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MRS. SIDDoNs.-When speaking of beauty VI Ine uncommon cast, he said that the two Sre1tesi beauties he had ever seen were Mrs. rNAneroert and Mrs. Siddons. The former ts was, sonle years ago, even dazzling in her at- ~ ~tLactlons Mrs! Siddons' commanding. vet of etAceedlng delicacy when she was vounoer :.

 tta ", Do"u'y was much greater. when seen off

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 distinguished in London: Till I went to he.. e0 to make my drawing, I had only seen her on l the stage was surprised to find that she was so infinitely more beautiful in a private room than at the theatre but she had the finest union of grace, feature and expression that ever saw in all my life. am convin- ced, from the little know of her, that, as a private person, there was great deal of worth in Mrs. Siddo1s. Her own mind was noble and that made her acting SO. She was exceedingly modest, not prudish, in her man. ners and conversation; grave and dignifed, because dignity was the character of her mind and ef her person. Those who could not understand her, and seldom saw such na- tural majesty in any one, set z d0wn for the- an actress, oil as we'll as on the stage But it would have been as much out of character for her to have formed her manners by those ot the ordinary race of persons, as it WoIlld be for tall woman to walk stooping. in Or. der to bring herself down to the ordinary sta ture of her sex. remember, too, being ye. ry much pleased with an instance of her good feeling for her brother John. ,Kemble play- edI believe it was his first night in London Hamlet, at the Haymarket theatre. sat near her box, shall never forget her anxiety -amounting even to agitation-for his suc- cess; yet many said she was of cold dispo- sition. This was not true and here her gen. eral calm demeanor was again misunder- stood and miscalled. Mrs. Siddons had r fine taste for works of art; she modelled, and l observed that, in painting and in sculp- ture, the subjects that interested her the most, were always those of grandeur. She had mo- thing that was common about her, yet she was entirely free from afectation nature tnn made e dignity hgg nef sphere as @ she was con son could have entertained a light thought in the presence of Mrs. Siddons." M .,.s.s,

 "Reminiscences ef Stothard