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A DRAMATIC CRITIC
Mr. Warren in the breadth and reach of
his art, though he did some great things,
of which I recall his impersonation, at one
and the same performance, of Puff and
Sir Fretful Plagiary, in The Critic of
Sheridan. But as a producer of mirth of
the volatile, effervescent variety I have
never seen his equal. Nothing happier,
wholesomer, or sweeter in this light kind
can be imagined, and the receptive spec-
tator of the comedian's playing often
found himself affected with a delicious
cerebral intoxication, which passed away
with the fall of the curtain, and left naught
that was racking behind. The laugh cure
is the only mode which is accepted by
the physicians of every school, and Mr.
Mathews must have been a potent thera-
peutic and prophylactic agent in the health
of Great Britain. He inherited his histri-
onic talent, and had been finely trained
in the old methods. Even in France his
style was considered admirable in grace,
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