. The dawn of the XIXth century in England, a social sketch of the times. TheatricalWorld—A Diamond amongst Pebbles—A Snowdrop in aMud-pool—The Golden Fleece of the Mortmig Chronicle!The Idol of the S?m ! The Mirror of the Times I TheGlory of the Morning Post! The Pride of the Herald!and the finest Cordial of the Publicans Advertiser! Theyoung Roscius thus presented, makes his bow to theRoyal Couple, saying, Never till this hour stood I in sucha presence, yet there is something in my breast whichmakes me bold to say that Norval neer will shame thyfavour. He also visited the Duke of Clarence, a
. The dawn of the XIXth century in England, a social sketch of the times. TheatricalWorld—A Diamond amongst Pebbles—A Snowdrop in aMud-pool—The Golden Fleece of the Mortmig Chronicle!The Idol of the S?m ! The Mirror of the Times I TheGlory of the Morning Post! The Pride of the Herald!and the finest Cordial of the Publicans Advertiser! Theyoung Roscius thus presented, makes his bow to theRoyal Couple, saying, Never till this hour stood I in sucha presence, yet there is something in my breast whichmakes me bold to say that Norval neer will shame thyfavour. He also visited the Duke of Clarence, and CharlesJames Fox ; and, when he had an illness, probablyinduced by over excitement, and petting, so numerouswere the inquiries after his precious health, that bulletinshad to be issued. At Drury Lane his first appearance was as enthusias-tically received, as at Covent Garden ; and, if possible,more riotously, for the mob broke all the windows withintheir reach, on the Vinegar Yard side of the Theatre, and,when the passages were thrown open, the balustrades, on. 33* THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. both sides of the staircase which led to the boxes, wereentirely demolished. From 1805 to 1S08, he principally played at the pro-vincial theatres, and in the latter year, being seventeen}ears of age, he was entered as a gentleman Commoner ofChrists College, Cambridge, and also was gazetted asCornet in the North Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry. Hisfather died in 1811, and he then left Cambridge, residingon an estate his father had purchased, near he stayed till he was twenty years old, when hiipassion for the stage revived; and he acted, with oc-casional intermissions, until he was thirty-two years old,when he retired from the stage, and lived a quiet life untilhis death, which took place on the 24th of August, 1874. tlr tSr tiir Tilr t^^ tyr -^^ -tftn -tifar ^r t»» -y^* ^tf* -^b^ -Mtr -^ir iir **(»* wtr wtr vir wo- -bw tiMfc f Jj^ li]*! tJlA« vRpLf \JS^ ySi^ Jtli •.
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