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… easy natural movements of their comic actors far surpass any thing our London theatres can boast. Let us resign to the French the palm of comedy, since the laurels of tragedy are all our own. - There is but one Siddons, one transcendant … too pure a bodied frame to bear, Its fragrance charms the sense, and melts in air." Mademoiselle Clairon, the celebrated French tragic actress, not contented with the shame she had acquired, once attempted contrary to the advice of her … of a Frenchman. Not that the same gallantry, the same constant attention to women now prevails which existed before the revolution. Like Moliere's  Doctor , "On a changé tout cela." The men, engrossed by political concerns which involve the …