Ipractisedforsometimebythebordersofawellfrequentedmarsh；
herein，however，havingnoreferencetoasimilarproceedingofDemosthenes，butfromadesignpeculiarlyandconscientiouslymyown。
Thusarmedatallpoints，IdeterminedtomakemywifebelievethatI
wassuddenlysmittenwithapassionforthestage。Inthis，I
succeededtoamiracle；andtoeveryquestionorsuggestionfoundmyselfatlibertytoreplyinmymostfrog-likeandsepulchraltoneswithsomepassagefromthetragedyanyportionofwhich，asIsoontookgreatpleasureinobserving，wouldapplyequallywelltoanyparticularsubject。Itisnottobesupposed，however，thatinthedeliveryofsuchpassagesIwasfoundatalldeficientinthelookingasquinttheshowingmyteeththeworkingmykneestheshufflingmyfeetorinanyofthoseunmentionablegraceswhicharenowjustlyconsideredthecharacteristicsofapopularperformer。