... | |
 | Florence Mary Wilson Parsons - 1906 - 538 páginas
...When Romney brought into view Cumberland's own portrait, Garrick observed — " It is very well. This is very like my friend, and that blue coat with a red cape is very like the one he has on, but you must give him something to do ; put a pen in his hand, a paper on his table,... | |
 | Florence Mary Wilson Parsons - 1906 - 542 páginas
...When Romney brought into view Cumberland's own portrait, Garrick observed— " It is very well. This is very like my friend, and that blue coat with a red cape is very like the one he has on, but you must give him something to do; put a pen in his hand, a paper on his table,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1907 - 634 páginas
...my friend, and that blue coat with a red cape is very like the one he has on ; but you must givihim something to do, put a pen in his hand, a paper on...and make him a poet. If you can once set him down to his writing, who knows but in time he may write something in your praise." Not long after this Cumberland... | |
 | James Boswell - 1907 - 638 páginas
...reputation. [When Romney showed his portrait of Cumberland to Garrick, the latter said, " It is very well. That is very like my friend, and that blue coat with a red cape is very like the one he has on ; but you must give him something to do, put a pen in his hand, a paper on his table,... | |
 | Francis Downman - 1908 - 380 páginas
...said Garrick, " that is very like my friend, and that blue coat with a red cape is very like the one he has on ; but you must give him something to do,...and make him a poet. If you can once set him down to his writing, who knows but in time he may write something in your praise ? " Taking this excellent... | |
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