first Appearance, was said to have demolished three Benches in the Fury of his Applause.
has broken half a dozen Oaken Plants upon
Dogget
and seldom goes away from a Tragedy of
Shakespear
, without leaving the Wainscot extremely shattered.
The Players do not only connive at his obstreperous Approbation, but very cheerfully repair at their own Cost whatever Damages he makes. They had once a Thought of erecting a kind of Wooden Anvil for his Use that should be made of a very sounding Plank, in order to render his Stroaks more deep and mellow; but as this might not have been distinguished from the Musick of a Kettle-Drum, the Project was laid aside.
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