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Dr Johnson's Opinion Of Mrs Siddons
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WHEN Dr. Johnson visited Mrs. Siddons, he paid her two or three very
elegant compliments. When she retired, he said to Dr. Glover, Sir, she
is a prodigiously fine woman.--Yes, replied Dr. Glover; but don't
you think she is much finer upon the stage, when she is adorned by
art?--Sir, said Dr. Johnson, on the stage art does not adorn her:
nature adorns her there, and art glorifies her.
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