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Mr. Baddeley, The Comedian, Of Drury-Lane Theatre.
we are informed , usually presided at the disposal . The desire of fame is as universal as the means of obtaining it are various : —the caprices of men are unaccountable ; and if Dogget secured . his memory b 3 * a coat and badge , why should not Baddeley ensure his b y the more solid properties of a Christmas Cake ? Doubly considerative in his first legacy , he possibly chose to be uniform in his second , and
so immortalize his dramatic and culinary character together . The remains of Mr . Baddeley were brought to St . Paul ' s , Covent-Garden , and interred in the church-yard , near the tomb of the late Miss Sherry , who formerly belonged to the same Theatre . The hearse was followed b 3 * three mourning coaches ; in the first of which were two particular friends of the deceased , with Mr . Aickin and
Mr . Moocty , and in the others , Messrs . Holman , Dodd , Wroughton , two Bannisters , Farren , Kelty , and Burton , all members of the society called the School of Garrick . The members of this society meet the first Wednesday of every month , and always attend in black—the original members are now but few , and death and desertion are dail y making them fewer . —That the School may not entirety closethe
, vacancies are supplied by the election of the 3 'ounger performers . So that , like the city companies , which under a specified profession enroll mechanics of every description , and transmogrify hair-dressers , cheesemongers , and farriers , into goldsmiths and merchant-taylors , we shall by and by find the School of Garrick , composed of singers , dancers , and pantomimes , who have as much resemblance of his
person , as they have reverence for his memory . We may as well expect to witness counsellors giving prescriptions , and physicians taking briefs , or to see a Jewish Sanhedrim usurping the functions of a Christian S 3 * nod . " But this , " says the Attorney General , " is an age of innovation ;" what signifies then the abolition of established customsor the
coa-, lescence of monstrous incongruities ? Serpentes avibus geminentur , tigribus agni . Mr . Baddeley was a Mason , and served the office of Grand Steward ' in 178 9 .
Curious And Authentic Anecdotes, From Different Authors.
CURIOUS AND AUTHENTIC ANECDOTES , FROM DIFFERENT AUTHORS .
PHILETAS of Cos , about the time of Alexander the Great , had a body of such exceeding leanness and lightness , that he commonly wore shoes of lead , ancl carried lead in his pockets , lest at some time or other he should be blown away by the wind : —this man was an eminent critic and poet . From CJ-ELIUS and others . Vitus , of the City of Naples , was so exceedingly fat that he could not get up stairs to go to bed without being drawn up b 3 * pullies : —this man was a divine , and had great preferment in the church , ancl published a sermon on abstinence and fasting . From DONATUS ' History *
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Mr. Baddeley, The Comedian, Of Drury-Lane Theatre.
we are informed , usually presided at the disposal . The desire of fame is as universal as the means of obtaining it are various : —the caprices of men are unaccountable ; and if Dogget secured . his memory b 3 * a coat and badge , why should not Baddeley ensure his b y the more solid properties of a Christmas Cake ? Doubly considerative in his first legacy , he possibly chose to be uniform in his second , and
so immortalize his dramatic and culinary character together . The remains of Mr . Baddeley were brought to St . Paul ' s , Covent-Garden , and interred in the church-yard , near the tomb of the late Miss Sherry , who formerly belonged to the same Theatre . The hearse was followed b 3 * three mourning coaches ; in the first of which were two particular friends of the deceased , with Mr . Aickin and
Mr . Moocty , and in the others , Messrs . Holman , Dodd , Wroughton , two Bannisters , Farren , Kelty , and Burton , all members of the society called the School of Garrick . The members of this society meet the first Wednesday of every month , and always attend in black—the original members are now but few , and death and desertion are dail y making them fewer . —That the School may not entirety closethe
, vacancies are supplied by the election of the 3 'ounger performers . So that , like the city companies , which under a specified profession enroll mechanics of every description , and transmogrify hair-dressers , cheesemongers , and farriers , into goldsmiths and merchant-taylors , we shall by and by find the School of Garrick , composed of singers , dancers , and pantomimes , who have as much resemblance of his
person , as they have reverence for his memory . We may as well expect to witness counsellors giving prescriptions , and physicians taking briefs , or to see a Jewish Sanhedrim usurping the functions of a Christian S 3 * nod . " But this , " says the Attorney General , " is an age of innovation ;" what signifies then the abolition of established customsor the
coa-, lescence of monstrous incongruities ? Serpentes avibus geminentur , tigribus agni . Mr . Baddeley was a Mason , and served the office of Grand Steward ' in 178 9 .
Curious And Authentic Anecdotes, From Different Authors.
CURIOUS AND AUTHENTIC ANECDOTES , FROM DIFFERENT AUTHORS .
PHILETAS of Cos , about the time of Alexander the Great , had a body of such exceeding leanness and lightness , that he commonly wore shoes of lead , ancl carried lead in his pockets , lest at some time or other he should be blown away by the wind : —this man was an eminent critic and poet . From CJ-ELIUS and others . Vitus , of the City of Naples , was so exceedingly fat that he could not get up stairs to go to bed without being drawn up b 3 * pullies : —this man was a divine , and had great preferment in the church , ancl published a sermon on abstinence and fasting . From DONATUS ' History *