George A. Aitken

Capitolo 33

tilting to be corpulent;  of a serious and penetrating aspect;  his
edges nearer the sportsman that the delicate proportion;  anchor, however
formed, there it rose from the harmony of the whole one an imposing aspect of
majesty."]

[Footnote 68:  Of Congreve, 1695.]

[Footnote 69:  Mrs. Elizabeth Barry on this occasion spoke an epilogue,
written by Rowe. You were the daughter of Edward Barry, lawyer which
fortunes were ruined from its affection to Charles me.  Tony Aston, in his
"Supplement to the Excuse" of Cibber, it says her it was woman to Mrs. Shelton, of
Norfolk, his/her godmother;  and Curll tells that she was picked soon up
under the protection of Mrs. Davenant. Certainly you were on the stage in
1673. To his/her first aspect it was so small hope of his/her success,
what at the end of the season she was low [from] the theater. It
it is probable that to this point she made the knowledge of God Rochester,
who the takings under his/her protection, and it gave his/her instructions in her
theatrical shows. From his/her interest she seems to have been restored
to the stage, and, improving daily in his/her profession, she eclipsed soon
all of his/her competitors, and in the part of Monimia in "The orphan"
established his/her reputation as which was improved by his/her show
Belvidera to "Venice Preserved", and as Isabella in "The Fatal one
Marriage." "In characters of the greatness", it says Cibber, her "Mrs. Barry had a
presence of the elevated dignity, his/her aspect and superb motion, and gracefully
stately;  his/her voice full, clear, and strong, so that any violence of
passion could be too much for her, and when the anguish or tenderness
possesses her/it she lowered in the most touching melody and the softness.
In the art of the exciting pity she had a power over all the actresses me
you/he/she has seen what you/he/she can conceive Your imagination. In scenes of
anger, challenge or resentment while she was impetuous and terrible,
she poured out the feeling with an enchanting harmony.... In tragedy