The sentimental spouter or young actor's companion [T114674]

DMI number:

1585

Publication Date:

1777

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T114674

EEBO/ECCO link:

N/A

Shelfmark:

BL 641.b.36

Full Title:

THE | SENTIMENTAL SPOUTER: | OR, | Young ACTOR'S Companion. | CONTAINING: | I. A TREATISE on ORATORY in General, | AND | THEATRICAL ACQUIREMENTS in particular: | IN WHICH | RULES are laid down, and if properly observed, can- | not fail to possess the DRAMATIC GENIUS with TASTE to | DISCERN, and JUDGEMENT to ENFORCE the MEANING | and CONCEPTION of his Author, with PROPRIETY and APPLAUSE. | II A Collection of the most celebrated SCENES, | SPEECHES and SOLILOQUIES, selected from the | most admired TRAGEDIES and COMEDIES, repre- | sented on the English Stage. | The whole Comprising the | ESSENCE of THEATRICAL DELIVERY. | AND THE | BEAUTIES of DRAMATIC POETRY. | LONDON: | Printed for J. WHEBLE, in Ave-Maria Lane, Three | Doors from Ludgate-Street; and T. AXTELL, at | the Royal Exchange. M DCC LXXIV. | [Price One Shilling and Six-pence.]

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Collection of extracts/snippets, Collection including drama, Collection of educational texts, and Collection aimed at children/young people

Format:

Duodecimo

Pagination:

[4], [i]-xvi, [1]-124.

Bibliographic details:

BL copy is in a collection of pamphlets: the first four pages (title page and advertisement to th ereader) have been misbound at the start of the volume - the rest follows as the second pamphlet in the collection, from sig. ar)

Comments:

CONTENTS: Collection of dramatic extracts coupled with a treatise on oratory and theatre, aimed at young people. Prose extracts (or those dominated by prose) not entered.

Other matter:

Prefatory: Advertisement to the Reader (2pp.); Introduction (pp.[i]-xvi)

Related People

Publisher:

J. Wheble

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Printed for J. WHEBLE, in Ave-Maria Lane, Three Doors from Ludgate-Street; and T. AXTELL, at the Royal Exchange. M DCC LXXIV.

Publisher:

T. Axtell

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Printed for J. WHEBLE, in Ave-Maria Lane, Three Doors from Ludgate-Street; and T. AXTELL, at the Royal Exchange. M DCC LXXIV.

Content/Publication

First Line:

He jests at scars that never felt a wound

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pp.[1]-6

Poem Title:

Romeo and Juliet. Act II. Scene II. Capulet's Garden.

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Well Juliet I will lie with thee tonight

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pp.6-8

Poem Title:

Act V. Scene I.

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Angels and ministers of grace defend us

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pp.8-10

Poem Title:

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. Act I. Scene VII. Enter Ghost.

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Where wilt thou lead me speak I'll go no further

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pp.10-13

Poem Title:

Scene VIII. Re-enter Ghost and Hamlet.

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To be or not to be that is the question

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pp.13-14

Poem Title:

Act III. Scene II. Enter Hamlet.

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That you have wronged me doth appear in this

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pp.14-18

Poem Title:

Julius Caesar. Act IV. Scene III. Brutus's Tent.

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First Line:

Asleep so soon but sorrow minds no seasons

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pp.18-21

Poem Title:

Scene, A Chamber. King Henry sleeping.

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Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths

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pp.18-19

Poem Title:

Richard the Third. Act I. Scene I. Enter Richard.

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First Line:

Tis now the dead of night and half the world

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pp.21-25

Poem Title:

Act V. Scene III.

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First Line:

No more I'll hear no more be gone and leave me

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pp.25-33

Poem Title:

Venice Preserv'd. Act I. Scene I.

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First Line:

To tell thee then the purport of my thoughts

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pp.33-38

Poem Title:

The Fair Penitent. Scene II.

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My lord you are well encountered here has been

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pp.38-42

Poem Title:

Jane Shore. Act III. Scene I.

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First Line:

Oh you are come most fitly we have pondered

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pp.42-43

Poem Title:

Act IV. Scene I.

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First Line:

Horrible thought good Suffolk for a while

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pp.46-50

Poem Title:

The Earl of Warwick, Act III. Scene II.

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Blow winds blow and crack your cheeks rage blow

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pp.51-52

Poem Title:

King Lear. Act 3. Scene 1.

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First Line:

My lord they say five moons were seen tonight

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pp.57-60

Poem Title:

King John. Act 4. Scene 4.

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Honour and fame | Forever wait the emperor may our prophet

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p.65-69

Poem Title:

Tamerlane. Scene II. Enter Omar.

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First Line:

Oh death thou gentle end of human sorrows

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pp.69-75

Poem Title:

Act IV. Scene I. Arpasia lying on a Couch.

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First Line:

Whilst our commission from Rome is read

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pp.75-79

Poem Title:

King Henry VIII. Trial of Queen Katherine.

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First Line:

Cricca denies me no persuasion

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pp.79-82

Poem Title:

Albumazar. Act II. Scene I.

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How nobly does this venerable wood

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pp.82-84

Poem Title:

Elfrida.

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First Line:

Was ever man so paid for being curious

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pp.84-85

Poem Title:

The Chances. Act I. Scene V.

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First Line:

Can it be possible O say my father

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pp.85-88

Poem Title:

Cyrus. Act I. Enter Cyrus and Mithranes.

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First Line:

Now sleep and silence

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pp.88-89

Poem Title:

Barbarossa. Selim.

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First Line:

If it were done when tis done then twere well

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pp.90-93

Poem Title:

Macbeth. Act I. Scene VI. An apartment in Macbeth's castle.

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Go bid thy mistress when my drink is ready

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pp.93-96

Poem Title:

Act II. Scene I. Enter Macbeth, and a Servant.

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First Line:

Who's there my woman Helen

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pp.101-102

Poem Title:

Act II. Scene III.

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First Line:

See Iachimo

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pp.103-106

Poem Title:

Act III. Scene I. Enter Iachimo.

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First Line:

Is there no way for men to be but women

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pp.106-107

Poem Title:

Scene II. A Chamber.

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Yea bloody cloth I'll keep thee for I wish it

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pp.107-108

Poem Title:

Act V. Scene II.

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This city looks as if a pestilence

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pp.108-111

Poem Title:

Alonzo. Act. IV. Scene I. Enter Ormisinda and Teresa.

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Why doth the crown lie there upon his pillow

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pp.112-113

Poem Title:

Act IV. Scene X.

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Warwick Gloucester Clarence

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p.113-118

Poem Title:

Scene XI.

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Ha false to me

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pp.118-122

Poem Title:

Othello. Act III. Enter Othello and Iago.

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Will you think so

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pp.123-124

Poem Title:

Act IV. Scene, a Court before the Palace.

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