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something wanting which would induce them to exclaim , c Ha ! Macready for me I' as they now exclaim , 'Ha ! Kemble for me !' Kemble was great , but Macready is greater ; he has more of truth in him , and it comes out of him . And I beg it may not be supposed that I have made these remarks in a desire to detract one jot from the true merits of a great actor , who no longer exists . My sole aim is to induce
people to think , if they can be brought to think a little on these matters ; it is very probable they will soon think deeply of them voluntarily . The most useful knowledge is of the mind of man . No where will practical illustrations of man ' s character , motives , and conduct be obtained so vividly and impressibly as from a fine piece of acting . Such acting as is Mac ready ' 8 , and that of a few others . All are aware of the pleasure , but few have calculated the beneficial results of such exhibitions .
Pel . Verjuice . Notes on * the three classes of readers of Shakspeare's plays , ' and on < King John , it was intended should precede this ; owing to their length , it is found necessary to defer them till next month .
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Hissing * an Atheist .- * The Times' of November 29 th contains the report of the trial of Henry Berthold for stealing a boa , the property of Messrs . Leaf & Co ., the firm which figured some time back as defendants in a dispute with the Custom-house , touching sundry alleged irregularities relative to the revenue . Few public matters have occurred of late , more calculated to excite disgust in a well-regulated and reflecting mind than the conduct of almost all the parties connected with this trial , either as actors or spectators , if the 4 Times' report be correct .
Henry Berth old , a native of Saxony , and writer to some of the penny political periodicals , was charged with shoplifting , by concealing a boa in his hat , for which he was put upon his trial , and he hired Charles Phillips , barrister , of alliterative notoriety , to prove him , if possible , not guilty . The prisoner also read a defence , stating , that * he had published several works of a highly moral tendency , and in testimony to the character of his writings , solicited the attention of the court to the
letters he liad in his possession , from his present Majesty , when Duke of Clarence , from the Duchess of Kent , the Duke of Gloucester , the Duke of Wellington , Earl Stanhope , and other distinguished personages . ' He then by way of proof of his innocence placed the boa in question in his hat , so that it would not go on his head . Upon which a witness for the prosecution , by the direction of the Recorder , twisted the boa into a fcrm which made it easy " to conceal in the hat when on the prisoner ' s
head . A witness , named Julian Hibbert , then presented himself under a subpoena , to speak to the prisoner ' s character , but on being put on his oath , stated , that he did not believe in the contents of the book presented to him , whether it might be the * Old or New Testament . ' Mr . Charles Phillips then elicited from him the statement that he was an Atheist , whereat he professed to be deeply shocked , and refused to examine him .
The witness calmly replied - Very well , ' and descended from the box ' amid loud hisses . ' Mr . Phillips , however , to make the thing still more explicit , again called him back" for an explanation of the word Atheist , and ' then concluded * * I will not disgrace myself by asking you another question . The witness then retired amidst the strongest manifestations of disgust and execration from all present .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1834, page 81, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2629/page/83/
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