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Mr. Kemble’s King John
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We wish we had never seen Mr. Kean. He has destroyed the Kemble religion; and it is the religion in which we were brought up. Never again shall we behold Mr. Kemble with the same pleasure that we did, nor see Mr. Kean with the same pleasure that we have seen Mr. Kemble formerly. We used to admire Mr. Kemble’s figure and manner, and had no idea that there was any want of art or nature. We feel the force and nature of Mr. Kean’s acting, but then we feel the want of Mr. Kemble’s person. Thus an old and delightful prejudice is destroyed, and no new enthusiasm, no second idolatry comes to take its place. Thus, by degrees, knowledge robs us of pleasure, and the cold icy hand of experience freezes up the warm current of the imagination, and crusts it over with unfeeling criticism.
Title: Mr. Kemble’s King John
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We wish we had never seen Mr.
Kean.
He has destroyed the Kemble religion; and it is the religion in which we were brought up.
Never again shall we behold Mr.
Kemble with the same pleasure that we did, nor see Mr.
Kean with the same pleasure that we have seen Mr.
Kemble formerly.
We used to admire Mr.
Kemble’s figure and manner, and had no idea that there was any want of art or nature.
We feel the force and nature of Mr.
Kean’s acting, but then we feel the want of Mr.
Kemble’s person.
Thus an old and delightful prejudice is destroyed, and no new enthusiasm, no second idolatry comes to take its place.
Thus, by degrees, knowledge robs us of pleasure, and the cold icy hand of experience freezes up the warm current of the imagination, and crusts it over with unfeeling criticism.
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