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Show CONTENT sohy-his Senstbility, ‘his voice te 'Uiea.. «dion of Garrick to.be found in Shakespear i~ -dAnecdote of Mr. Shireff, the famous miniature painter-His intimacy with Garrick-Though deaf and dumb he admire "him as an actor-Mr. Shireff's reasons ex I the Te llyllr en ~Olser plained by himself. ... ... end e S qf C-Gar o -m'g/t.ls ollet I‘.c - Zl‘--En -Modp i .. Page 17 CHAP, L <,Garr1ck considered as an author- Eis earl -His ve is altep "his com ~mand of the passions-"The lest descrip teof th ic tast LR . love. of. poetry under Dr, Johnson, . a thr]zfield----He was not an aathor by professwn---st time otherwise employed His great abzlz{y slzewn in the comedy o The Clandestine M arrlage--The real excellence of his farces-The great number o his Prologues and Epilogues-No goo edition of Garrick's works-"1That still remains a desideratum in literature. ... 18 ssill ibbeg' ged t {is d _Th Garrick in privat LII life-His wit-His man ners-IHis amiable qualities-Avarice imputed to him by lis enemies-I1is conduc in affluence-Hi hospitality-Hi readi ness to gssist his friends-His munificenc o s per CHAP |