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FJ.783.038
11 Jun 1783:12 (3/112)
The Composition alluded to in the foregoing letter
[concerning teaching the deaf and dumb to speak]:
ON SEEING MR. GARRICK ACT.
Then Britain's Roscius on the stage appears,
Who charms all eyes, and (I am told) all ears,
With ease the various passions I can trace
Clearly reflected from his wond'rous face:
Whilst true conception, with just action join'd,
Strongly impress each image on my mind.
What need of sounds when plainly I discry
Th' expressive features and the speaking eye?
That eye, whose bright and penetrating ray
Doth Shakespeare's meaning to my soul convey,
Best commentater on great Shakespeare's text!
When Garrick acts, no passage seems perplext.
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