Excerpt from Life of Thomas Stothard, R. A<br><br>Petruchio), and the time of the action, without requiring any reference to the fcene in the book. You immediately recall it, fo vivid is the expreflion he conveys to the characters. You know what they were doing and faying at the infant the painter arref'ted them, and transferred them to his canvas as with a magic wand. His faz/fafi} are not merely grofs, fat old men (as they are commonly painted) whofe belly alone fays, I am Jack Fali'tafi'. Nothing can be finer than his difcrimination in portraying the knight of fack and fugar, of mirth and wit, and good humour and knavery. True it is, that in Stothard's faz/idfi} he {trongly preferves the characterifiic of the fenfualif'c, but it is refined upon by the air of the gentleman who has known the company of a prince, and the manners of a court. What archnefs is there in the look, what intelligence in the fly and laughing eye what a ready playfulnefs, yet never wholly divef'ted of cunning, does he convey to the entire exprefiion of the head and face. Never but in one inftance does this molt amufing of knights betray (in Stothard's delineations of him) an unguarded and weak exprefiion; and that is where D01! Fits on his knee, and he alks her of what fluff {he will have kirtles. There even his Wit and caution is over-mafiered by the cunning of woman and Doll plays with his poll, covered with thin white hairs, as reckleflly as did Dalilah with the locks of Samfon.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.