Cornish Worthies: Sketches of Some Eminent Cornish Men and Families, Volume 2 (of 2)Tregellas, Walter H. (Walter Hawken)
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Cornish Worthies: Sketches of Some Eminent Cornish Men and Families, Volume 2 (of 2)
Tregellas, Walter H. (Walter Hawken)
Cornwall (England : County) -- Biography
FOOTE, SAMUEL, i. 311-336.
his claims to notice, 311.
his voluminous works, 311.
Foster's opinion of him, 312.
Baker's opinion of him, 312.
his _bon mots_, 313, 333.
his parentage and birthplace, 313, 315.
his education, 315.
goes to Worcester College, Oxford, 316.
entered at the Inner Temple, 316.
his vanity and dandyism, i. 317 and _note_.
quarrels with Garrick, 317 and _note_, 326.
his portraits, 318.
his three fortunes, 318, 322.
goes on the stage, 319.
his first piece, 320.
caricatures Macklin, 320, 323 and _note_.
has his license withdrawn, 320.
his 'Tea-drinking,' 321.
his 'Auction of Pictures,' 321.
his satiric powers, 321.
his generosity, 321 _note_.
his address, 321.
his play 'The Knights,' 322.
his extravagance and dissipation, 322, 328 _note_, 330.
again takes the Haymarket Theatre, 323.
his piece 'The Author' suppressed by the Lord Chamberlain, 323.
goes to Dublin with Tate Wilkinson, 324.
produces 'The Minor,' 324.
ridicules Whitefield, 325.
his aversion to newspaper critics, 326.
produces 'The Liar,' 327.
do. 'The Orators,' 327.
leases the Edinburgh Theatre, 327.
'The Mayor of Garrat, and succeeding plays, 328.
breaks his leg, 328.
produces 'The Devil on Two Sticks,' 329.
revisits Dublin, 330.
his 'Primitive Puppet Show,' 330.
his 'Cozeners,' and later plays, 321-333.
his affair with the Duchess of Kingston, 331.
sells his Patent to Colman, 332.
paralysed whilst acting, 333.
retires to Bath, 333.
goes to Dover, 333.
his last jokes at the Ship Inn, Dover, 333.
last illness and death, 333.
buried at Westminster Abbey, 334.
his epitaph, 334.
his alleged marriages, 334.
his residences, 326, 335.
his talents and his character, i. 335.
Foote, Samuel, the elder, i. 313, 314.
Samuel (another of that name), 311 _note_.
Fortescue family, i. 196 _note_; ii. 5.
Fox, the late Caroline, her remark on Mr. Edward Opie, ii. 247.
Charles James, his opinion of Foote, i. 327, 336.
his portrait by Opie, ii. 256.
his opinion of Opie's mental powers, ii. 264.
George Croker, his advice to Lander, ii. 202.
Mr. Howard, on the Lizard Point lights, ii. 124 _note_.
Froude, Mr., his tribute to Sir Richard Grenville, ii. 27.
Frowde, Susan, i. 296.
Fuller, on William Grenville, Archbishop of York, ii. 9.
Fuller's translation of Lady Katharine Killigrew's lines, ii. 149.
Fuseli, his portrait by Opie, ii. 256.
G
Gall, Master John, i. 155.
Garrick, his relations with Foote, i. 317 _note_, 326, 336.
Garth, Dr., his tribute to Godolphin's merit, i. 384.
Gatty, Dr. Alfred, his acquaintance with Bligh, i. 145.
Gaverigan, Manor of, ii. 285.
Geneva, Davy dies there, i. 286.
George III., his conversation with Bligh, i. 145.
Ghent, Sir R. Grenville's tomb at, ii. 34 _note_.
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