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stage, and only on the stage, these hun­dred years, I could never pretend to please. The next difficulty was in fit­ting me with parts, as almost every cha­racter was in keeping. I was driven for some time from one character to another, till at last Horatio was fixed upon, which the presence of the present company happily hindered me from acting."CHAP.