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Rh the banquet scene, when the guilty king, full of horrors, after the murder of Banquo, by his alarming terrors betrays himself to his guests; her art, in endeavouring to engage the attention of the company, and draw them from the observation of Macbeth's feelings, equalled any thing that was ever seen in the art of acting.

She spoke the epilogue, which was written by Mr. Garrick, with many sobs and tears, which were increased by the generous feelings of a numerous and splendid audience. She retired to Bath, and died there, about four months after, of a mortification in her foot.

If it be a sign of genius to imitate the most exalted parts of nature in description, it surely is no less so, to catch the poet's fire, and exemplify his ideas in elegant recitation and action. .

the belles lettres with such success, that her first works are ranked among chef d'œuvres. Her works are moral; Caracteres; L'Education du Marquis de Zuloo; Mémoires d'un Homme de Bien; Conseil à une Amie, in which there are admirable instructions respecting the education of women. She has also written works of fiction.

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