Quotes About Garrick

He for a considerable time used to frequent the Green Room, and seemed to take delight in dissipating his gloom, by mixing in the sprightly chit-chat of the motley circle then to be found there. Mr. David Hume related to me from Mr. Garrick, that Johnson at last denied himself this amusement, from considerations of rigid virtue; saying, 'I'll come no more behind your scenes, David; for the silk stockings and white bosoms of your actresses excite my amorous propensities.

I am disappointed by that stroke of death [Garrick's], which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.

Uno starnuto attirò l'attenzione di Ross, che spostò lo sguardo e vide Demelza attraversare il cortile con una pila di ciocchi nel grembiule. Stava piovendo e lei non aveva il cappello. Alle sue spalle, Garrick, che crescendo era diventato alto e sgraziato, saltellava come un barboncino, nero, senza coda e con chiazze di pelo riccio. Ross fu sul punto di scoppiare a ridere.