Dr Johnson's Opinion Of Mrs Siddons


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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